Earth Sciences

Earth Sciences

Saharan Dust Storms: Vital Nutrients for Atlantic Ocean Life

Working aboard research vessels in the Atlantic, scientists mapped the distribution of nutrients including phosphorous and nitrogen and investigated how…

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Winds Linked to Abrupt Glacial Climate Changes, Study Reveals

Scientists from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) and the Potsdam-Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany have carried out a study which…

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Boulder Evidence Links Antarctica and North America’s Past

“What this paper does is say that we have three main new lines of evidence that basically confirm the SWEAT idea,” said John Goodge, an NSF-funded researcher…

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Sun’s Role in Climate Change: 15% to 20% Impact Revealed

In the past, the sun was the main external agent affecting climate change on Earth, together with the effects of volcanic explosions and internal factors such…

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ESA Consults Science Community on Earth Explorer Selection

The meeting follows the Call for Core Earth Explorer Ideas released in 2005, and the subsequent selection of six missions to undergo assessment studies out of…

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How Volcanic Eruptions Impacted Ocean Life 94 Million Years Ago

Earth and Atmospheric Science researchers Steven Turgeon and Robert Creaser found specific isotope levels of the element osmium, an indicator of volcanism in…

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Acid Rain Evidence Strengthens Tunguska Meteorite Theory

In peat samples corresponded to 1908 permafrost boundary they found significantly higher levels of the heavy nitrogen and carbon isotopes 15N and 13C.The…

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Distinguishing Mine Collapse Waves From Other Seismic Events

Using the large seismic disturbance associated with the Crandall Canyon mine collapse last August, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists and…

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150-Meter Ice Core Extracted from McCall Glacier

The core, which is longer than 1 1/2 football fields, is the longest extracted from an arctic glacier in the United States, according to Matt Nolan, an…

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Flatfish Fossils Uncover Evolution’s Missing Link

Hidden away in museums for more that 100 years, some recently rediscovered flatfish fossils have filled a puzzling gap in the story of evolution and answered a…

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Geothermal resources – Envent to develop a geothermal power plant in Leyte, Philippines

Envent Holding Philippines Incorporated announced today the signing of a Geothermal Service Contract for Biliran Island in Leyte, Philippines. Envent is a…

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Ocean Wind Maps Uncover New Offshore Energy Potential

The new maps, based on nearly a decade of data from NASA's QuikSCAT satellite, have many potential uses, including planning the locations of offshore wind…

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New Model Estimates Intensity of Future Storms

The new equation, developed by University of Michigan atmospheric and planetary scientist Nilton Renno, could allow scientists to more accurately calculate the…

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Geologists Discover Magma and Carbon Dioxide Combine to Make ‘Soda-Pop’ Eruption

This discovery overturns a longtime belief by geologists, who thought that carbon dioxide was incapable of dissolving in magma, said Calvin Barnes, professor…

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Satellite Data Offers Early Warnings for Sudden Storms

For three years, a new way to use data collected by NOAA weather satellites has been giving North Alabama short-term warnings of “pop-up” thunderstorms.Developed by scientists at The University of Alabama in Huntsville, this new computer program is now spreading to other parts of the U.S. and the world. Later this summer a version of the UAHuntsville weather program will begin forecasting storms throughout Central America, Southern Mexico and the Dominican Republic….

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Ice Sheet Movements: No Impact on Rising Sea Levels

Over the long term, however, this process is interrupted as meltwater drains away via broad channels, as a result of which ice movement decreases once again….

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