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 ...
Tag: Geology/Soil
Hidden secrets written in stone
Decoding Hallett Cove with virtual realityCredit: University of South Australia It's one of the best-known geological heritage sites around the ...
Native trees thrive in teak plantations and may protect the Panama Canal
Credit: Jorge Alemán, STRI Native to India, teak is the go-to species for reforestation in Central America. But teak often ...
Traces of ancient life tell story of early diversity in marine ecosystems
Credit: Xiaoya Ma If you could dive down to the ocean floor nearly 540 million years ago just past the ...
Warming threat to tropical forests risks release of carbon from soil
Credit: Geetha Iyer Billions of tonnes of carbon dioxide risk being lost into the atmosphere due to tropical forest soils ...
Technology can help speed soil recovery after oil spills
Credit: David Weindorf After an oil spill or leak, it's important to act fast. If the oil has gotten into ...
University of Oklahoma researcher receives grant to increase geothermal energy production
Credit: University of Oklahoma NORMAN, OKLA. - Ahmad Ghassemi, the McCasland Chair and professor of petroleum engineering at the Mewbourne ...
Stronger rains in warmer climate could lessen heat damage to crops, says study
But overall yields could still decline sharplyCredit: Graphic by Corey Lesk. Intensified rainstorms predicted for many parts of the United ...
Deep-sea misconceptions cause underestimation of seabed-mining impacts
Credit: NOAA OER A new publication on the impacts of deep-seabed mining by 13 prominent deep-sea biologists, led by University ...
Skoltech supercomputer helps scientists reveal most influential parameters for crop
Credit: Pavel Odinev / Skoltech Nowadays, agriculture is going to become AI-native: Skoltech researchers have used the Zhores supercomputer to ...
Researchers: What’s in oilfield wastewater matters for injection-induced earthquakes
Credit: Virginia Tech A team of geoscience researchers in the Virginia Tech College of Science has developed a new theory ...
New acid mine drainage treatment turns waste into valuable critical minerals
Credit: Penn State A new way to treat acid mine drainage (AMD) could help transform the environmental pollution problem into ...
Rock debris protects glaciers from climate change more than previously known
A new study which provides a global estimate of rock cover on the Earth's glaciers has revealed that the expanse ...
Smartphones prove to be time-saving analytical tools
Credit: Colby Brungard Seemingly everyone has a smartphone in their pocket, and we find new uses for them every day. ...
Iron-rich meteorites show record of core crystallization in system’s oldest planetesimals
To truly understand what makes our planet capable of sustaining life, and to look for habitable worlds elsewhere, it is ...
Satellite survey shows California’s sinking coastal hotspots
Credit: Source: USGS NED. A majority of the world population lives on low lying lands near the sea, some of ...
Tiny plants crucial for sustaining dwindling water supplies: Global analysis
Credit: David Eldridge A global meta-analysis led by UNSW scientists shows tiny organisms that cover desert soils - so-called biocrusts ...
Are cover crops negatively impacting row crops?
Credit: Katja Koehler-Cole Winter cover crops benefit soil health and can suppress weeds in subsequent row crops but may also ...
Studying interactions between ground-nesting bees and soils
Credit: Jennifer Fedenko Many living creatures live in soil. Though their sizes range from microscopic soil microbes to larger animals ...
Deep sea microbes dormant for 100 million years are hungry and ready to multiply
Credit: Image: JAMSTEC KINGSTON, R.I., -- July 28, 2020 -- For decades, scientists have gathered ancient sediment samples from below ...
