Arctic was once lush and green, could be again, new research shows
Credit: Zach Montes Orijin Media Imagine not a white, but a green Arctic, with woody shrubs as far north as ...
Tag: Earth Science
Polarstern expedition investigates massive calved iceberg
Experts explore for the first time life on the seafloor in a region formerly covered by thick iceCredit: Alfred-Wegener-Institut / ...
Modeling the probability of methane hydrate deposits on the seafloor
Sandia scientists use machine learning to find fuel source, climate-change driverCredit: Image courtesy of William Eymold/Sandia National Laboratories RALEIGH, N.C. ...
A new satellite-measured “Solar-induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence” (SIF) product aims to improve carbon neutrality research
Credit: TanSat team Solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) is emitted during plant photosynthesis. SIF results from vegetation chlorophyll giving off red ...
New study investigates how life on land recovered after “The Great Dying”
By characterizing how ancient life responded to environmental stressors, researchers gain insights into how modern species might fareCredit: © Xiaochong ...
Tracking past earthquakes along the Japan Trench
IODP Expedition 386 focuses on the record of giant earthquakes of the past preserved in deep marine sedimentsCredit: Credits © ...
Lightning strikes played a vital role in life’s origins on Earth
Credit: Lucy Entwisle Lightning strikes were just as important as meteorites in creating the perfect conditions for life to emerge ...
Migration routes of one of Britain’s largest ducks revealed for the first time
Much still remains a mystery as to the Shelduck's migrationCredit: ©Philip Croft/BTO New research, just published in the journal Ringing ...
University of Utah scientists plumb the depths of the world’s tallest geyser
Credit: Courtesy of Sin-Mei Wu/University of Utah When Steamboat Geyser, the world's tallest, started erupting again in 2018 in Yellowstone ...
NASA images reveal important forests and wetlands are disappearing in Belize
Credit: Image from the Landsat 8 archive, NASA/USGS. AUSTIN, Texas -- Using NASA satellite images and machine learning, researchers with ...
Global river flow contingent upon climate change
Credit: Michigan State University More often than ever before, water available in rivers is at the mercy of climate change, ...
Melting glaciers could speed up carbon emissions into the atmosphere
Credit: Lee Brown The loss of glaciers worldwide enhances the breakdown of complex carbon molecules in rivers, potentially contributing further ...
European summer droughts since 2015 unprecedented in past two millennia
Credit: Ulf Büntgen Recent summer droughts in Europe are far more severe than anything in the past 2,100 years, according ...
Researchers study public comments on orca conservation to aid future protection efforts
Credit: Kelly Biedenweg CORVALLIS, Ore. - Oregon State University researchers analyzed more than 17,000 public comments focused on orca conservation ...
Oil in the ocean photooxides within hours to days, new study finds
Study provides new details on the fate of spilled oil in the marine environment, effectiveness of chemical dispersantsCredit: MODIS on ...
Traces of Earth’s early magma ocean identified in Greenland rocks
Credit: Hanika Rizo New research led by the University of Cambridge has found rare evidence - preserved in the chemistry ...
Zealandia Switch may be the missing link in understanding ice age climates
Credit: Photo courtesy of Aaron Putnam Orono, Maine -- The origins of ice age climate changes may lie in the ...
Paleontology: Microscope helps with dinosaur puzzle
Comparison of fossil bone tissue allows more reliable assignment to individualsCredit: (c) Sauriermuseum Aathal Fossil sites sometimes resemble a living ...
A new model predicts snakebites to save human lives
Tel Aviv University participates in international studyCredit: Tel Aviv University About 1.8 million envenoming snakebites occur around the world annually, ...
Dartmouth-led team awarded NASA grant to assess changes in biodiversity hotspot in Peru
Team to use remotely sensed data to assess land cover changes in the Madre de DiosCredit: Photo by Jason Houston ...
