Diamond shines its light on Moon Rocks from Apollo Missions, Martian meteorites and Vesta
Nearly 50 years after our first steps on the Moon, samples from the Apollo missions, Mars and Vesta still have ...
Tag: Geophysics
Tracking down climate change with radar eyes
Long-term measurements document sea level rise in the ArcticCredit: DTU/DGFI-TUM Over the past 22 years, sea levels in the Arctic ...
Upgrade of a research IceCube
Credit: IceCube/NSF The IceCube Neutrino Observatory in Antarctica is about to get a significant upgrade. This huge detector consists of ...
Super volcanic eruptions interrupt ozone recovery
Credit: Global Volcanism Program Since the Antarctic ozone hole was detected in 1985, depletion of the ozone layer--the "big umbrella" ...
NIST’s compact atomic gyroscope displays new twists
Credit: Burrus/NIST Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have upgraded their compact atomic gyroscope to enable ...
Methane vanishing on Mars: Danish researchers propose new mechanism as an explanation.
An interdisciplinary research group from Aarhus University has proposed a previously overlooked physical-chemical process that can explain the rapid disappearance ...
New study solves mystery of salt buildup on bottom of Dead Sea
Credit: NASA/Hubble WASHINGTON--New research explains why salt crystals are piling up on the deepest parts of the Dead Sea's floor, ...
New model suggests lost continents for early Earth
Credit: Derrick Hasterok A new radioactivity model of Earth's ancient rocks calls into question current models for the formation of ...
Which climates are best for passive cooling technologies?
If you guessed locations with drier atmospheres and frequent clear skies, you're rightCredit: Carlos Coimbra WASHINGTON, D.C., June 25, 2019 ...
Conceptual model can explain how thunderstorm clouds bunch together
Credit: Jan Härter Understanding how the weather and climate change is one of the most important challenges in science today. ...
The secret of platinum deposits revealed by field observations in South Africa
Researchers uncover the way that platinum deposits form in the magma chambers of some of the worlds' largest platinum depositsCredit: ...
Satellite observations improve earthquake monitoring, response
Credit: Image courtesy of the UI Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences. Researchers at the University of Iowa and the ...
The universal beauty of the mountains can be seen in graphs
Credit: Source: IFJ PAN Mountains have character. The continuous gentle, wavy hills and wide valleys of the Carpathians, Appalachians or ...
Solving the entrainment puzzle
EU supports cloud studies in Leipzig as part of Marie Sklodowska Curie ActionsCredit: Tilo Arnhold, TROPOS Leipzig. An important contribution ...
New mineral classification system captures Earth’s complex past
Could a new classification system that accounts for minerals' distinct journeys help us better understand mineralogy as a process of ...
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 ...
New insights about carbon and ice could clarify inner workings of Earth, other planets
Credit: Natalia Solomatova/École Normale Supérieure de Lyon Most people behave differently when under extreme pressure. Carbon and ice are no ...
Water formation on the Moon demonstrated by UH Manoa scientists
Credit: University of Hawaii at Manoa For the first time, a cross-disciplinary study has shown chemical, physical, and material evidence ...
A novel method for improving imaging techniques in geophysical and material studies
Researchers at the Department of Civil Engineering in Tokyo University of Science propose a unique method to improve imaging techniques ...
Mainz University welcomes leading researchers and bestows 2019 Gutenberg Research Award
Annual celebration of the Gutenberg Research College / Public lectures by Corine Defrance in MainzCredit: Photo: Stefan F. Sämmer The ...
