Tag: Earth Science

March 5, 2020

Credit: Image provided by Sara Hamilton, OSU College of Science. CORVALLIS, Ore. - Tapping into 35 years of satellite imagery, ...

New book tells of early Antarctic explorations, continent’s connection to climate

A new book illustrates the environmental history of Antarctica through stories of 19th-century expeditions.Credit: Courtesy Gillen D'Arcy Wood CHAMPAIGN, Ill. ...

Almost alien: Antarctic subglacial lakes are cold, dark and full of secrets

Credit: JT Thomas More than half of the planet's fresh water is in Antarctica. While most of it is frozen ...

NASA tracks ex-Tropical Cyclone Esther over Northern Territory

Credit: NASA Worldview NASA's Aqua satellite continues to provide forecasters with a visible image ex-tropical cyclone Esther's remnant clouds and ...

New model shows winners, losers among marine microbes in warming oceans

A USC-led research team developed a new tool to show how rising ocean temperatures help and hurt various marine microbesCredit: ...

Researchers develop new explanation for destructive earthquake vibrations

Credit: Julia Carr PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Earthquakes produce seismic waves with a range of frequencies, from the long, rolling motions ...

NASA sees ex-tropical cyclone Esther move back into northern territory

Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite provided forecasters with a ...

Texas A&M researchers develop flooding prediction tool

Almost real-time flood prediction tool may boost emergency response during hurricanesCredit: Texas A&M University College of Engineering By incorporating the ...

New tiny 44 million year old bird fossil links Africa and Asia to Utah

Credit: Dr. Thomas Stidham A new species of quail-sized fossil bird from 44 million year old sediments in Utah fills ...

Unstable rock pillars near reservoirs can produce dangerous water waves

Experiments on a simple model for granular cliffs that line the banks of rivers highlight hidden risksCredit: Huang Bolin WASHINGTON, ...

Geologists determine early Earth was a ‘water world’ by studying exposed ocean crust

Credit: Photo by Jana Meixnerova/provided by Benjamin Johnson AMES, Iowa - The Earth of 3.2 billion years ago was a ...

Collaborative using UVM researcher using NSF grant to recreate regional temperature data

Discovering a missing piece of recent climate dataCredit: University of Vermont Schoolchildren know that the age of a tree can ...

Beef consumption hurting river quality

New study shows water scarcity and fish imperilment are driven by beef production in the Western United StatesCredit: University of ...

Beef consumption hurting river quality