Tag: Earth Science

Research project on the use of deep geothermal energy to extract the raw material - funding is granted by the ...

Diamonds need voltage

In addition to heat and high pressure, small electric fields can also play a decisive role in the formation of ...

Scientists discover how the potentially oldest coral reefs in the Mediterranean developed

Credit: ICM-CSIC, University of Southampton A new study from the Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC, Spain) and the National ...

Brazilian dam collapse could have been predicted with right monitoring technology

Credit: Google Earth One of Brazil's worst environmental disasters - a dam collapse that also killed more than 200 people ...

Climate-related species extinction possibly mitigated by newly discovered effect

According to a new study, future climate-related species extinction could be less severe than predictions based only on the current ...

New starfish-like fossil reveals evolution in action

Credit: Collections of the Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 Researchers from the University of Cambridge have discovered a fossil of ...

Butterfly anti-aphrodisiac and floral scent

Animals and plants take different evolutionary routes to the same chemicalCredit: Kelsey JRP Byers, 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ A novel family of ...

Dawn Wright Selected as fellow of The Oceanography Society

For outstanding and sustained contributions to the field of oceanographyCredit: Eric Laycock The Oceanography Society (TOS) congratulates Dr. Dawn Wright ...

Counting elephants from space

Satellite images processed with the help of computer algorithms are a promising new tool for surveying endangered wildlife.Credit: Satellite image ...

Claudia Benitez-Nelson selected for TOS Mentoring Award

Presented for excellence and/or innovation in mentoring the next generation of ocean scientistsCredit: Julia Benitez-Nelson The Oceanography Society (TOS) congratulates ...

Research finds tiny bubbles tell tales of big volcanic eruptions

Study: Nanocrystals may explain staggering number of bubbles in erupted lavaCredit: Photo courtesy of S. Hajimirza/Rice University HOUSTON - (Jan. ...

Acidification impedes shell development of plankton off the US West Coast

Credit: Credit: NOAA Ocean Acidification Program Shelled pteropods, microscopic free-swimming sea snails, are widely regarded as indicators for ocean acidification ...

Improving long-term climate calculations

A new method reduces uncertainties in computer model estimations of climate change over thousands of years.Credit: TiPES/HP Climate researchers have ...

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