How do silt and sand differ when going with the flow?
Rice-led scientists show grain size, not speed of water, sets silt and sand transportCredit: Rice University HOUSTON - (Dec. 16, ...
Tag: Geophysics/Gravity
Change of shifts at the north pole
As the second leg of the 1-year-long MOSAiC expedition begins, participants review the mission so farCredit: Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut/Esther Horvath, CC-BY ...
Finding a killer electron hot spot in Earth’s Van Allen radiation belts
Credit: ERG Science Team A collaboration between researchers in Japan, the USA, and Russia has found a hot spot in ...
New aluminium hydroxide stable at extremely high pressure
Credit: Ehime Univeristy Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe and it plays important roles in the structure, ...
The Antarctic: study from Kiel provides data about the structure of the icy continent
European Space Agency publishes a 3D model of the AntarcticCredit: © Planetary Visions (credit: ESA/Planetary Visions) The Antarctic is one ...
Great Barrier Reef study shows how reef copes with rapid sea-level rise
Three distinct growth phases in past 9000 years -- multiple stresses could have killed off the reef 7000 years agoCredit: ...
Evidence: Antarctica’s thinning ice shelves causing more ice to move from land into sea
Researchers have produced the first physics-based quantifiable evidence that thinning ice shelves in Antarctica are causing more ice to flow ...
Breathing? Thank volcanoes, tectonics and bacteria
Study points to one cause for several mysteries linked to breathable oxygenCredit: Image by J. Eguchi/University of California, Riverside HOUSTON ...
FAU receives $1.3 million grant from Florida Division Of Emergency Management
FAU College of Engineering and Computer Science and FDEM project will create framework for flood risk managementCredit: Florida Atlantic University ...
Life under extreme conditions at hot springs in the ocean
Credit: Mario Lebrato, Uni Kiel The volcanic island of Kueishantao in northeastern Taiwan is an extreme habitat for marine organisms. ...
Fly me (partway) to the moon
To measure the Moon's brightness, NIST scientists sent a telescope as high as planes can flyCredit: NASA photo/Ken Ulbrich Last ...
Rare gas find solves puzzle of Southern Africa’s soaring landscape
Credit: Stuart Gilfillan The discovery of gases released from deep beneath the Earth's crust could help to explain Southern Africa's ...
Sierra Nevada has oldest underground water recharge system in Europe
Scientists from the University of Granada, the IGME, and the Universities of Cologne and Lisbon have demonstrated that the careo ...
Space-based radar suggests North Korean nuke equivalent to ’17 Hiroshimas’
Credit: ESA / ATG medialab North Korea withdrew from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons in 2003. It ...