The epic search for oldest ice in Antarctica is starting
Credit: Robert Mulvaney, Massimo Frezzotti On 1st June 2019 the European Beyond EPICA Oldest Ice Core project started with the ...
Tag: Geophysics/Gravity
New center at the University of Copenhagen to predict climate tipping points
Current climate models are unable to predict sudden and violent changes to climate, known as tipping points. This is a ...
Ocean and space exploration blend at URI’s Graduate School of Oceanography
Credit: Erin Ranney/Ocean Exploration Trust KINGSTON, R.I. -- May 29, 2019 -- Scientists with a NASA-led expedition are operating from ...
Lessons from Pohang: Solving geothermal energy’s earthquake problem
A Stanford geophysicist discusses flaws in some of the most common ways to minimize the risk of earthquakes when harnessing ...
Study uncovers surprising melting patterns beneath Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf
Ancient geologic structures may play future roleCredit: Susan Howard The ROSETTA-Ice project, a three-year, multi-institutional data collection survey of Antarctic ...
On Mars, sands shift to a different drum
In the most detailed analysis of how sands move around on Mars, a team of planetary scientists led by the ...
Of strawberry jelly and earthquakes: Space station investigation studies colloids
A new International Space Station investigation, Advanced Colloids Experiment-Temperature-10, is using temperature changes to better understand how colloids -- or ...
Karen Fischer wins top honor in seismology
Credit: Karen Fischer SAN FRANCISCO--The Seismological Society of America (SSA) will present its highest honor, the 2019 Harry Fielding Reid ...
Rare volcanic rocks lift lid on dangers of little-studied eruptions
Credit: Ben Clarke Unusual rocks discovered on a remote mountainside have alerted scientists to the dangers posed by a little-studied ...
Ice-sheet variability during the last ice age from the perspective of marine sediment
Credit: Prof. Yusuke Yokoyama, the University of Tokyo By using marine sediment cores from Northwestern Australia, a Japanese team led ...
Arizona sets a grand stage for Geological Society of America’s Annual Meeting and Exposition
GSA 2019 Annual Meeting & Exposition Meeting Announcement For Immediate Release Arizona Sets a Grand Stage for Geological Society of ...
Complex geology contributed to Deepwater Horizon disaster, new study finds
Credit: US Coast Guard A study from The University of Texas at Austin is the first published in a scientific ...
When it comes to planetary habitability, it’s what’s inside that counts
Can the geologic and dynamic features that make our home planet habitable can be produced on planets with different compositions?Credit: ...
The space rock that hit the moon at 61,000 kilometers an hour
Credit: J. M. Madiedo / MIDAS Observers watching January's total eclipse of the Moon saw a rare event, a short-lived ...
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