Earth Sciences

Earth Sciences

Autosub6000 Explores Depths of 3.5 Miles in Atlantic

Autosub6000 was working in regions of the Iberian Abyssal Plain in the North Atlantic deeper than 5600 metres and also around the steep and rugged terrain of…

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Fortuitous Research Provides First Detailed Documentation of Tsunami Erosion

Now, for the first time, a group of scientists working in the Kuril Islands off the east coast of Russia has documented the scope of tsunami-caused erosion and…

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Microwave Satellite Imagery Captures Eye of Tropical Storm Mirinae

Tropical Storm Mirinae had maximum sustained winds near 52 mph on Tuesday, October 27 at 1200 UTC (8 a.m. EDT). It was located about 205 nautical miles…

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Snail Fossils Reveal Wetter Canary Islands 50,000 Years Ago

Isotopic measurements performed on fossil land snail shells resulted in oxygen isotope ratios that suggest the relative humidity on the islands was higher…

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Volcanoes Played Pivotal Role in Ancient Ice Age, Mass Extinction

Perhaps ironically, these volcanoes first caused global warming — by releasing massive amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.When they stopped…

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Tropical Depression Neki: Impact of Cool Waters and Wind Shear

Two ingredients that don't mix well with tropical cyclones are waters cooler than 80 degrees Fahrenheit and wind shear. Those two ingredients were added into…

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A 2-for-1 for NASA's Aqua Satellite: Lupit and 23W in Western Pacific

Tropical Storm Lupit is becoming extra-tropical and is expected to track parallel to Japan while remaining at sea, east of the island. Meanwhile, Tropical…

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Tsunami Waves Reasonably Likely to Strike Israel

Dr. Goodman, an expert geo-archaeologist, exposed geological evidence of this by chance. Her original intentions in Caesarea were to assist in research at the…

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New Fossil Findings Reveal 30,000 Years of Arctic Sea Ice Changes

They used a new research method. Based on fossilized algal remains in sediment cores, researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine…

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Saving Sand: South Carolina’s Beach Preservation Model

Although they studied only a limited segment of beach, their work is a model for beach preservation that can apply elsewhere. And with talk of “balancing the…

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Arctic Sediments Reveal Unique 20th Century Warming Trends

The possibility that climate change might simply be a natural variation like others that have occurred throughout geologic time is dimming, according to…

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Study of Ancient Primate Counters "Darwinus" Discovery

Led by Stony Brook University paleontologist Erik R. Seiffert, Ph.D., the research supports the more commonly held theory on adapiform evolution and refutes a…

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Ethiopia’s Climate Shift: 27 Million Years of Higher Rainfall

Neil J. Tabor, associate professor of Earth Sciences at SMU and an expert in sedimentology and isotope geochemistry, calculated past climate using oxygen and…

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Empowering Bengali Women: Geologists Tackle Groundwater Arsenic

“When going into a foreign land, you need the common people's help, support and understanding of the work you are doing,” said Saugata Datta, a K-State…

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Tsunami Evacuation Buildings: Another Way to Save Lives in the Pacific Northwest

The region’s geology makes an earthquake-triggered tsunami inevitable and imminent in geologic time, Wang says, yet coastal towns and cities in the northwest…

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Killer Algae a Key Player in Mass Extinctions

Today, just about anywhere there is water, there can be toxic algae. The microscopic plants usually exist in small concentrations, but a sudden warming in the…

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