Top geology award goes to Ian Dalziel of The University of Texas at Austin
Credit: Ian Dalziel Ian W.D. Dalziel, a professor in the Jackson School of Geosciences at The University of Texas at ...
Tag: Geology/Soil
A rock with many perspectives
Credit: Schulz, GFZ The Alum Shale of Northern Europe not only has an eventful history of formation, connected with the ...
Land repair vital for survival
Successful dryland restoration to benefit 2bn peopleCredit: Flinders University Restoration of degraded drylands is urgently needed to mitigate climate change, ...
Mini radar could find water and habitable tunnels on the Moon or Mars
A miniature radar device that scans deep below ground is being developed to identify ice deposits and even hollowed out ...
The climate impact of wild pigs greater than a million cars
Credit: The University of Queensland By uprooting carbon trapped in soil, wild pigs are releasing around 4.9 million metric tonnes ...
Arrival of land plants changed Earth’s climate control system
The arrival of plants on land about 400 million years ago may have changed the way the Earth naturally regulates ...
Fossil rodent teeth add North American twist to Caribbean mammals’ origin story
Credit: Jorge Velez-Juarbe GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Two fossil teeth from a distant relative of North American gophers have scientists rethinking ...
Solar radio signals could be used to monitor melting ice sheets
Credit: Image credit: Sean Peters The sun provides a daunting source of electromagnetic disarray - chaotic, random energy emitted by ...
Study shows forests play greater role in depositing toxic mercury across the globe
UMass Lowell-led research conducted in Mass., MaineCredit: Photo courtesy of Daniel Obrist. LOWELL, Mass. - Researchers led by a UMass ...
Rise in Southeast Asia forest clearance increasing greenhouse gases
Credit: Dominick Spracklen Forest clearance in Southeast Asia is accelerating, leading to unprecedented increases in carbon emissions, according to new ...
UN’s new global framework for managing nature: 1st detailed draft agreement launched
Draft 1 of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework includes 21 action targets proposed for 2030; Will be considered at UN ...
Huge volcanic eruption disrupted climate but not human evolution
Credit: Steve Self, UC Berkeley New Brunswick, N.J. (July 9, 2021) -- A massive volcanic eruption in Indonesia about 74,000 ...
$1.4 million grant increases coverage of Mississippi River Basin
Walton Family Foundation grant will create the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk, covering agriculture, water and environmental issues ...
Q-CTRL awarded $3.5 million grant from Australian government for space-based quantum sensors
Company to expand the development and manufacture of advanced sensors for climate data monitoring, mining, defense applications and moreCredit: Q-CTRL ...
Ancient ostrich eggshell reveals new evidence of extreme climate change thousands of years ago
Credit: Philip Kiberd Evidence from an ancient eggshell has revealed important new information about the extreme climate change faced by ...
NASA space lasers map meltwater lakes in Antarctica with striking precision
Credit: Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Dr. Kelly Brunt From above, the Antarctic Ice Sheet might look like a calm, ...
CWRU receives $1.2M W.M. Keck Foundation grant to determine ecological factors affect the evolution of our ancestors
Professor Beverly Saylor leads interdisciplinary global group applying state-of-the art technology to answer ancient questionsCredit: Case Western Reserve University CLEVELAND, ...
Changes in Earth’s orbit enabled the emergence of complex life
Credit: University of Southampton Scientists at the University of Southampton have discovered that changes in Earth's orbit may have allowed ...
Story tips: Powered by nature, get on the bus, accelerating methane and more
Credit: ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Manufacturing - Powered by nature A team of researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory ...
Wallonia as an international reference for the timeline
Paleontologists from Univeristy of Liège (Belgium) redefine the geological boundary between the Devonian and Carboniferous periods. A Walloon site could ...