Geological engineers create landslide atlas of Kerala, India
Credit: Sajinkumar KS Dedicated to the thousands of lives lost in landslides, the new atlas assesses landslide risk in 13 ...
Tag: Geophysics/Gravity
New study highlights first infection of human cells during spaceflight
Credit: Graphic by Shireen Dooling for the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University Astronauts face many challenges to their health, ...
Earth’s deep mantle may have proton rivers made of superionic phases
Credit: Qingyagn Hu Pierfranco Demontis said in 1988, "Ice becomes a fast-ion conductor at high pressure and high temperatures," but ...
Making sense of commotion under the ocean to locate tremors near deep-sea faults
New method for more accurately estimating the location of tectonic tremors in deep ocean faults could help to better understand ...
Volcanoes might light up the night sky of this planet
Credit: © Universität Bern / University of Bern, Illustration: Thibaut Roger On Earth, plate tectonics is not only responsible for ...
URI researchers: Microbes deep beneath seafloor survive on byproducts of radioactive process
Results have implications for life on MarsCredit: Photo courtesy Justine Sauvage NARRAGANSETT, R.I. - February 26, 2021 - A team ...
Social dilemma follows 2018 eruption of Kilauea volcano
Credit: Bruce Houghton The unprecedented cost of the 2018 Kilauea eruption in Hawai'i reflects the intersection of distinct physical and ...
Can super-Earth interior dynamics set the table for habitability?
Are super-Earths capable of creating conditions that are hospitable for life to arise and thrive?Credit: Image is courtesy of Yingwei ...
Global warming found to be culprit for flood risk in Peruvian Andes, other glacial lakes
Credit: Stuart-Smith et al./Nature Geoscience As the planet warms, glaciers are retreating and causing changes in the world's mountain water ...
More than meets the eye (of the storm): Typhoons in Korea amplified wildfires in America
Study shows that cyclones could affect seemingly unrelated weather disasters in an entirely different continentCredit: NASA on Unsplash The year ...
Research finds tiny bubbles tell tales of big volcanic eruptions
Study: Nanocrystals may explain staggering number of bubbles in erupted lavaCredit: Photo courtesy of S. Hajimirza/Rice University HOUSTON - (Jan. ...
Researchers trace geologic origins of Gulf of Mexico ‘super basin’ success
Credit: NASA The Gulf of Mexico holds huge untapped offshore oil deposits that could help power the U.S. for decades. ...
Study find physical weathering of rock breakdown more important than previously recognized
Credit: Sarah Granke Research led by the University of Wyoming shows that physical weathering is far more important than previously ...
Researchers at Brazil’s space institute discover why lightning branches and flickers
Analysis of the first super slow motion recordings of upward flashes suggests a possible explanation for the formation of luminous ...
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