Tag: Earth Science

Credit: Karen Fischer SAN FRANCISCO--The Seismological Society of America (SSA) will present its highest honor, the 2019 Harry Fielding Reid ...

Engineered bacteria could be missing link in energy storage

ITHACA, N.Y. - One of the big issues with sustainable energy systems is how to store electricity that's generated from ...

ESA announces the recipients of the 2018 Student Awards

Awards recognize students for exceptional research and outstanding presentations given at the 2018 Annual Meeting The Ecological Society of America ...

GRACE data contributes to understanding of climate change

Expanded investigation through 2021 to be highly dependent on TACC supercomputing systemsCredit: NASA/JPL-Caltech The University of Texas at Austin team ...

Could there be life without carbon? (video)

Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, May 23, 2019 -- One element is the backbone of all forms of life ...

Rare volcanic rocks lift lid on dangers of little-studied eruptions

Credit: Ben Clarke Unusual rocks discovered on a remote mountainside have alerted scientists to the dangers posed by a little-studied ...

Seeing inside superfog

High humidity and plant moisture combine with cold air and smoke from burning vegetation to form particularly dense fog, but ...

Study predicts shift to smaller animals over next century

Credit: Robert Cooke Researchers at the University of Southampton have forecast a worldwide move towards smaller birds and mammals over ...

Swedish researchers encourage less flying, with new tool to highlight climate impact

Credit: Travel and Climate As the climate issue heats up, consumers are becoming more conscious of their impact on the ...

New insights about carbon and ice could clarify inner workings of Earth, other planets

Credit: Natalia Solomatova/École Normale Supérieure de Lyon Most people behave differently when under extreme pressure. Carbon and ice are no ...

Subtropical Storm Andrea gone girl

Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Subtropical Storm Andrea was gone before the storm could ...

Global temperature change attributable to external factors, confirms new study

Researchers at the University of Oxford have confirmed that human activity and other external factors are responsible for the rise ...

Plankton as a climate driver instead of the sun?

A new view on past climate changeCredit: A. Stuhr, GEOMAR. The climate history of the earth is marked by periodic ...

PLOS announces published peer review option