New study shines light on hazards of Earth’s largest volcano
Researchers find that a large earthquake could set off eruption of Hawaii's Mauna Loa volcanoCredit: USGS MIAMI - Scientists from ...
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Electromagnetic anomalies that occur before an earthquake
Credit: Copyright © 2021, Yuji Enomoto, Shinshu University It has been documented over hundreds of years that various electromagnetic anomalies ...
Clues from soured milk reveal how gold veins form
For decades scientists have been puzzled by the formation of rare hyper-enriched gold depositsCredit: Duncan McLeish For decades scientists have ...
University of Montana students lead prescribed wildfire burn on university ranch
University of Montana leads prescribed wildfire burnCredit: University of Montana MISSOULA - In mid-April on the University of Montana-owned Bandy ...
Airborne radar reveals groundwater beneath glacier
Credit: NASA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Melting glaciers and polar ice sheets are among the dominant sources of sea-level ...
Electrons riding a double wave
Research team presents a new type of particle acceleratorCredit: Arie Irman Since they are far more compact than today's accelerators, ...
World met target for protected area coverage on land, but quality must improve
UNEP/IUCN Protected Planet Report: over 22 million km2 of land, 28 million km2 of ocean protected or conserved since 2010; ...
‘Postcode lottery’ of nutrient intake from crops revealed in new study
Credit: The University of Nottingham The amount of nutrients people get from the crops that they eat is a type ...
How a small fish coped with being isolated from the sea
12000-year-old fish bones shed light on evolutionary processes.Credit: Photo: Anders Romundset, NGU / NTNU The last ice age ended almost ...
Peatlands pose complex, poorly understood risk for similar fires, researchers warn
Findings come five years after disastrous fire in Fort McMurray, AlbertaCredit: Sophie Wilkinson, McMaster University HAMILTON, ON May 18, 2021 ...
Earth’s oldest minerals date onset of plate tectonics to 3.6 billion years ago
Ancient zircons from the jack hills of western Australia hone date of an event that was crucial to making the ...
Force-sensing PIEZO proteins are at work in plants, too
Proteins that enable the sense of touch in humans have an evolutionary cousin that helps plants grow their root systemsCredit: ...
Earthquake early warnings launch in Wash., completing West Coast-wide ShakeAlert system
Credit: Mark Stone/University of Washington When the Big One hits, the first thing Washington residents notice may not be the ...
Study finds six degrees celsius cooling on land during the last Ice Age
Possible implications about future global warmingCredit: Photo credit: Werner Aeschbach Woods Hole, Mass. (May 12, 2021) -- Low-to-mid latitude land ...