Falmouth (Global Adventures): The magnitude 7.0 earthquake that triggered disastrous destruction and mounting death tolls in Haiti occurred in a highly complex tangle of tectonic faults near the intersection of the Caribbean and North American crustal plates, according to a quake expert at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI). Jian Lin, a senior scientist in [...]

Canada (Global Adventures): The Arctic continental shelf is the target of a joint US-Canadian expedition. The Arctic survey is part of the multi-year, multi-agency effort undertaken by the U.S. Extended Continental Shelf Project, led by the Department of State, with vice co-chairs from the Department of the Interior and NOAA. Under international law, every coastal [...]