Tag: Earth Science

May 12, 2021

Study highlights missing factors or mismodelling in global risk assessmentsCredit: NTU Singapore A 'slow-motion' earthquake lasting 32 years - the ...

Newly described horned dinosaur from New Mexico was the earliest of its kind

With a frilled head and beaked face, Menefeeceratops sealeyi lived 82 million years ago, predating its relative, TriceratopsCredit: Sergey Krasovskiy ...

Dartmouth engineering study shows renewable energy will enhance power grid’s resilience

Credit: Dakota Thompson/Dartmouth A new Dartmouth Engineering study shows that integrating renewable energy into the American Electric Power System (AEPS) ...

Protecting local water has global benefits

New paper published May 11, 2021 in Nature CommunicationsCredit: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory. 2019. ...

Hidden within African diamonds, a billion-plus years of deep-earth history

Scientists find a new way to tell ages of the stones, and what made themCredit: Yaakov Weiss Diamonds are sometimes ...

Stanford researchers map how people in cities get a health boost from nature

Credit: Jacob Lund / Shutterstock Your local city park may be improving your health, according to a new paper led ...

UM scientist joins team partnering with UN’s initiative to map ungulate migrations

Credit: (Photo courtesy of Celie Intering) MISSOULA - University of Montana Professor Mark Hebblewhite has joined an international team of ...

Geoscientists find that shallow wastewater injection drives deep earthquakes in Texas

Credit: Virginia Tech In a newly published paper, Virginia Tech geoscientists have found that shallow wastewater injection -- not deep ...

Ocean-bottom sediments tell a story about ancient Greenland summers

A study digs into the history of summer temperatures in southern Greenland, with findings that hold a message of caution ...

Magnetic nanoparticles pull valuable elements from water sources

Earth-friendly process may help make critical materials sourcing economically feasible in the U.S.Credit: (Graphic: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) RICHLAND, Wash.--A ...

Clue to killer whale cluster

Why do more than 100 gather off WA every year?Credit: photo courtesy Naturaliste Charters, WA A Flinders University researcher has ...

Rapid lifestyle changes during early COVID-19 pandemic had no impact on climate change

Household carbon footprints did not significantly change during the first state of emergency in JapanCredit: Image by Yin Long, first ...

Could wider use of gene reserves protect rare species?

Credit: Melissa Minter, University of York UK landowners and conservationists welcome wider-spread use of Gene Conservation Units (GCUs) to help ...

New study explores functionality in aquatic ecosystems