Heat transport property at the lowermost part of the Earth’s mantle
Credit: Ehime University Heat transport in deep Earth controls its thermal evolution. Determination of the thermal conductivity of the lower ...
Tag: Geophysics/Gravity
Colossal oysters have disappeared from Florida’s ‘most pristine’ coastlines
Credit: University of South Florida TAMPA, Fla. (February 5, 2020)- Hundreds of years ago, colossal oysters were commonplace across much ...
Peeking at the plumbing of one of the Aleutian’s most-active volcanoes
A new approach to analyzing seismic data reveals deep vertical zones of low seismic velocity in the plumbing system underlying ...
Fed grant backs Rice earthquake research
Geologist Melodie French wins National Science Foundation CAREER AwardCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Jan. 31, 2020) - Rice University ...
Scientists find far higher than expected rate of underwater glacial melting
Robotic kayaks were used to track meltwaterCredit: David Sutherland/University of Oregon Tidewater glaciers, the massive rivers of ice that end ...
Tiny, ancient meteorites suggest early Earth’s atmosphere was rich in carbon dioxide
Credit: Donald Brownlee/University of Washington Very occasionally, Earth gets bombarded by a large meteorite. But every day, our planet gets ...
Signals from inside the Earth: Borexino experiment releases new data on geoneutrinos
Credit: Copyright: Borexino Collaboration Scientists involved in the Borexino collaboration have presented new results for the measurement of neutrinos originating ...
Larry Mayer selected as recipient of the Walter Munk medal
Awarded for extraordinary accomplishments and novel insights in the area of physical oceanography, ocean acoustics, or marine geophysicsCredit: John Farrell ...
Leading astronomers and geophysicists honored in RAS bicentenary
Credit: Steve Kurtz / UC Santa Cruz The Royal Astronomical Society is pleased to announce the winners of its medals ...
Rural water wells in High Plains Aquifer show large increase in nitrate levels
Credit: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, KANSAS -- Private well owners should test water quality annually, according to a recent Kansas ...
Formation of a huge underwater volcano offshore the Comoros
Seismologists of the GFZ observe processes in the upper mantle for the first time before the formation of an enormous ...
If the world can capture carbon, there’s capacity to store it
Humankind will need to harness carbon capture and storage technologies to help keep global warming to 2 degrees C or ...
Submarine cables: billions of potential seismic sensors!
Seismic waves generated by a 1.9 magnitude earthquake located north of Fréjus (Var), recorded along the 41 km-long fibre optic ...
Would a deep-Earth water cycle change our understanding of planetary evolution?
Substantial quantities of water could be present farther into the mantle than previously thought possibleCredit: Photo is provided by Yanhao ...