New way to date rocks
Credit: The University of Queensland A new way to date a common mineral could help pinpoint ore deposits and improve ...
Tag: Geology/Soil
Rice yields plummet and arsenic rises in future climate-soil scenarios
Credit: (Image credit: Kurt Hickman/Stanford News Service) Rice is the largest global staple crop, consumed by more than half the ...
Ground penetrating radar reveals why ancient Cambodian capital was moved to Angkor
Ancient spillway Cambodia reveals structure built for water storage failed and forced Cambodian Kings to relocate capitalCredit: Dr Ian Moffat, ...
UTA to study bridge safety during floods, ecological impact of bridge construction
Examining the safety and environmental impacts of bridgesCredit: UT Arlington A University of Texas at Arlington researcher has received two ...
Land restoration in Ethiopia pays off but climate change necessitates many strategies
A combination of land restoration activities can boost crop yields -- in some cases as much as 170 percent -- ...
Abrupt shifts in Arctic climate projected
Likelihood of an abrupt increase in wildfires also notedCredit: Northwest Territories Geological Survey Researchers from McGill University project that as ...
Study says Southern California earthquakes increased stress on major fault line
Credit: Bill Barnhart, University of Iowa A University of Iowa-led study has found that a series of Southern California earthquakes ...
Preserved pollen tells the history of floodplains
Credit: M.C. Ricker Many of us think about pollen only when allergy season is upon us. However, for soil scientists ...
Largest mapping of breathing ocean floor key to understanding global carbon cycle
Published in Nature Scientific DataCredit: Photographer: Dr Johannes Lemburg, Alfred Wegener Institute Marine sediments play a crucial role in the ...
Human activities boosted global soil erosion already 4,000 years ago
European and Canadian researchers join efforts to record changes of soil erosion over timeCredit: (Picture: Jean-Philippe-Jenny) Soil erosion reduces the ...
Mutated ferns shed light on ancient mass extinction
Most researchers believe that the mass extinction 201 million years ago was caused by release of CO2 by volcanism with ...
Fire-spawned forest fungi hide out in other organisms, study finds
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- When a wildfire obliterates a forest, the first life to rise ...
Lead isotopes a new tool for tracking coal ash
Tracer will help scientists monitor exposure risks of people near coal ash ponds and landfills or sites where ash is ...
Atmospheric pressure impacts greenhouse gas emissions from leaky oil and gas wells
Credit: Aaron Cahill Fluctuations in atmospheric pressure can heavily influence how much natural gas leaks from wells below the ground ...
UNH researchers find climate change increases risk of mercury contamination
Credit: Credit: Florencia Fahnestock/UNH DURHAM, N.H.--As global temperatures continue to rise, the thawing of permafrost in Arctic areas is being ...
Mathematicians find gold in data
Credit: @tsarcyanide/MIPT Press Office Russian mathematicians and geophysicists have made a standard technique for ore prospecting several times more effective. ...
Tailings dumped into Portmán Bay continue to release metals into the sea 25 years later
Credit: ICTA-UAB The waters of the Mediterranean Sea continue to receive dissolved metals from the mining waste deposited in Portmán ...
Alfalfa and potassium: It’s complicated
Credit: Deborah Samac Has anyone ever told you to eat a banana when you have a muscle cramp or eye ...
American Indian Science and Engineering Society recognizes early-career Sandia engineer
Award will be presented in mid-October at society's annual conferenceCredit: Randy Montoya ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Geoscience engineer Dylan Moriarty has ...
Improving mine ventilation focus of $1.25 million grant
Credit: Sekhar Bhattacharyya/Penn State Improving ventilation in underground mines with large openings is the focus of a new project funded ...
