TU Graz researchers identify chemical processes as key to understanding landslides
Credit: © Kieffer - TU Graz/DCNA Mass movements such as landslides and hill-slope debris flows cause billions of euros in ...
Tag: Geology/Soil
Arctic was once lush and green, could be again, new research shows
Credit: Zach Montes Orijin Media Imagine not a white, but a green Arctic, with woody shrubs as far north as ...
Lightning strikes played a vital role in life’s origins on Earth
Credit: Lucy Entwisle Lightning strikes were just as important as meteorites in creating the perfect conditions for life to emerge ...
University of Utah scientists plumb the depths of the world’s tallest geyser
Credit: Courtesy of Sin-Mei Wu/University of Utah When Steamboat Geyser, the world's tallest, started erupting again in 2018 in Yellowstone ...
NASA images reveal important forests and wetlands are disappearing in Belize
Credit: Image from the Landsat 8 archive, NASA/USGS. AUSTIN, Texas -- Using NASA satellite images and machine learning, researchers with ...
Global river flow contingent upon climate change
Credit: Michigan State University More often than ever before, water available in rivers is at the mercy of climate change, ...
Traces of Earth’s early magma ocean identified in Greenland rocks
Credit: Hanika Rizo New research led by the University of Cambridge has found rare evidence - preserved in the chemistry ...
Evaluating the rehabilitation of an old mine waste rock pile
Credit: Universidad de Sevilla The Cabeza de los Gatos waste rock pile, left from mining activities in the town of ...
Study suggests healthy ecosystems are vital in reducing risk of future deadly pandemics
Practices recommended to reduce the risk of future pandemics through 'protected and conserved area management'Credit: Pixabay CABI scientist Dr Arne ...
In Panama, nitrogen-fixing trees unlock phosphorus and other scarce nutrients
By enriching soils, they benefit forest recovery and carbon storageCredit: Credit: Sarah Batterman. A new study, published this week in ...
Dartmouth-led team awarded NASA grant to assess changes in biodiversity hotspot in Peru
Team to use remotely sensed data to assess land cover changes in the Madre de DiosCredit: Photo by Jason Houston ...
Manure improves soil and microbe community
Credit: Lindsey Slaughter In the dry air and soil of Texas' Southern High Plains, improving soil health can be tough. ...
Adaptation, not irrigation recommended for Midwest corn farmers
Credit: Photo by Jesse Gardner on Unsplash Farmers in the Midwest may be able to bypass the warming climate not ...
Geological engineers create landslide atlas of Kerala, India
Credit: Sajinkumar KS Dedicated to the thousands of lives lost in landslides, the new atlas assesses landslide risk in 13 ...
Fruit fly research part of effort to protect human health from toxic chemicals
Clemson researchers are a part of the international PrecisionTox consortium which aims to shape regulation and policy on chemical safety ...
Oceans were stressed preceding abrupt, prehistoric global warming
Shelled organisms helped buffer ocean acidification by consuming less alkalinity from seawaterCredit: Northwestern University Microscopic fossilized shells are helping geologists ...
Six research teams win Carbon Hub funding
Zero-emissions initiative aims to 'move the needle, far and fast'Credit: Photo by Tommy LaVergne/Rice University HOUSTON - (March 8, 2021) ...
“Magic sand” might help us understand the physics of granular matter
Children's toy an ideal modifier for interparticle adhesion and mechanical propertiesCredit: Tokyo Metropolitan University Tokyo, Japan - Researchers from Tokyo ...
Making sense of commotion under the ocean to locate tremors near deep-sea faults
New method for more accurately estimating the location of tectonic tremors in deep ocean faults could help to better understand ...
Chickpea genetics reduce need for chemicals
Credit: George Vandemark In recent years, hummus has become a pop culture food phenomenon, drawing praises from dieticians for the ...