These quakes were off the coast of northern Sumatra in Indonesia, where a 9.1-magnitude quake on December 26, 2004 triggered a tsunami that killed 230,000 people.
Weather extremes - droughts, floods, and heat waves - on the rise worldwide over the past 50 years, are linked to climate change, according to Chris Field.
The rise in atmospheric nitrous oxide - a greenhouse gas - is largely the result of the use of nitrogen-based fertilizers, according to Berkeley chemists.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service yesterday announced $1.4 million in grants to help save bats - which play a key role in agriculture - from white nose syndrome.