Geophysics/Gravity

Credit: © 2019 Mahesh Kalita The efficient extraction of oil and gas from within the Earth's crust requires accurate images of subsurface rock structures. Some materials are hard to capture, so KAUST researchers have developed a…
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Nearly 50 years after our first steps on the Moon, samples from the Apollo missions, Mars and Vesta still have a lot to tell us about the formation of the planets and the Earth's volcanoesCredit: Matthew Pankhurst et al and Diamond Light…
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Credit: Virginia Tech Virginia Tech scientists have found that in regions where oilfield wastewater disposal is widespread -- and where injected water has a higher density than deep naturally occurring fluids -- earthquakes are…
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Credit: Lara Wagner, Carnegie Institution for Science A $2.7 million multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional NSF-Frontiers of Earth Science grant has been awarded to a team led by Carnegie's Lara Wagner to study an active flat slab in…
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An international team of researchers has succeeded in measuring the current system responsible for Jupiter's aurora. Using data transmitted to Earth by NASA's Juno spacecraft, they showed that the direct currents were much weaker than…
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New findings suggest a re-thinking of massive underwater volcanoCredit: University of Houston The discovery of Tamu Massif, a gigantic volcano located about 1,000 miles east of Japan, made big news in 2013 when researchers reported…
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Research results could also inform the search for life on Mars Scientists have developed a new method for detecting traces of primordial life in ancient rock formations using potassium. The method relies on searching for high…
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GeoSEA sensors document tectonic strain build-up below the Marmara SeaCredit: Jan Steffen, GEOMAR Collapsed houses, destroyed port facilities and thousands of victims -- on 22 May 1766 an earthquake of approximately 7.5 magnitude units and…
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Credit: NASA/Hubble WASHINGTON--New research explains why salt crystals are piling up on the deepest parts of the Dead Sea's floor, a finding that could help scientists understand how large salt deposits formed in Earth's…
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Credit: Derrick Hasterok A new radioactivity model of Earth's ancient rocks calls into question current models for the formation of Earth's continental crust, suggesting continents may have risen out of the sea much earlier than…
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Credit: NOAA New research at The University of Texas at Austin shows that injecting air and carbon dioxide into methane ice deposits buried beneath the Gulf of Mexico could unlock vast natural gas energy resources while helping…
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Credit: Navin Thapa, Tribhuvan University of Kathmandu The Himalaya Mountains are a geological wonder, drawing adventurers and religious devotees from near and far to the world's highest peaks. The mountains were created along a fault…
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Credit: (Graphic courtesy of NASA/Ball Aerospace) WASHINGTON - U.S. Naval Research Laboratory researchers designed and built two science payloads that went up with SpaceX's Falcon 9 Heavy rocket launch on June 25. The Small…
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Biggest such known formation; could signal resources worldwideCredit: Kerry Key In a new survey of the sub-seafloor off the U.S. Northeast coast, scientists have made a surprising discovery: a gigantic aquifer of relatively fresh water…
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