Earth Science News
February 21, 2025
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Feb. 17, 2025 — Animals are not just inhabitants of the natural world -- they are its architects. A new study has revealed how hundreds of species shape the landscapes we depend on, from vast termite mounds visible ...
Feb. 19, 2025 — Scientists have discovered how to turn common minerals into materials that spontaneously remove and store carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. In the lab, the materials pull CO2 from the air thousands of times faster than occurs with natural rock ...
Feb. 19, 2025 — Arctic glaciers are leaking significant amounts of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Glacial melt rivers and groundwater springs are transporting large volumes of methane from beneath the ice to the atmosphere. This previously unrecognized process ...
Feb. 13, 2025 — In the race to combat global climate change, much attention has been given to natural 'carbon sinks:' those primarily terrestrial areas of the globe that absorb and sequester more carbon than they ...
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Feb. 18, 2025 — New esearch shows Aotearoa has been increasingly accepting new bird species from around the world since the start of the Ice Age, offering clues into future migration ...
Feb. 18, 2025 — An international research team has used earth observation radar data to map oil pipeline networks covering a 9000 km2 region in the Niger Delta and pinpoint where crude oil spills have caused the ...
Feb. 18, 2025 — Using mathematical modeling, researchers have discovered that rate-induced tipping, which can happen if an environment changes too fast, can happen even in Daisyworld, a simple daisy-filled ...
Feb. 13, 2025 — In tropical forests, endangered species inside protected habitats are still in danger from threats from beyond their sanctuaries, according to a new ...
Feb. 14, 2025 — In late July to October 2022, residents of the Manu'a Islands in American Samoa felt the earth shake several times a day, raising concerns of an imminent volcanic eruption or ...
Feb. 14, 2025 — The cool conditions which have allowed ice caps to form on Earth are rare events in the planet's history and require many complex processes working at once, according to new ...
Feb. 13, 2025 — A research team has shown that methanogens, micro-organisms ubiquitous in low-oxygen environments like aquifers, soil and even permafrost, can propel their growth by dissolving calcium carbonate, one ...
Feb. 13, 2025 — Researchers call on the international community to recognize and start tackling the 'biodiversity ...
Feb. 12, 2025 — Researchers are designing a global real-time monitoring system to help save the world's coral reefs from further decline, primarily due to bleaching caused by global ...
Feb. 12, 2025 — Planting fast-growing crops, burning them, capturing the released CO2 and storing it: this is being discussed as a way to remove greenhouse gases ...
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Feb. 12, 2025 — Climate scientists present a realistic supercomputer simulation that resolves the complex interactions between fire, vegetation, smoke and the atmosphere. The authors find that increasing greenhouse ...
Feb. 12, 2025 — A study gives possible insight into the underprediction of sea ice depletion and the formation of Arctic cyclones. The study could lead to more accurate weather and climate models and better ...
Feb. 11, 2025 — Volatile organic compounds (VOC), usually associated with poor indoor air, were discovered in Finland in a borehole more than two kilometres deep. Previously, groundwater dating back tens of millions ...
Feb. 10, 2025 — Beryllium-10, a rare radioactive isotope produced by cosmic rays in the atmosphere, provides valuable insights into the Earth's geological history. A research team has discovered an unexpected ...
Feb. 10, 2025 — Researchers have designed an alternative, autonomous observational method to monitor the Arctic's melting ice, which holds promise for improving the autonomy of marine vehicles, aiding in ...
Feb. 10, 2025 — Earth's inner core is undergoing structural transformation. Located 3,000 miles below the Earth's surface, the inner core is anchored by gravity within the molten liquid outer core. Until ...
Feb. 7, 2025 — Based on the current pledges of countries for limiting their emissions of greenhouse gases, global temperatures are projected to reach 2.7 degrees Celsius beyond pre-industrial levels by the end of ...
Feb. 7, 2025 — While the restoration of natural areas is high on political agendas, a comprehensive new study shows that -- after more than two decades -- biodiversity growth has stalled in restored Danish ...
Feb. 6, 2025 — New research finds some baleen whale species call at such deep frequencies that they're completely undetectable by killer whales, which cannot hear sounds below 100 hertz. These also tend to be ...
Feb. 6, 2025 — Scientists have developed a novel tool designed to protect and conserve coral reefs by providing them with an abundance of feeding ...
Feb. 6, 2025 — Measurements and data collected from space can be used to better understand life on Earth. An ambitious, multinational research project has demonstrated that Earth's biodiversity can be ...
Feb. 6, 2025 — A recent study investigates how polyester microdroplets, potential precursors to modern cells, could form under realistic early Earth conditions. Researchers pushed these conditions to the limits, ...
Feb. 6, 2025 — A recent theory proposes that whales weren't just predators in the ocean environment: Nutrients that whales excreted may have provided a key fertilizer to these marine ecosystems. Oceanographers ...
Feb. 5, 2025 — Earliest inner solar system planetesimals shaped the inventory of moderately volatile elements in terrestrial ...
Feb. 5, 2025 — Reducing sulphur in the air may inadvertently increase natural emissions of methane from wetlands such as peatlands and swamps, a new study has found. The resulting additional future release of 20-34 ...
Feb. 5, 2025 — A new climate modeling study presents a new scenario of how climate and life on our planet would change in response to a potential future strike of a medium-sized (~500 m) ...
Feb. 5, 2025 — Earth systems models are an important tool for studying complex processes occurring around the planet, such as those in and between the atmosphere and biosphere, and they help researchers and ...
Feb. 4, 2025 — New research shows grain yields critical to India's food security are dragged down 10% or more in many parts of the country by nitrogen dioxide pollution from power stations that run on coal. ...
Feb. 4, 2025 — Computer models reveal how human-driven climate change will dramatically overhaul critical nutrient cycles in the ocean. Researchers report evidence that marine nutrient cycles -- essential for ...
Feb. 4, 2025 — Synthetic biologists have developed a prototype for an innovative biosensor that can detect rare earth elements and be modified for a range of other ...
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
- Models Show Intensifying Wildfires in a Warming World Due to Changes in Vegetation and Humidity; Only a Minor Role for Lightning
- Arctic Cyclones Could Be Missing Link in Sea Ice Depletion Models
Tuesday, February 11, 2025
Monday, February 10, 2025
- Anomaly in the Deep Sea
- New Autonomous System to Monitor Arctic's Melting Ice
- Earth's Inner Core Is Undergoing a Transformation
Friday, February 7, 2025
- An Arctic 'beyond Recognition' By 2100
- Twenty Years On, Biodiversity Struggles to Take Root in Restored Wetlands
Thursday, February 6, 2025
- Some Species of Baleen Whales Avoid Attracting Killer Whales by Singing Too Low to Be Heard
- New Technology Lights Way for Accelerating Coral Reef Restoration
- Multinational Research Project Shows How Life on Earth Can Be Measured from Space
- How Life's Building Blocks Took Shape on Early Earth: The Limits of Membraneless Polyester Protocell Formation
- Whale Poop Contains Iron That May Have Helped Fertilize Past Oceans
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
- Meteorite Discovery Challenges Long-Held Theories on Earth's Missing Elements
- Clean Air Policies Having Unintended Impact Driving Up Wetland Methane Emissions by Up to 34 Million Tons
- Scientists Simulate Asteroid Collision Effects on Climate and Plants
- Plant Power: A New Method to Model How Plants Move Water Globally
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
- Coal Emissions Cost India Millions in Crop Damages
- Climate Change Is Overhauling Marine Nutrient Cycles
- Scientists Develop Groundbreaking Biosensor for Rare Earth Element Detection
- Half a Degree Further Rise in Global Warming Will Triple Area of Earth Too Hot for Humans
- New Study Assesses Impact of Agricultural Research Investments on Biodiversity, Land Use
- Discovery of Water Droplet Freezing Bridges Atmospheric Science, Climate Solutions
Monday, February 3, 2025
- Life-Bearing Water Arrived on Earth Later Rather Than Sooner
- Global Groundwater Sulfate Distribution Map Uncovers Public Health Risks for 17 Million People
- We Have Underrated the Climate Effects of New Particles in Urban Areas
Friday, January 31, 2025
- How Does the Atmosphere Affect Ocean Weather?
- Carbon Capture from Constructed Wetlands Declines as They Age
Thursday, January 30, 2025
- Groundwater in Arctic Is Delivering More Carbon Into the Ocean Than Was Previously Known
- Earth Scientists Study Sikkim Flood in India to Help Others Prepare for Similar Disasters
- Sharks and Rays Benefit from Global Warming, but Not from CO2 in the Oceans
- Lead Contamination in Ancient Greece Points to Societal Change
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
- Antarctic Fast Ice Secrets
- A Window Into the Future of Amazonia
- Oceanic Plate Between Arabian and Eurasian Continental Plates Is Breaking Away
- Landmark Genetic Study: Fresh Shoots of Hope on the Tree of Life
- Pairing Old and New Technologies Could Unlock Advances in Plankton Science
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
- Ocean-Surface Warming Four Times Faster Now Than Late-1980s
- Mapping Antarctica's Hidden Ice-Free Lands: A Blueprint for Conservation
Monday, January 27, 2025
- Unveiling Japan's Geological History Through Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide Deposits
- Unraveling the Connection Between Canadian Wildfires and Arctic Ice Clouds
- New Weapon Against Harmful Algal Blooms
- Underwater Mud Volcanos Are a Haven for Marine Organisms
- Global Sea Level Very Likely to Rise Between 0.5 and 1.9 Meters by 2100 Under High-Emissions Scenario
Sunday, January 26, 2025
Friday, January 24, 2025
- Scientists Discover Unique Microbes in Amazonian Peatlands That Could Influence Climate Change
- Researcher Unveiling the Uncharted Reaction Pathways of Carbon Dioxide in Supercritical Water
Thursday, January 23, 2025
- Coastal Waters: An Underestimated Source of Methane
- More Acidic Oceans May Affect the Sex of Oysters
- New Twist in Mystery of Dinosaurs' Origin
- Claims for the World's Deepest Earthquake Challenged by New Analysis
Wednesday, January 22, 2025
- New AI Technology Helps Scientists Detect Which Pollutants in England's Lakes Are Most Harmful to Life, and Identify Species Which Are at Highest Risk
- Subterranean 'islands': Strongholds in a Potentially Less Turbulent World
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
- Here's What's Causing the Great Salt Lake to Shrink
- New Evidence Suggests Megaflood Refilled the Mediterranean Sea Five Million Years Ago
- We Can Make Fertilizer More Efficiently Under the Surface of the Earth
Friday, January 17, 2025
- Technology for Oxidizing Atmospheric Methane Won't Help the Climate
- Research on Past Hurricanes Aims to Reduce Future Risk
Thursday, January 16, 2025
- How Climate Change May Alter Hydrology of Grassland Ecosystems
- Asteroid Impact Sulfur Release Less Lethal in Dinosaur Extinction
- Thawing Permafrost Threatens Up to Three Million People in Arctic Regions
- Speleothem and Ice Cores: Natural Climate Archives Offer New Insights Into the Climate History of Central Europe
- Pioneering Research Exposes Huge Loss of Glaciers in One of the Fastest-Warming Places on Earth
- Early Humans Adapted to Harsh Conditions More Than a Million Years Ago
- Dung Data: Manure Can Help to Improve Global Maps of Herbivore Distribution
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
- Clouds Have a Surprising Effect on Surface Warming
- Critical Ocean Current Has Not Declined in the Last 60 Years
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
- Beach Guardians: How Hidden Microbes Protect Coastal Waters in a Changing Climate
- Great Barrier Reef Fish Evidence Suggests Shifts in Major Global Biodiversity Patterns
Monday, January 13, 2025
Friday, January 10, 2025
- New Data on Atmosphere from Earth to the Edge of Space
- Study Highlights Key Factors for Successful Restoration of Elkhorn Coral Colonies
Thursday, January 9, 2025
- Oil Extraction Might Have Triggered Small Earthquakes in Surrey, England
- Rapid Return of Water from Ground to Atmosphere Through Plants
- Storing Carbon in Buildings Could Help Address Climate Change
- A Sustainable Development Goal for Space?
Wednesday, January 8, 2025
- Scorching Climate Drove Lampreys Apart During Cretaceous Period
- Researchers Unlock Probable Hot Spots for Critical Metals
Tuesday, January 7, 2025
- Earth's Air War: Explaining the Delayed Rise of Plants, Animals on Land
- Pluto-Charon Formation Scenario Mimics Earth-Moon System
Monday, January 6, 2025
- Ice Patches on Beartooth Plateau Reveal How Ancient Landscape Differed from Today's
- Climate Extremes in 2024 'wreaking Havoc' On the Global Water Cycle
Thursday, January 2, 2025
Friday, December 27, 2024
Monday, December 23, 2024
Friday, December 20, 2024
Thursday, December 19, 2024
- Changes in Store for Atmospheric Rivers
- First Results from 2021 Rocket Launch Shed Light on Aurora's Birth
- Origins of Lunar Water and Its Connection to Earth's Early History
- Diversity of Novel Hydrothermal Vent Styles on the Arctic Ocean Floor
- Scientists Solving Meteorological Mysteries on Mars
- Chart of Life Extended by Nearly 1.5 Billion Years
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
- Living in the Deep, Dark, Slow Lane: Insights from the First Global Appraisal of Microbiomes in Earth's Subsurface Environments
- Giant Virus Encodes Key Piece of Protein-Making Machinery of Cellular Life
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
- Prehistoric Rock in Japan Reveals Clues to Major Ocean Anoxic Event
- Researchers Demonstrate High Accuracy of Observation Device That Can Be Dropped Into Typhoon Without Parachute
- 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