Earth Sciences

Earth Sciences

Western Indian Ocean: New Insights on Earthquake Hazards

The research was carried out by scientists from the University of Southampton based at the National Oceanography Centre Southampton (NOCS), and the Pacific…

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Glacial Retreat Discovered in Mount Everest Region

Members of the team conducting these studies will present their findings on May 14 at the Meeting of the Americas in Cancun, Mexico – a scientific conference…

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Warmer Springs Lead to Declining Snow Cover in Rockies

The research builds upon a previous snowpack investigation by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) that showed that, until the 1980s, the northern Rocky Mountains…

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Siberian Wildfires vs. Agricultural Fires: Key Insights

These hotspots have been categorized as wildfires rather than agricultural fires by the website: http://fires.kosmosnimki.ru/ The popular Kosmosnimki.Ru web…

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NASA Sees Two Tropical Cyclones Competing in the Indian Ocean

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument that flies aboard NASA’s Terra satellite captured this visible image of compact Tropical…

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Sulfate Aerosols: Less Effective in Cooling Climate Than Believed

Sulfur dioxide is as antagonist of greenhouse gases less effective than previously assumed. It forms sulfate aerosol particles in the air, which reflect…

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Geologists Study Mystery of 'Eternal Flames'

A little-known but spectacular flame in Erie County, N.Y., is the focus of an article in the journal Marine and Petroleum Geology, co-authored by Agnieszka…

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Climate Record Reveals Arctic Warmth Millions of Years Ago

The Arctic was very warm during a period roughly 3.5 to 2 million years ago–a time when research suggests that the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere…

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Scaling Up Gyroscopes: From Navigation to Measuring the Earth’s Rotation

In a paper accepted for publication in the American Institute of Physics’ journal Review of Scientific Instruments, researchers from the Technical University…

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Global Climate Trend Since Nov. 16, 1978: +0.14 C Per Decade

Global composite temp.: +0.10 C (about 0.18 degrees Fahrenheit) above 30-year average for April.Northern Hemisphere: +0.12 C (about 0.22 degrees Fahrenheit)…

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Satellite Captures Night-time image of California’s Springs Fire

The Suomi NPP satellite carries an instrument so sensitive to low light levels that it can detect wildfires in the middle of the night.The Day/Night band on…

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Landsat Thermal Sensor Lights Up from Volcano's Heat

The satellite's Operational Land Imager detected the white cloud of smoke and ash drifting northwest, over the green forests of the island and the blue waters…

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Hearing the Russian Meteor, in America

Lilburn is home to one of nearly 400 USArray seismic/infrasound stations in use in the eastern United States. They are part of a large-scale project named…

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Study Reveals Wind Shaped Mount Sharp on Mars, Not Water

Researchers based at Princeton University and the California Institute of Technology suggest that the mound, known as Mount Sharp, most likely emerged as…

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Study Reveals Climate Change’s Impact on Global Rainfall Patterns

Analysis of computer simulations from 14 climate models indicates that wet regions of the world, such as the equatorial Pacific Ocean and Asian monsoon…

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Organic Vapors Influence Clouds and Climate Cooling Insights

Clouds are made of water droplets, condensed on to tiny particles suspended in the air. When the air is humid enough, the particles swell into cloud droplets….

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