Earth Science News
January 6, 2025
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Jan. 6, 2025 — 2024 was another year of record-breaking temperatures, driving the global water cycle to new climate extremes and contributing to ferocious floods and crippling droughts, a new report shows. The report found rising temperatures are changing the way ...
Jan. 2, 2025 — A new study investigating ancient methane trapped in Antarctic ice suggests that global increases in wildfire activity likely occurred during periods of abrupt climate change throughout the last Ice ...
Dec. 19, 2024 — New research shows that three sites spread along an approximately 620-mile portion of today's Denali Fault were once a smaller united geologic feature indicative of the final joining of two land masses. That feature was then torn apart by millions ...
Dec. 23, 2024 — Climate change impacts not only life on land but also the largely unexplored deep-sea ecosystem, home to unique and largely unexplored fauna. Deep-sea animals, which have adapted to stable and ...
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Dec. 20, 2024 — Investigations into precipitation patterns in eastern Central Europe since the end of the last ice age have shown that dynamic processes in atmospheric circulation, such as the North Atlantic jet ...
Dec. 19, 2024 — Scientist have begun to reveal the particle-level processes that create the type of auroras that dance rapidly across the sky. The Kinetic-scale Energy and momentum Transport experiment -- KiNET-X -- ...
Dec. 17, 2024 — Researchers have demonstrated the high accuracy of their newly developed typhoon observation device that can be dropped from an aircraft into the eye ...
Dec. 19, 2024 — Scientists are changing our understanding of climate and weather on Mars and providing critical insights into Earth's atmospheric processes as ...
Dec. 19, 2024 — Communities up and down the West Coast of the United States can expect atmospheric rivers to evolve as the climate warms. But residents in Southern California will see much different changes than ...
Dec. 18, 2024 — Which microbes thrive below us in darkness -- in gold mines, in aquifers, in deep boreholes in the seafloor -- and how do they compare to the ...
Dec. 18, 2024 — Researchers recently discovered that a virus, FloV-SA2, encodes one of the proteins needed to make ribosomes, the central engines in all cells that translate genetic information into proteins, the ...
Dec. 19, 2024 — A new study about Earth's northernmost seafloor hydrothermal system shows even more variety in vent styles than previously thought. The study has important implications for understanding the origin ...
Dec. 19, 2024 — Scientists have unveiled groundbreaking research on the origins of lunar water, offering insights that could reshape our understanding of the Earth-Moon system and the broader solar system. The ...
Dec. 19, 2024 — Fossilized skeletons and shells clearly show how evolution and extinction unfolded over the past half a billion years, but a new analysis extends the chart of life to nearly 2 billion years ago. The ...
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Dec. 17, 2024 — Researchers analyzed radioisotopes in layers of fossilized volcanic ash. Decay of uranium to lead within tiny crystals enabled scientists to precisely pinpoint dates for certain events. They ...
Dec. 17, 2024 — Scientists are exploring a new model for carbon capture in low-oxygen aquatic environments, such as fisheries, that will help address rising global temperatures and could potentially be ...
Dec. 16, 2024 — When one tectonic plate sinks beneath another, it generates magmas rich in volatiles such as water, sulphur and chlorine. As these magmas ascend, they release magmatic fluids, in which sulphur and ...
Dec. 16, 2024 — How does the Earth generate its magnetic field? While the basic mechanisms seem to be understood, many details remain unresolved. A team of researchers has introduced a simulation method that ...
Dec. 13, 2024 — Glaciologists used sound waves to reveal Ice Age landforms buried beneath almost 1 km of mud in the North Sea. The results suggest that the landforms were produced about 1 million years ago, when an ...
Dec. 13, 2024 — Tsunamis can cause immense physical damage to ports, but the economic cost does not stop there. The resultant disruptions of shipping lanes result in billions of dollars in losses every day, as was ...
Dec. 13, 2024 — A new AI image tool could aid the development of algorithms to analyse wildlife images to help improve understanding of how species around the world are responding to climate change, a study ...
Dec. 12, 2024 — Researchers have synthesized new molecules able to quickly capture significant amounts of carbon dioxide from the air, an important tactic in climate change ...
Dec. 12, 2024 — Scientists have today announced the discovery of a species of lipstick vine completely new to science, from the depths of the Philippine rainforest. The team of botanists made the discovery during an ...
Dec. 10, 2024 — While trees can cool some cities significantly during the day, new research shows that tree canopies can also trap heat and raise temperatures at night. The study aims to help urban planners choose ...
Dec. 10, 2024 — Some of the world's smallest animals and their tiny poops could aid in the fight against climate change. A study reports that clay dust sprayed on the surface of seawater converts free-floating ...
Dec. 10, 2024 — Geoscientists have created a new climate record for early Antarctic ice ages. It reveals that the early Antarctic ice sheet melted more rapidly than previously ...
Dec. 9, 2024 — New research has revealed less than a quarter of the remaining tropical rainforests around the globe can safeguard thousands of threatened species from ...
Dec. 9, 2024 — Characterized by darkness and intense pressure, the ocean's hadal zone seems uninhabitable, yet dozens of unique organisms call it home. Each species discovered there adds a crucial piece to the ...
Dec. 6, 2024 — Recent decades have seen a rapid surge in damages and disruptions caused by flooding. Experts call on scientists to more accurately model these risks and caution against overly dramatized reporting ...
Dec. 6, 2024 — Researchers show that the all-time record low in winter sea ice extent in 2023 can be explained by warm Southern Ocean conditions and patterns in the winds that circled Antarctica months earlier, ...
Dec. 6, 2024 — Non-native species introduced by humans are among the main causes of global species decline -- they were partly responsible for 60 percent of the species that have become extinct worldwide in recent ...
Dec. 6, 2024 — Desert ants of the Cataglyphis nodus species use the Earth's magnetic field for spatial orientation, but rely on a different component of the field than other insects. The survey suggests that ...
Autonomous Imaging Robot Plays a Crucial Role in Assessing Embryos' Response to Environmental Change
Dec. 6, 2024 — The opensource LabEmbryoCam uses 3D-printed components to form a robotic microscope and is the result of over a decade of research at the University of Plymouth. Its creators say the instrument can ...
Dec. 6, 2024 — High-sensitivity climate models should not be excluded when predicting future regional climate impacts because the level of warming measured globally is not always the only good indicator of regional ...
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
- Prehistoric Rock in Japan Reveals Clues to Major Ocean Anoxic Event
- Researchers Explore Carbon Capture in Fish Farms to Address Climate Change
Monday, December 16, 2024
- Unlocking the Journey of Gold Through Magmatic Fluids
- New Simulation Method Sharpens Our View Into Earth's Interior
Friday, December 13, 2024
- Buried Landforms Reveal North Sea's Ancient Glacial Past
- The Great Ripple: How a Tsunami Can Disrupt Global Trade
- Image Tool to Help AI Scour Wildlife Shots for Climate Change Clues
Thursday, December 12, 2024
- New Chemical Structures Show Vastly Improved Carbon Capture Ability
- Botanists Name Beautiful New Species of 'lipstick Vine' From the Philippine Rainforest
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
- Wrong Trees in the Wrong Place Can Make Cities Hotter at Night, Study Reveals
- Tiny Poops in the Ocean May Help Solve the Carbon Problem
- Antarctica's Irregular Heartbeat Shows Signs of Rapid Melting
Monday, December 9, 2024
Friday, December 6, 2024
- Scientists Urged to Pull the Plug on 'bathtub Modeling' Of Flood Risk
- Record-Low Antarctic Sea Ice Can Be Explained and Forecast Months out by Patterns in Winds
- Conservation Paradox: Invasive Species Are Often Threatened in Their Native Range
- Desert Ants Use the Polarity of the Geomagnetic Field for Navigation
- Autonomous Imaging Robot Plays a Crucial Role in Assessing Embryos' Response to Environmental Change
- Impact Studies Should Include High-Sensitivity Climate Models
Thursday, December 5, 2024
- Rapid Surge in Global Warming Mainly Due to Reduced Planetary Albedo
- Researchers Use Data from Citizen Scientists to Uncover the Mysteries of a Blue Low-Latitude Aurora
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
- After Decades of Plantation Agriculture, Coconut Palms Dominate Over Half of Pacific Atoll Forests
- Massive Asteroid Impacts Did Not Change Earth's Climate in the Long Term
- What Triggered Nepal's Catastrophic 2021 Flood -- And Could It Happen Again?
- Rainforest Emissions Linked With New Particle Formation at High Altitudes
Tuesday, December 3, 2024
- Ocean Density Identified as a Key Driver of Carbon Capture by Marine Plankton
- Ecosystems: New Study Questions Common Assumption About Biodiversity
- Countdown to an Ice-Free Arctic: New Research Warns of Accelerated Timelines
Monday, December 2, 2024
- Unveiling a Century of Stress and Deformation: Insights from Kilauea Volcano's 1975 Earthquake
- Accelerating Climate Modeling With Generative AI
- New Research Provides an Improved Understanding of Earthquake Hazards in the Permian Basin
- Digital Twins of the Earth Is a Misleading Term as Computer Models Are Always a Simplified Representation of Reality
- Clay Minerals: Researchers Observe for the First Time How Sediment Particles Align During Deposition
- Warming Temperatures May Shrink Wetland Carbon Sinks
Friday, November 29, 2024
- Fine Particulate Air Pollution May Play a Role in Adverse Birth Outcomes
- Satellite Evidence Bolsters Case That Climate Change Caused Mass Elephant Die-Off
Thursday, November 28, 2024
Wednesday, November 27, 2024
- Global Food Yields Have Grown Steadily During Last Six Decades, Study Finds
- Oceans Emit Sulfur and Cool the Climate More Than Previously Thought
- Unexplained Heat-Wave 'hotspots' Are Popping Up Across the Globe
- Moving 'hotspot' Created World's Longest Straight Underwater Mountain Belt
Tuesday, November 26, 2024
- Enhancing Seaglider Technology to Measure Carbon Dioxide
- Researchers Show Complex Relationship Between Arctic Warming and Arctic Dust
- Delay and Pay: Climate Tipping Point Costs Quadruple After Waiting
- Air Fryers Confirmed as Least Polluting Cooking Method
- Under-Ice Species at Risk as Arctic Warms
- Oil Spill Still Contaminating Sensitive Mauritius Mangroves Three Years On, Study Finds
- Quantum Mechanism Identified as a Key to Accelerating Ocean Temperatures
Monday, November 25, 2024
Thursday, November 21, 2024
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
- Turning Carbon Emissions Into Methane Fuel
- Diverse Diets of Civets in Borneo Rainforest Allow Them to Live in Same Geographical Area
- Researchers Catalog the Microbiome of US Rivers
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
- Researchers Develop Crystals to Harvest Water from Air, Inspired by Desert Life
- Improving Hurricane Modeling With Physics-Informed Machine Learning
- Sliding Seeds Can Provide Insight Into Devastating Landslides and Rock Avalanches
- Study Challenges Long-Held Theories on How Migratory Birds Navigate
- Climate Change Threatens Rare Temperate Rainforests
Monday, November 18, 2024
- Ytterbium Thin-Disk Lasers Pave the Way for Sensitive Detection of Atmospheric Pollutants
- How 70% of the Mediterranean Sea Was Lost 5.5 Million Years Ago
- Tree Islands Restore Nature in Oil Palm Plantations
- New Research Explores Volcanic Caves, Advancing the Search for Life on Mars
- Redefining Net Zero Will Not Stop Global Warming
Saturday, November 16, 2024
Friday, November 15, 2024
- Rainforest Protection Reduces the Number of Respiratory Diseases
- One or Many? Exploring the Population Groups of the Largest Animal on Earth
- Resilience Index Needed to Keep Us Within Planet's 'safe Operating Space'
Thursday, November 14, 2024
- Colorado River Basins Could Face Tipping Point, Drought Study Warns
- Scientists Compile Library for Evaluating Exoplanet Water
- Faster Flowing Glaciers Could Help Predict Nearby Volcanic Activity
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
- Climate Change Threatens Key Ocean Plankton Groups
- New Species Discovered With Refined DNA Technology
- Pioneering Research Shows Sea Life Will Struggle to Survive Future Global Warming
- Can We Live on Our Planet Without Destroying It?
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
- Fossil Fuel CO2 Emissions Increase Again in 2024
- Possible to Limit Climate Change to 1.5°C, If EU and 17 Other Countries Go Beyond Their Own Targets
- In Greening Arctic, Caribou and Muskoxen Play Key Role
- Novel Machine Learning Techniques Measure Ocean Oxygen Loss More Accurately
Monday, November 11, 2024
Friday, November 8, 2024
- Measurements from 'lost' Seaglider Offer New Insights Into Antarctic Ice Melting
- Geologists Rewrite Textbooks With New Insights from the Bottom of the Grand Canyon
- How Much Climate Change Is in the Weather?
- Pioneering Planetary Boundaries Science as Key to Mitigating Rising Planetary Risks
- Deep Ocean Clues to a Million-Year-Old Ice Age Puzzle Revealed in New Study
Thursday, November 7, 2024
- Hurricane Helene's Gravity Waves Revealed by NASA's AWE
- Microplastics Impact Cloud Formation, Likely Affecting Weather and Climate
- Planting Trees in the Arctic Could Make Global Warming Worse, Not Better, Say Scientists
- Plastics Pollution Worsen the Impacts of All Planetary Boundaries
Tuesday, November 5, 2024
Monday, November 4, 2024
- New Trigger Proposed for Record-Smashing 2022 Tonga Eruption
- Satellite Imagery May Help Protect Coastal Forests from Climate Change
- Reconstructing Ancient Climate Provides Clues to Climate Change
- Domino Effect in the Amazon Region
- New Research Estimates Carbon Emissions from 22 Million Stream Reaches Across the US
Thursday, October 31, 2024
- Remote Control Eddies: Upwelled Nutrients Boost Productivity Around Hawaiian Islands
- Global Ocean Oscillations and Climate Change Affect Weather Patterns in the Serengeti
- Biodiversity Law That Forces Builders to Compensate for Nature Loss Could Be Twice as Effective, Experts Claim
- How Life Began on Earth: Modeling Earth's Ancient Atmosphere