Tag: Earth Science

Even Tyrannosaurus rex could have suffered a slipped discCredit: (c) Tanja Wintrich/Uni Bonn The intervertebral discs connect the vertebrae and ...

Geothermal energy from shell limestone

The ATES iQ project aims to demonstrate whether the carbonate rocks 500 meters below Berlin are suitable for heating buildingsCredit: ...

UM researchers receive major grant to study melting of famous glacier

Credit: Martin Truffer, University of Alaska Fairbanks MISSOULA - The National Science Foundation has awarded researchers at the University of ...

Fossil pollen record suggests vulnerability to mass extinction ahead

Credit: Allison Carter, Georgia Tech Reduced resilience of plant biomes in North America could be setting the stage for the ...

The age of the Earth’s inner core revised

Credit: NASA/ Gary A.Glatzmaier By creating conditions akin to the center of the Earth inside a laboratory chamber, researchers have ...

NASA nighttime imagery finds Tropical Storm Laura developing

Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite provided forecasters with a ...

NASA’s Suomi NPP satellite highlights California wildfires at night

Credit: Credits: NOAA/NASA/William Straka U of W-Madison/CIMSS/SSEC Striking images of the California wildfires are seen in these nighttime satellite images ...

NASA’s Terra satellite analyzes Caribbean’s Tropical Depression 14

Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL NASA's Terra satellite gathered infrared data on Tropical Depression 14 as it moves through the Caribbean Sea. ...

NASA nighttime image shows a weaker Genevieve moving away from mexico

Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Nighttime imagery from NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite found ...

NASA gets a wide angle view of hurricane Genevieve

Credit: Credit: NASA/ISS/Chris Cassidy NASA provided a series of photos of Hurricane Genevieve as it affected Mexico's southern Baja California ...

Greenland ice sheet shows losses in 2019

AWI researchers confirm record ice losses in Greenland in 2019 based on data from the GFZ/NASA satellite mission GRACE Follow-OnCredit: ...

Dinosaurs’ unique bone structure key to carrying weight

Trabecular structure different than mammals, birdsCredit: SMU DALLAS (SMU) - Weighing up to 8,000 pounds, hadrosaurs, or duck-billed dinosaurs were ...

UMass Amherst geoscientist will virtually tour the world as a distinguished lecturer

An expert in polar climate says drilling data over millions of years help show the futureCredit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. ...

February lockdown in China caused a drop in some types of air pollution, but not others

Credit: Arend Kuester/Flickr Atmospheric scientists have analyzed how the February near-total shutdown of mobility affected the air over China. Results ...

Water contaminant could have neurotoxic effects on children

Are those relying on private well water potentially at greater risk?Credit: (Samantha Ying/UCR) Manganese isn't considered a major water contaminant ...

Seafood could account for 25% of animal protein needed to meet increases in demand

Credit: Chris Costello lab, UCSB CORVALLIS, Ore. - Policy reforms and technological improvements could drive seafood production upward by as ...

NASA-NOAA satellite provides overnight watch on hurricane Genevieve

Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite kept an eye on ...

NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite snaps Tropical Storm Higos’ landfall

Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite provided forecasters with a ...

Microbes living on air a global phenomenon

Credit: Photo: Belinda Ferrari In their first follow-up to a high-profile 2017 study which showed microbes in Antarctica have a ...

NASA-NOAA satellite snaps image of tropical storm Higos in South China Sea