Tag: Earth Science

As the effects of a changing climate are felt with growing intensity, researchers, policymakers, and stakeholders are turning their attention ...

Ocean and space exploration blend at URI’s Graduate School of Oceanography

Credit: Erin Ranney/Ocean Exploration Trust KINGSTON, R.I. -- May 29, 2019 -- Scientists with a NASA-led expedition are operating from ...

‘Fettuccine’ may be most obvious sign of life on Mars, researchers report

Credit: Photo by Tom Murphy CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A rover scanning the surface of Mars for evidence of life might ...

Flow water research and education more towards developing world: UN University

Needed most in poorer nations: Educational opportunities, greater focus on practical water-related results, papers say; Assess water research impact by ...

Greater transparency needed over lobbyist influence on UK renewable energy schemes

Greater transparency is needed to understand the influence of lobbyists when delivering crucial renewable energy schemes in the UK, new ...

All ears: Genetic bases of mammalian inner ear evolution

Mammals have adapted to live in the darkest of caves and the deepest oceans, and from the highest mountains to ...

Climate driving new right whale movement

Scientists discover that rapid warming in the gulf of maine's depths is changing food availability and increasing risk to one ...

Climate undermined by lobbying

First-of-its-kind study quantifies the effects of political lobbying on likelihood of climate policy enactment For all the evidence that the ...

Paula S. Bontempi selected as Fellow of The Oceanography Society

For her vision of what satellite-based ocean ecology could be, and tireless efforts to bring that vision to fruition in ...

Steven G. Ackleson selected as Fellow of The Oceanography Society

For fundamental contributions to the understanding of phytoplankton optical properties, radiative transfer models and the development and application of autonomous ...

Amatzia Genin selected as Fellow of The Oceanography Society

For original and sustained contributions to biological oceanography, through creative and comprehensive studies testing core hypotheses related to bio-physical interactions ...

Societal values and perceptions shape energy production and use as much as new technology

CORVALLIS, Ore. - Societal values and perceptions have shaped the energy landscape as much as the technologies that drive its ...

Study of northern Alaska could rewrite Arctic history

Updates to the geological record connect to the region's resourcesCredit: Justin V. Strauss HANOVER, N.H. - May 28, 2019 - ...

Studying the evolution of oceans — grant