Remnants of an ancient asteroid shed new light on the early solar system
Credit: Modified after Koike et al. (2020) EPSL Researchers have shaken up a once accepted timeline for cataclysmic events in ...
Tag: Geophysics/Gravity
Bristol scientists shine light on tiny crystals behind unexpected violent eruptions
Credit: Brooker/Griffiths/Heard/Cherns In a new study of volcanic processes, Bristol scientists have demonstrated the role nanolites play in the creation ...
Seismic data explains continental collision beneath Tibet
Credit: Image credit: Courtesy Simon Klemperer In addition to being the last horizon for adventurers and spiritual seekers, the Himalaya ...
Earth MRI funds critical minerals projects in twenty-one states
A total of $7.97 million will fund new research and preserve important data across the NationCredit: USGS The U.S. Geological ...
Detaching and uplifting, not bulldozing
Credit: ETH Zurich For a long time, geoscientists have assumed that the Alps were formed when the Adriatic plate from ...
Rebirth of a volcano
For the first time, long-term photogrammetic series document the "life cycle" of a volcano. The analyses shows that volcanoes have ...
Surprise on Mars
Credit: NASA / JPL An observer standing on Mars would see the planet's moon Phobos cross the sky from west ...
Japan’s geologic history in question after discovery of metamorphic rock microdiamonds
a: Geological zone in western Japan. The blue-green part is the Sanbagawa belt that crosses mainland Japan. The Nishisonogi metamorphic ...
Meteorite strikes may create unexpected form of silica
When a meteorite hurtles through the atmosphere and crashes to Earth, how does its violent impact alter the minerals found ...
Small quake clusters can’t hide from AI
Small quake clusters can't hide from AI Rice researchers use deep learning to find signs were present before deadly Greenland ...
The age of the Earth’s inner core revised
Credit: NASA/ Gary A.Glatzmaier By creating conditions akin to the center of the Earth inside a laboratory chamber, researchers have ...
Greenland ice sheet shows losses in 2019
AWI researchers confirm record ice losses in Greenland in 2019 based on data from the GFZ/NASA satellite mission GRACE Follow-OnCredit: ...
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 ...
Understanding matter at atom-crushing densities
Newly formed center to study principles that affect planetary bodiesCredit: UC Davis photo University of California, Davis, will be part ...