Earth Sciences

Earth Sciences

Swedish radar facility on Europe's wish list

On December 9, the European Strategy Forum for Research Infrastructures, ESFRI, published its updated roadmap to what infrastructure investments are deemed to…

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Clear cooling effect: wind screen on the Rhône glacier in Switzerland creates cold air cushion

“Our test wind screen set up on the Rhône glacier resulted in a definite cooling of the air near the surface, with the drop in temperature being up to three…

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Aurora Borealis: Multi-Purpose Research Ship for Polar Seas

The Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association and the engineering company Wärtsilä Ship Design Germany (formerly…

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New Orleans’ Recovery Needs “Unconventional Thinking"

In the commentary “Sustaining costal urban ecosystems” published in the latest issue of the London-based journal Nature Geoscience, Torbjörn E. Törnqvist,…

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ESA Tests Laser for Accurate Atmospheric CO2 Measurement

A-SCOPE (Advanced Space Carbon and climate Observation of Planet Earth) is one of the six candidate Earth Explorer missions that has just completed assessment…

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Shrinking Glaciers Uncover Ancient Forests and Climate Insights

“If the area hadn't been covered by a glacier all these thousands of years, these tree remnants would never have made it. The finds yield information…

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Why is the Earth’s mantle conductive?

They demonstrated the very high conductivity of this form of carbon. Appearing in the 28 November issue of Science, their work has revealed the high carbon…

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ESA Satellites Unlock New Opportunities in the Arctic

The policy highlights new opportunities in the region such as the opening up of long-sought transportation routes due to receding ice. However, it focuses on…

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New Toothless Pterosaur Discovered in Brazil: Chaoyangopteridae

The finding is significant because it originated in Brazil and is the only example of the Chaoyangopteridae, a group of toothless pterosaurs, to be found…

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Ancient Earth’s Survival: How Modern Scourge Prevented Deep Freeze

In their review for Nature Geoscience, UK scientists claim that the Earth never froze over completely during the Cryogenian Period, about 840 to 635 million…

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Wilkins Ice Shelf Faces New Threats from Rifts and Climate Change

The ice bridge connects the Wilkins Ice Shelf to two islands, Charcot and Latady. As seen in the Envisat image above acquired on 26 November 2008, new rifts…

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Plate Tectonics Began Over 4 Billion Years Ago, New Insights

A new picture of the early Earth is emerging, including the surprising finding that plate tectonics may have started more than 4 billion years ago — much…

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Final Strategic Plan for Earthquake Hazard Studies Unveiled

NEHRP’s goal is to reduce earthquake losses through better understanding of earthquake generation and propagation processes, improved design and construction…

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Global Warming’s Impact on Soil Organic Matter Revealed

Scientists at the University of Toronto Scarborough have published research findings in the prestigious journal, Nature Geoscience, that show global warming…

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Water’s Role in Shaping Society: Insights From Terje Tvedt

The Norwegian professor, writer and film maker Terje Tvedt, of the Universities of Oslo and Bergen, argues that water has played a unique and fundamental role…

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Europe Cores in EUROCORES – Ocean Drilling in EuroMARC

The European Science Foundation's (ESF) European Collaborative Research (EUROCORES) programme EuroMARC is an essential tool to boost European leadership in the…

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