However, researchers at Texas Tech University, the University of Kansas and University of Florida have found that the animal’s strange body actually made it a…
For decades, sea-level rise, land subsidence, and a decrease in river sediment have caused vast swaths of the Mississippi Delta to vanish into the sea. The…
A Hurricane Watch is already in effect for Johnston Island. That means hurricane conditions are possible within the next 48 hours. A Hurricane Warning may be…
Highly regarded experts, Dr. David B. Rutledge of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and Dr. Frank Clemente of Pennsylvania State University…
“Looking for something like hurricane records in seismology doesn't occur to anybody,” said Carl Ebeling, of Northwestern University in Evanston. “It's a…
The information provided by their computer models has the potential to save utilities substantial amounts of money, savings that can then be passed on to…
These remarkable findings have been made public by the Greek government after the start of a five year collaborative project involving the Ephorate of…
Making note of the ‘unusual’ rocks he later found on the car’s hood, Garchinski chalked the incident up to vandalism and filed a police report. It wasn’t until…
In the framework of their expedition, the German research vessel Maria S. Merian visits for the first time the port of Cyprus on 22 October 2009. The Maria S….
Sankar Chatterjee of Texas Tech University and a team of researchers took a close look at the massive Shiva basin, a submerged depression west of India that is…
Leaves along bus routes were up to 10 times more magnetic than leaves on quieter streets, the study found. That magnetism comes from tiny particles of…
Researchers from the Smithsonian Institution and UF, among others, found that many of the dominant plant families existing in today’s Neotropical rainforests —…
On top of a record-setting month in the tropics, September 2009 was also the second warmest September on record both globally and in the Northern Hemisphere.”Who would have predicted those temperatures in the atmosphere when the sea surface temperature has been bumping along so nonchalantly?” Christy asked….
“Hurricanes have caused severe damage to electric power systems throughout the world, and electric power is critical to post hurricane disaster response as…
Use this guide to visit and learn the latest geoscience details on Mount Hood, Newberry Volcano, and Mount St. Helens; the Channeled Scabland of Columbia…
Research vessel Polarstern will start its journey October 16th from Bremerhaven to its 26th expedition into Antarctica. The expedition consists of four legs…