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December 24, 2024
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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 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 of these vents and assessing their global-scale ...
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 pioneering study explores the isotopic signatures of ...
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 determined this event occurred 119.5 million years ago -- ...
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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. 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. 2, 2024 A new collection of published papers offers the most detailed and comprehensive breakdown yet of how water injected into the Permian Basin during oil ...
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. 4, 2024 Two massive asteroids hit Earth around 35.65 million years ago, but did not lead to any lasting changes in the Earth's climate, according to a new ...
Dec. 2, 2024 Scientists assessed an unprecedented 120 years of data from K lauea Volcano on Hawai'i Island, uncovering, for the first time, century-spanning ...
Nov. 27, 2024 New research has revealed that the Ninetyeast Ridge -- the Earth's longest straight underwater mountain chain -- formed through a different process than previously believed. Stretching 5000 km along ...
Nov. 12, 2024 Migratory birds are known for their ability to traverse thousands of kilometres to reach their breeding or wintering grounds. Research found that these birds, in this case, Eurasian reed warblers ...
Nov. 19, 2024 Researchers study how Champatis roll and bounce down inclines. The authors released a heap of the seeds down an inclined plane while a camera ...
Nov. 18, 2024 A new study has highlighted just how significantly the level of the Mediterranean Sea dropped during the Messinian Salinity Crisis -- a major geological event that transformed the Mediterranean into ...
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Nov. 18, 2024 Through the intricate study of lava tubes -- caves formed following volcanic eruptions when lava cools down -- an international team of researchers has uncovered clues about Earth's ancient ...
Nov. 14, 2024 Researchers have discovered meter-high chimneys on the floor of the Dead Sea. These are formed by the spontaneous crystallization of minerals from groundwater with an extremely high salt content ...
Nov. 14, 2024 By probing chemical processes observed in the Earth's hot mantle, scientists have started developing a library of basalt-based spectral signatures that not only will help reveal the composition ...
Nov. 11, 2024 A series of rocks hiding around Colorado's Rocky Mountains may hold clues to a frigid period in Earth's past when glaciers several miles thick covered the entire ...
Nov. 8, 2024 Geoscientists employed current-day stratigraphic, depositional and paleontological models, along with modern technological muscle to provide updated insights of the Cambrian period of the Grand ...
Nov. 8, 2024 The Planetary Boundaries framework is a pivotal tool for tackling the climate crisis and safeguarding humanity's future on Earth. For the first time, the full story of the Planetary Boundaries ...
Nov. 5, 2024 At the end of the last global ice age, the deep-frozen Earth reached a built-in limit of climate change and thawed into a slushy planet. Results provide the first direct geochemical evidence of the ...
Nov. 4, 2024 Fifteen minutes before the massive January 2022 eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano, a seismic wave was recorded by two distant seismic stations. The researchers propose that the ...
Nov. 4, 2024 Research helps reconstruct an ancient climate and challenges the timing of the Andes Mountains ...
Oct. 31, 2024 This model reveals how vastly different the atmosphere was on ancient Earth, and how life may have first ...
Oct. 30, 2024 A team discovered that, contrary to present scientific understanding, ancient volcanoes continued to spew carbon dioxide into the atmosphere from deep within the Earth long past their period of ...
Oct. 22, 2024 A study investigating the complex evolution of two iconic Western Australian landmarks, has traced their transformation over thousands of years and offers a glimpse into their future. Researchers ...
Oct. 21, 2024 Scientists paint a compelling picture of what happened the day the S2 meteorite crashed into Earth 3.26 billion years ...
Oct. 21, 2024 A new modeling study shows that the El Nino event, a huge blob of warm ocean water in the tropical Pacific Ocean that can change rainfall patterns around the globe, was present at least 250 million ...
Oct. 21, 2024 When a magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck northern New Jersey's Tewksbury township on April 5, it triggered widespread alarm as the biggest event since 1884. Based on existing models, it should ...
Oct. 17, 2024 Along coastal California, the possibility of earthquakes and landslides are commonly prefaced by the phrase, 'not if, but when.' This precarious reality is now a bit more predictable thanks ...
Oct. 16, 2024 A mysterious find on Easter Island, investigated by a team of geologists, suggests that the Earth's mantle seems to behave differently than once ...
Oct. 10, 2024 When lightning cracks on Earth, especially high-energy electrons may fall out of Earth's inner radiation belt, according to a new study -- an electron 'rain' that could threaten ...
Oct. 3, 2024 Researchers have discovered inorganic nanostructures surrounding deep-ocean hydrothermal vents that are strikingly similar to molecules that make life as we know it possible. These nanostructures are ...
Oct. 2, 2024 Small iron-rich formations found within Western Australia's Pinnacles, which are part of the world's largest wind-blown limestone belt spanning more than 1000km, have provided new insights ...
Monday, November 18, 2024
Thursday, November 14, 2024
- Spectacular Chimneys Discovered in the Dead Sea
- Scientists Compile Library for Evaluating Exoplanet Water
Monday, November 11, 2024
Friday, November 8, 2024
- Geologists Rewrite Textbooks With New Insights from the Bottom of the Grand Canyon
- Pioneering Planetary Boundaries Science as Key to Mitigating Rising Planetary Risks
Tuesday, November 5, 2024
Monday, November 4, 2024
- New Trigger Proposed for Record-Smashing 2022 Tonga Eruption
- Reconstructing Ancient Climate Provides Clues to Climate Change
Thursday, October 31, 2024
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
Monday, October 21, 2024
- What Happened When a Meteorite the Size of Four Mount Everests Hit Earth?
- Weather-Changing El Nino Oscillation Is at Least 250 Million Years Old
- Shaking from April's Sizable New Jersey Earthquake Traveled Strangely Far
Thursday, October 17, 2024
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Thursday, October 10, 2024
Thursday, October 3, 2024
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
- Iron Nuggets in the Pinnacles Unlock Secrets of Ancient and Future Climates
- Mystery of Uruguay's Amethyst Geodes: New Model to Explain Amethyst Formation
- Closer Look at New Jersey Earthquake Rupture Could Explain Shaking Reports
Monday, September 30, 2024
- Tongan Volcanic Eruption Triggered by Explosion as Big as 'five Underground Nuclear Bombs'
- A River Is Pushing Up Mount Everest's Peak
Friday, September 27, 2024
- Deep Underground Flooding Beneath Arima Hot Springs: A Potential Trigger for the 1995 Kobe (Hyogo-Ken Nanbu) Earthquake
- Ancient Sunken Seafloor Reveals Earth's Deep Secrets
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Monday, September 23, 2024
Thursday, September 19, 2024
- Over Nearly Half a Billion Years, Earth's Global Temperature Has Changed Drastically, Driven by Carbon Dioxide
- New Research Reenvisions Earth's Mantle as a Relatively Uniform Reservoir
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Tuesday, September 17, 2024
Thursday, September 12, 2024
- Climate-Change-Triggered 2023 Mega-Landslide Caused Earth to Vibrate for Nine Days
- Path to Prosperity for Planet and People Shrinking Rapidly, Scientists Warn
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Friday, August 30, 2024
Thursday, August 29, 2024
- How a Salt Giant Radically Reshaped Mediterranean Marine Biodiversity
- Land-Sea 'tag-Team' Devastated Ocean Life Millions of Years Ago Reveal Scientists
Wednesday, August 28, 2024
Monday, August 26, 2024
Friday, August 23, 2024
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Friday, August 16, 2024
- Decoding Mysterious Seismic Signals
- Scottish and Irish Rocks Confirmed as Rare Record of 'snowball Earth'
Wednesday, August 14, 2024
Friday, August 9, 2024
- Millions of Years for Plants to Recover from Global Warming
- Record-Breaking Recovery of Rocks That Originated in Earth's Mantle Could Reveal Secrets of Planet's History
Wednesday, August 7, 2024
- Water Delivered to the Mantle by Aluminum Enriched Hydrated Slabs?
- Scientists Uncover Hidden Forces Causing Continents to Rise
Monday, August 5, 2024
- Greenland Fossil Discovery Reveals Increased Risk of Sea-Level Catastrophe
- New Model Refutes Leading Theory on How Earth's Continents Formed
Friday, August 2, 2024
- How the Rising Earth in Antarctica Will Impact Future Sea Level Rise
- Link Between Global Warming and Rising Sea Levels
Wednesday, July 31, 2024
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Friday, June 28, 2024
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Thursday, June 13, 2024
Wednesday, June 12, 2024
- Laser Tests Reveal New Insights Into Key Mineral for Super-Earths
- A Mountainous Mystery Uncovered in Australia's Pink Sands
Monday, June 10, 2024
Friday, June 7, 2024
Wednesday, June 5, 2024
- A Cracking Discovery -- Eggshell Waste Can Recover Rare Earth Elements Needed for Green Energy
- Breaking Ground: Could Geometry Offer a New Explanation for Why Earthquakes Happen?
Monday, June 3, 2024
- Shape and Depth of Ocean Floor Profoundly Influence How Carbon Is Stored There
- Fresh Findings: Earliest Evidence of Life-Bringing Freshwater on Earth
Monday, May 27, 2024
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Monday, May 20, 2024
- Can Coal Mines Be Tapped for Rare Earth Elements?
- Extreme Complexity in Formation of Rare Earth Mineral Vital for Tech Industry
- Subduction Zone Splay Faults Compound Hazards of Great Earthquakes
Friday, May 10, 2024
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
- Heavy Snowfall and Rain May Contribute to Some Earthquakes
- Rock Steady: Study Reveals New Mechanism to Explain How Continents Stabilized
Tuesday, May 7, 2024
- Researchers Show That Slow-Moving Earthquakes Are Controlled by Rock Permeability
- From Fossils to Fuel: Mozambique's Maniamba Basin's Energy Potential
Monday, May 6, 2024
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Wednesday, April 24, 2024
- Human Activities Have an Intense Impact on Earth's Deep Subsurface Fluid Flow
- Researchers Find Oldest Undisputed Evidence of Earth's Magnetic Field