Earth Sciences

Earth Sciences

Deep-Sea Mud Volcanoes: New Insights on Methane Emissions

They collected during 431 days data on temperature, pressure and pH and documented using a camera 25 eruptions of mud and gas. Some of these eruptions were so…

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Iron Fertilization’s Low Efficiency for Deep-Ocean Carbon Storage

Lead author Dr. Ian Salter from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), and a team of international collaborators,…

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NASA Monitors System 05B’s Impact in Bay of Bengal

The tropical cyclone's western edge spread over land on Sunday, Nov. 9 while the center of the low-level circulation remained over open waters of the Bay of…

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Robotic Ocean Gliders Enhance Polar Ice Melt Research

Although warm water near the coast is thought to be the main factor causing the ice to melt, the process by which this water ends up near the cold continent is…

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Solar Storms Drive Surge in Insurance Claims: What to Know

More than 25 years later, the possibility of another such catastrophe still looms, and the day-to-day effects of space weather on electrical systems remain…

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Global Maps Reveal Human Impact on Ocean Acidification

A team of scientists has published the most comprehensive picture yet of how acidity levels vary across the world’s oceans, providing a benchmark for years to…

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NASA Eyes Post-Tropical Storm Nuri's Winds, Now to Affect Alaska

“RapidScat passed over Nuri, near Japan, three times within a 24 hour period,” said Doug Tyler of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California. “The…

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NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP Satellite Sees Tropical Cyclone 05B Headed to India

When Suomi NPP flew over Tropical Cyclone 05B (TC05B) on Nov. 7 at 08:09 UTC (3:09 a.m. EST), the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite or VIIRS instrument…

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Offshore islands amplify, rather than dissipate, a tsunami's power

A long-held belief that offshore islands protect the mainland from tsunamis turns out to be the exact opposite of the truth, according to a new study.

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Life in Earth’s primordial sea was starved for sulfate

The findings paint a new portrait of our planet’s early biosphere and primitive marine life. Organisms require sulfur as a nutrient, and it plays a central…

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NASA Captures Birth of Tropical Cyclone 5B in Bay of Bengal

When Terra passed over Tropical Cyclone 5B on Nov. 6 at 05:05 UTC (12:05 a.m. EST), the MODIS instrument aboard took a visible image of the storm.

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NASA’s MODIS Captures Unique View of Tropical Storm Nuri

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer or MODIS instrument that flies aboard NASA's Terra satellite flew over Nuri on Nov. 6 at 1240 UTC (7:40 a.m….

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Rabbit-Proof Hoof: How Ungulates Shaped Lagomorph Evolution

One of the most extreme examples of this observation is found in the comparison of rodents (Rodentia) and rabbits (Lagomorpha). These two mammalian orders are…

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NASA Captures Stunning Image of Typhoon Nuri Over Japan

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer or MODIS instrument that flies aboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured a visible picture of Typhoon Nuri on…

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NASA's TRMM and GPM Satellites Analyze Hurricane Vance Before Landfall

The TRMM satellite flew over hurricane Vance on Nov. 4 at 0953 UTC (4:53 a.m. EST). Rainfall derived from TRMM's Microwave Imager (TMI) data collected were…

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Taking a deeper look at 'ancient wing'

However, new methods of investigation are being incorporated into paleontology that may shed light (and color) on fossils. Research presented at the recent…

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