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Volcanoes Get Quiet Before They Erupt!     

Washington, D.C.— When dormant volcanoes are about to erupt, they show some predictive characteristics—seismic activity beneath the volcano starts to increase, gas escapes through the vent, or the surrounding ground starts to deform. However, until now, there has not been a way to forecast eruptions of more restless volcanoes because of the constant seismic activity …

Probing giant planets’ dark hydrogen

Washington, DC— Hydrogen is the most-abundant element in the universe. It’s also the simplest—sporting only a single electron in each atom. But that simplicity is deceptive, because there is still so much we have to learn about hydrogen. One of the biggest unknowns is its transformation under the extreme pressures and temperatures found in the …

Rebalancing China: International Lessons in Corporate Debt – David Lipton, First Deputy Managing Director, IMF

China Economic Society Conference On Sustainable Development in China and the World June 11, 2016 Shenzhen, China Introduction I would like to thank the Chinese Economists Society for this warm welcome. I am honored to join you today for this discussion of Sustainable Development in China and the World. Shenzhen is a most appropriate place …