Tag: Earth Science

Multi-national team of scientists discover amounts of mercury in the deepest trenches of the Pacific Ocean that exceed any value ...

New pilot study finds severe water repellency in sand samples after treatment with both hot and cold smokeCredit: Vera Samburova/DRI. ...

A newly developed holographic light collector boosts solar panel efficiency for an energy conversion increase of approximately five percent over ...

Data assimilation method improves NOAA forecasts of coastal floodingCredit: FEMA News Photos Hurricane storm surge is one of the most ...

Credit: UT Jackson School of Geosciences/UTIG Slow slip earthquakes, a type of slow motion tremor, have been detected at many ...

Researchers find that a large earthquake could set off eruption of Hawaii's Mauna Loa volcanoCredit: USGS MIAMI - Scientists from ...

Credit: Courtney Wagner/University of Utah Fifty-six million years ago, as the Earth's climate warmed by five to eight degrees C, ...

Credit: Keren Cooper Knowledge systems outside of those sanctioned by Western universities have often been marginalised or simply not engaged ...

Research teams across the UK will investigate the viability of five innovative methods of large-scale greenhouse gas removal to counter ...

For decades scientists have been puzzled by the formation of rare hyper-enriched gold depositsCredit: Duncan McLeish For decades scientists have ...

Credit: Christian Sidor Paleontologists had to adjust to stay safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many had to postpone fossil excavations, ...

$2.06 billion/year can be saved by keeping warming to 1.5 °C instead of 3 °C for Chinese railwayCredit: Kai Liu ...

Credit: Jinqiang Zhang Atmospheric ozone, which can regulate the amount of incoming ultraviolet radiation on the Earth's surface, is important ...

Credit: Jack Williams. MADISON - A global survey of fossil pollen has discovered that the planet's vegetation is changing at ...

The African Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation will be open access; immediately available to all to build on knowledgeCredit: Springer ...

Credit: Enrico Di Minin Elephants and lions are iconic species that help raise substantial funds for conservation. However, they also ...

Credit: NASA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Melting glaciers and polar ice sheets are among the dominant sources of sea-level ...

Credit: The University of Texas at Austin/Cockrell School of Engineering. For many engineers and scientists, nature is the world's greatest ...

New tree ring method highlights climatic changes over the last 1,250 yearsCredit: Grant L. Harley WASHINGTON--Yellowstone National Park is famous ...

Credit: Jon Ove Hagen The catastrophe Wadham is seeing unfold is the rapid melting and demise of our planet's glaciers. ...