The first scientists to witness exploding rock and molten lava from a deep sea volcano, seen during a 2009 expedition, report that the eruption was near a tear…
Researchers conclude in a new study that the albedo effect, which controls the amount of energy reflected back into space, is important in the climatic…
Princeton researchers created the first model to take into account Earth's elliptical shape, surface features and ocean depths in simulations of how seismic…
Rivers and streams in the United States are releasing substantially more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than previously thought.This according to…
Volcanologists from the Universities of Leicester and Durham have forensically reconstructed the impact of a meteorite on Earth and how debris was hurled from…
“These rivers breathe a lot of carbon,” said David Butman, a doctoral student and co-author of a study with Pete Raymond, professor of ecosystem ecology, both…
The research was carried out by Professor Peter Mumby from The University of Queensland Global Change Institute and School of Biological Sciences, Professor…
Cloud properties can have a significant impact on climate, yet the effects of aerosols like dust is one of the more uncertain components of climate change…
Researchers are flying a suite of scientific instruments on two planes from a base of operations in Punta Arenas, Chile: a DC-8 operated by NASA and a…
NASA's Aqua satellite passed over the eastern Pacific at 4:41 a.m. EDT, Thursday, Oct. 13, and captured an infrared image of Tropical Depression Irwin still in…
They report in a paper published in Science that because fault surfaces touch only at microscopic, scattered spots, these contacts are subject to intense…
By analyzing carbonate minerals in a four-billion-year-old meteorite that originated near the surface of Mars, the scientists determined that the minerals…
Banyan strengthened overnight into a tropical storm. It was born yesterday, Oct. 10, 2011 as Tropical Depression 23W. The Philippines have also given Banyan a…
Satellite imagery from NASA's Aqua and Terra satellites have shown that Jova's eye was only sometimes visible and other times appeared cloud covered, making it…
“Under those frigid conditions, there are not a lot of places where you would expect liquid water and light to occur in the same area, and you need both of…
Global climate trend since Nov. 16, 1978: +0.14 C per decadeSeptember temperatures (preliminary)* Global composite temp.: +0.29 C (about 0.52 degrees…
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