Earth Sciences

Earth Sciences

Mount Etna's mystery explained?

Dr Schellart's results from fluid dynamic models provide an alternative explanation for the existence of Mount Etna, its geological environment and evolution,…

Earth Sciences

New Fossil Finds Dinosaurs Were Less Fierce Than Believed

The new dinosaur, named Sarahsaurus, was studied by an international team of scientists, including Robert R. Reisz, professor and chair of biology at the…

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NASA’s Aqua Satellite Captures Tropical Depression 14W Formation

NASA's Aqua satellite flew over Tropical Depression 14W (TD14W) today, October 5 at 06:05 UTC (2:05 a.m. EDT). Infrared imagery from the Atmospheric Infrared…

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GOES-13 Monitors Potential Tropical Depression in Caribbean

The National Hurricane Center currently gives the low pressure area known as System 97L an “80 percent chance of developing into a tropical depression in the…

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Doppler Radars Boost Monsoon Rainfall Prediction Accuracy

Dev Niyogi, a Purdue associate professor of agronomy and earth and atmospheric sciences, said modeling of a monsoon depression track can have a margin of error…

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Exploring Marcellus Shale Development Through Animated Data

Based on data from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, the animations (http://www.marcellus.psu.edu/resources/maps.php) show both the…

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TRMM Satellite Tracks Tropical Moisture Over U.S. East Coast

Rain first broke out across the U.S. Southeast as a slow moving front approached from the northwest. The front then became stationary along the eastern…

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Europa's hidden ice chemistry

Although these molecules react easily as liquids—they are well-known ingredients of acid rain—Mark Loeffler and Reggie Hudson at NASA's Goddard Space Flight…

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Rare Life Discovered in Yellowstone Lake’s Inky Depths

A colony of moss, worms and various forms of shrimp flourishes in an area where the water is inky black, about 90 degrees Fahrenheit, and a cauldron of…

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Alarming Rise in Freshwater Flowing Into Oceans

Freshwater is flowing into Earth's oceans in greater amounts every year, a team of researchers has found, thanks to more frequent and extreme storms linked to…

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Ancient Colorado River Flowed Backwards, Study Reveals

Lead author Steven Davis, a post-doctoral researcher in the Department of Global Ecology at the Carnegie Institution, and his colleagues* discovered the…

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How Disappearing Glaciers Boost Biodiversity in South America

Biodiversity decreases towards the poles almost everywhere in the world, except along the South American Pacific coast. Investigating fossil clams and snails…

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Deep-Sea Coral Reefs Discovered in Mediterranean Waters

The exploration vessel Nautilus, with a team of experts of the University of Haifa's Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences, headed by Prof. Zvi Ben…

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NASA Satellites Track Nicole’s Impact on US East Coast Weather

While Nicole weakened, a huge trough of low pressure over the U.S. eastern seaboard from Florida to Maine has become the key weathermaker there. The trough, an…

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Clovis Comet Catastrophe: New Archaeological Insights

Writing in the October issue of Current Anthropology, archaeologists Vance Holliday (University of Arizona) and David Meltzer (Southern Methodist University)…

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NASA Monitors Strengthening Tropical Storm Nicole with 3 Satellites

Nicole was Tropical Depression 16 until 11 a.m. EDT, Sept. 29 and NASA data helped confirm her new designation. Satellite data from NASA showed frigid…

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