Geology/Soil

Credit: Jeff Basinger CORVALLIS, Ore. - The string of volcanoes in the Cascades Arc, ranging from California's Mt. Lassen in the south to Washington's Mt. Baker in the north, have been studied by geologists and volcanologists for over a…
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Credit: Brendan Philip /University of Washington Off the coast of Washington, columns of bubbles rise from the seafloor, as if evidence of a sleeping dragon lying below. But these bubbles are methane that is squeezed out of sediment and…
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Field research on the border between Ethiopia and Kenya provides new insights into the break-up of continentsCredit: Giacomo Corti, National Research Council Italy Continental rift valleys are huge fractures on the surface of our planet…
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When consumed in contaminated water, the microscopic parasite Cryptosporidium can cause symptoms of stomach cramps, diarrhea and fever. Now, researchers reporting in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology have detected…
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Remote communities in the Peruvian Andes depend on the water from melting glaciers and mountain ecosystems to provide them with food and powerCredit: Caroline Clason, University of Plymouth Remote communities in the Peruvian Andes, as…
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Discovering the Arctic Ocean's seafloorsCredit: José Luis Casamor (GRC Marine Geosciences/University of Barcelona) A scientific study describes for the first time the submarine cartography of a high-latitude system in the IBIS…
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Credit: McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER Antarctica is a nearly uninhabited, ice-covered continent ravaged by cold, windy, and dry conditions. Virginia Tech researcher Jeb Barrett was part of an international collaborative team that analyzed…
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Gardens are highlighted by USDA Climate HubsCredit: UMass Amherst To educate and inspire people about how to farm and garden sustainably in the Northeast, three student-led permaculture gardens at the University of Massachusetts…
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A young researcher at EPFL has demonstrated that the viscosity of fluids present in faults has a direct effect on the force of earthquakes Fault zones play a key role in shaping the deformation of the Earth's crust. All of these zones…
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Credit: ©The American Phytopathological Society St. Paul, MN (March 2019)--Phosphorus is crucial for plant growth--with it, plants can acquire, transfer, and store the energy that helps them flourish in full health. Without it, plants…
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Responsible miningCredit: UT Arlington Artisanal and small-scale gold mining is a way of life for many small towns in Colombia and Peru, but the decades-old techniques employed by workers may have negative effects on residents' health…
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New insights emerge on what drives long-term climatic trends For the entire history of our species, humans have lived on a planet capped by a chunk of ice at each pole. But Earth has been ice-free for about 75 percent of the time since…
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Credit: Idaho National Laboratory Researchers have examined a method to extract rare-earth elements from mining waste that could provide the world with a reliable supply of the valuable materials. The research, led by Idaho…
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Ecological transformation in the wake of the 'Great Dying' moves scientists closer to understanding the nature of recoveryCredit: © 2019 Ashley Dineen SAN FRANCISCO (March 13, 2019) - Scientists are peeking into ancient oceans to unravel…
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