Mountain growth influences greenhouse effect
Weathering of rocks can bind or release carbon dioxide -- in active mountain ranges, carbon-dioxide release strongly dominatesCredit: Kristen Cook ...
Tag: Geophysics
Asteroid crater on Earth provides clues about Martian craters
Research team led by the University of Göttingen discovers crater floor sagging from bowl-shaped volcanic ash layerCredit: Gernot Arp, University ...
In the deep sea, the last ice age is not yet over
Gas hydrate deposits in the Black Sea react to post-glacial climate changesCredit: Christian Rohleder. Gas hydrates are a solid compound ...
New basalt type discovered beneath the ocean
Credit: EXP 351 Science Team A new type of rock created during large and exceptionally hot volcanic eruptions has been ...
TU Graz researchers identify chemical processes as key to understanding landslides
Credit: © Kieffer - TU Graz/DCNA Mass movements such as landslides and hill-slope debris flows cause billions of euros in ...
IceCube detection of a high-energy particle proves 60-year-old theory
The South Pole neutrino detector saw a Glashow resonance event, a phenomenon predicted by Nobel laureate physicist Sheldon Glashow in ...
The aurora’s very high altitude booster
Credit: ERG science center A critical ingredient for auroras exists much higher in space than previously thought, according to new ...
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 ...
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 ...
Getting ahead of climate change
Earth observation data could help the humanitarian community reduce the destruction of natural disastersCredit: Nauman et al. As climate change ...
Tool that more efficiently analyzes ocean color data will become part of NASA program
Stevens uses machine learning-driven techniques to develop a long-awaited tool that better reveals the health of Earth's oceans and the ...
UH geologists search for remains of lost ocean beneath earth’s surface
Team awarded 2.5 million CPU hours on NSF-funded supercomputer to conduct researchCredit: University of Houston College of Natural Sciences and ...
Drones used to locate dangerous, unplugged oil wells
Credit: Binghamton University, State University of New York BINGHAMTON, NY -- There are millions of unplugged oil wells in the ...
Mark Torres wins Geochemical Society’s Clarke Award
Early-career honor goes to fourth Rice U. geochemist in 12 yearsCredit: Photo by Woodward Fisher HOUSTON - (Feb. 12, 2021) ...
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