New depth map of the Arctic Ocean
The IBCAO 4.0 bathymetric chartCredit: Stockholm University (Sweden) An international team of researchers has published the most detailed submarine map ...
Tag: Geophysics/Gravity
“Inchworm” pattern of Indonesian earthquake rupture powered seismic “boom”
University of Tsukuba researchers report "inchworm-like" slip evolution of supershear rupture along the Palu-Koro fault during the 2018 Palu earthquake ...
2,000 years of storms in the Caribbean
Geoscientists from Goethe University create sedimentary archive with annual resolutionCredit: (Photo: Gischler) FRANKFURT. The hurricanes in the Caribbean became more ...
The Venus ‘ring of fire’
Credit: Picture: NASA/JPL/USGS Years ago, planetary researchers discovered unusual circular structures on the surface of Venus when observing high-?resolution images ...
Skoltech scientists use ML to optimize hydraulic fracturing design for oil wells
Credit: Skoltech Skoltech researchers and their industry colleagues have created a data-driven model that can forecast the production from an ...
Experts’ high-flying study reveals secrets of soaring birds
New research has revealed when it comes to flying the largest of birds rely on air currents, not flapping to ...
Satellite data show severity of drought summers in 2018 and 2019
Credit: Eva Boergens, GFZ The GRACE-FO (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment-Follow-On) satellites launched in May 2018 are able to quantify ...
The latest findings on the MOSAiC floe
Scientific study describes the nursery of sea ice and provides the basis for future assessments of research dataCredit: Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut ...
Typhoon changed earthquake patterns
Intensive erosion influenced seismicityCredit: NASA/LANDSAT The Earth's crust is under constant stress. Every now and then this stress is discharged ...
Cause of abnormal groundwater rise after large earthquake
How a mountain aquifer affected the local hydrological environment after a large earthquakePrior to the earthquake, Kumamoto City area groundwater ...
Mini-‘Marsquakes’ measured by InSight lander show effects of sun and wind
Kyushu University research based on NASA InSight Martian lander seismometer data reveals different sources of different types and frequencies of ...
Geologists identify deep-earth structures that may signal hidden metal lodes
Finding new giant copper, lead, zinc deposits could fuel green infrastructureCredit: Adapted from Hoggard et al., Nature Geoscience, 2020 If ...
3D magnetotelluric imaging reveals magma recharging beneath Weishan volcano
Credit: GAO Ji et al. A collaborative research team from University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the ...
FSU News: MagLab geochemists solve mystery of Earth’s vanishing crust
Credit: Caroline McNiel/National MagLab TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Thank goodness for the Earth's crust: It is, after all, that solid, outermost ...
Precise measurement of liquid iron density under extreme conditions
A big step forward in estimating the chemical composition of the Earth's coreCredit: Assistant Professor Yoichi Nakajima Using the large ...
RV Polarstern returns to the MOSAiC floe
New team continues fieldwork in the ArcticCredit: Photo: Alfred Wegener Institute / Lisa Grosfeld After a month's absence, on 17 ...
Geoscientists create deeper look at processes below Earth’s surface with 3D images
Credit: University of Texas at Dallas Geoscientists at The University of Texas at Dallas recently used massive amounts of earthquake ...
Taking a landslide’s temperature to avert catastrophe
A new model for deep-seated landslides that takes into account the temperature of a thin, unstable layer of clay could ...
Which factors control the height of mountains?
A study in Nature with a surprising finding: It is not erosionCredit: NASA; Astronaut photograph ISS059-E-517 Which forces and mechanisms ...
Skoltech researchers use machine learning to aid oil production
Credit: Pavel Odinev / Skoltech Skoltech scientists and their industry colleagues have found a way to use machine learning to ...
