Earth Sciences

Earth Sciences

Catching Space Weather: Insights from Earth’s Magnetic Field

As you move to the high altitudes where satellites fly, nothing about that field is so simple. Instead, the large region enclosed by Earth's magnetic field,…

Earth Sciences

Magma Power: A New Frontier for Geothermal Energy?

“Because we drilled into magma, this borehole could now be a really high-quality geothermal well,” said Peter Schiffmann, professor of geology at UC Davis and…

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NASA’s Aqua Satellite Tracks Dual Cyclones Over Australia

NASA's Aqua satellite passed over Australia today, Feb. 16 at 05:17 UTC (12:17 a.m. EST/ 2:47 p.m. Australia/Darwin local time. The Atmospheric Infrared…

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NASA Satellite Captures Stunning Image of Tropical Storm Bingiza

The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument that flies aboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured an infrared image of Tropical Storm Bingiza today, Feb. 16…

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Thawing Permafrost: A New Challenge for Global Warming

The carbon resides in permanently frozen ground that is beginning to thaw in high latitudes from warming temperatures, which will impact not only the climate…

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NASA Satellite Tracks Tropical Cyclone Near Darwin, Australia

System 99S is a threat to Australia's Northern Territory because on Feb. 15 it was centered only 20 miles (32 km) south of Darwin, Australia, near 12.7 degrees…

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NASA Satellite sees two 'tropical fists' threatening Australia

System 97S was located about 210 nautical miles north-northwest of Learmonth, Western Australia, at 1800 UTC (1 p.m. EST), Feb. 15. It was centered near 19.2…

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NASA Satellite sees most of Cyclone Bingiza's rainfall over Mozambique Channel

When NASA's Aqua satellite flew over Madagascar this morning, Feb. 15 at 11:11 UTC (6:11 a.m. EST), the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument read the…

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Stopping Emissions: Why Earth Will Still Warm Up

There would continue to be warming even if the most stringent policy proposals were adopted, because there still would be some emission of heat-trapping…

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New Method for Estimating Global Rainfall and Ocean Pollution

A study by scientists at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science suggests a new way to estimate how much of the ocean's…

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Earliest Humans: New Research Reveals Surprising Similarities

In a paper published in the latest issue of Current Anthropology, archaeologist John Shea (Stony Brook University) shows they were not. The problem, Shea…

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NASA Satellites Track Cyclone Bingiza’s Path Over Madagascar

The movement and landfall of Tropical Cyclone Bingiza was captured over the weekend of Feb. 12-13 in a series of infrared satellite imagery from the…

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Ancient Mesoamerican Sculpture Discovered in Southern Mexico

“It's beautiful and was obviously very important,” says University of Wisconsin-Madison archaeologist John Hodgson of the newly discovered stone monument. “But…

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Rising Sea Levels Threaten Major US Coastal Cities by 2100

The Gulf and southern Atlantic coasts will be particularly hard hit. Miami, New Orleans, Tampa, Fla., and Virginia Beach, Va. could lose more than 10 percent…

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New Deep-Sea Vents Discovered with Stunning Underwater Camera

Using an underwater camera system, the researchers saw slender mineral spires three metres tall, with shimmering hot water gushing from their peaks, and…

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Lake-Quake Link Sinks for South End of San Andreas Fault

The new study, appearing in the February issue of the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, doesn't change existing thinking about the threat of a…

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