Earth Sciences

Earth Sciences

Ice Loss Causes Earth’s Shift: Key Findings from Newcastle Study

The study, led by Newcastle University, UK, and published this week in Earth and Planetary Science Letters, explains for the first time why the upward motion…

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Ocean Winds: Why Antarctica Stays Cold and Australia Dry

New Australian National University-led research has explained why Antarctica is not warming as much as other continents, and why southern Australia is…

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Hydrologists find Mississippi River network's buffering system for nitrates is overwhelmed

A new method of measuring the interaction of surface water and groundwater along the length of the Mississippi River network adds fresh evidence that the…

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NASA's TRMM Satellite See Spring Storms Hit the U.S. Great Plains

Severe weather extended from Minnesota to southern Texas on Thursday afternoon, May 8 and Friday morning, May 9. During that time there were three tornadoes…

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New Fossil Organism Discovered from Ediacara Biota

Scientists at the University of California, Riverside have discovered a fossil of a newly discovered organism from the “Ediacara Biota” — a group of organisms…

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Exploring Mars’ Canali: Deep Gorges and Lava Flows

An Italian astronomer in the 19th century first described them as ‘canali’ – on Mars’ equatorial region, a conspicuous net-like system of deep gorges known as…

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Rising Temperatures Linked to Increased Ozone Pollution Risks

Ozone pollution across the continental United States will become far more difficult to keep in check as temperatures rise, according to new research results.

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NASA’s Terra Satellite Captures System 91B Over India

NASA's Terra satellite passed over System 91B over southwestern India and the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument captured a…

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Tracking Sea Level Rise: Insights from Back to the Future

The international team of researchers, led by the University of Southampton and including scientists from the National Oceanography Centre, the University of…

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Tibetan Plateau Uplift: Insights on Species Diversity

“We believe this paper may become a benchmark for geo-biological studies worldwide. It links the geological, climatic and evolutionary history of one of the…

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NASA Watching Year's First Tropical Low Headed for Southwestern Mexico

NOAA's National Hurricane Center is giving it a 50 percent chance of becoming a tropical depression in the next two days, and NASA's Aqua satellite passed…

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Airborne Measurements Reveal Major Methane Leaks in Colorado

During two days of intensive airborne measurements, oil and gas operations in Colorado's Front Range leaked nearly three times as much methane, a greenhouse…

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The Red Sea – An Ocean Like All Others, After All

Actually, the Red Sea is an ideal study object for marine geologists. There they can observe the formation of an ocean in its early phase. However, the Red Sea…

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Global Glacier Mapping: Insights for Rising Sea Levels

The team mapped and catalogued some 198,000 glaciers around the world as part of the massive Randolph Glacier Inventory, or RGI, to better understand rising…

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New Study Reveals Global Warming Trends and Regional Variations

The research indicates that the world is indeed getting warmer, but historical records show that it hasn’t happened everywhere at the same rate.

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Impact of Sea-Level Changes on Galapagos Evolution Insights

Writing in the Journal of Biogeography, Jason Ali and Jonathan Aitchison explore how fluctuating sea level changes over thousands of years impacted the island…

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