Earth Sciences

Earth Sciences

Students Capture Tornado Data with Science Team Collaboration

And yes, said several Iowa State University students who have joined Tim Samaras, a Colorado-based researcher who was named a National Geographic Society…

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Britain’s last Neanderthals were more sophisticated than we thought

“The tools we’ve found at the site are technologically advanced and potentially older than tools in Britain belonging to our own species, Homo sapiens,” says…

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New Web Service Delivers Daily UV Index Updates

The research group “Physics of the Atmosphere” (CEAMA-University of Granada, Spain) has created a new web service which provides daily information about the…

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Laser Fluorescence: A New Tool for Mars Life Detection

The researchers' proposed instrumentation could operate on any Mars lander or rover, they say, such as the current Phoenix mission or NASA's Mars Science…

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Iron Isotopes in Lava Lake Reveal Clues to Planetary Origins

Fang-Zhen Teng, assistant professor of geosciences and a member of the Arkansas Center for Space and Planetary Sciences, Nicholas Dauphas of the department of…

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Air Travelers and Astronomers Gain from Turbulence Research

A recently awarded $716,000 grant from the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research will fund research by Arizona State University professor Alex Mahalov…

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Ancient fenland 'treasure' to tell story of flooding

The study by Dinah Smith of the Department of Geology seeks to paint a picture of land-sea interaction by analysing tiny microfossils from the region.Dinah…

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Mini Subs Explore Unique Carbonate Structures in BC Lake

Greg Slater, an environmental geochemist in the Faculty of Science, says the objects of scientific interest are unique carbonate rock structures, known as…

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Surprisingly rapid changes in the Earth’s core discovered

The Ørsted satellite’s very precise measurements of the Earth’s magnetic field over the past nine years have made it possible for Nils Olsen, Senior Scientist…

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Ancient fenland 'treasure' to tell story of flooding

The study by Dinah Smith of the Department of Geology seeks to paint a picture of land-sea interaction by analysing tiny microfossils from the region.Dinah…

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Ebb and flow of the sea drives world's big extinction events

But a new study, published online today (June 15, 2008) in the journal Nature, suggests that it is the ocean, and in particular the epic ebbs and flows of sea…

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Ebb and Flow of the Sea Drives World's Big Extinction Events

But a new study, published online, June 15, 2008, in the journal Nature, suggests that it is the ocean, and in particular the epic ebbs and flows of sea level…

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Ancient Zircons Reveal Early Earth’s Climate Challenges

Zircons, the oldest known materials on Earth, offer a window in time back as far as 4.4 billion years ago, when the planet was a mere 150 million years old….

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Field Project Uncovers Climate Change Clues in Remote Atmosphere

Findings from the project, based at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), will be used by researchers worldwide to improve computer models of…

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Wilkins Ice Shelf Faces Further Break-Up: Latest Insights

Wilkins Ice Shelf is located on the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula at about 70°S, about 100km south of the southern tip of South America. Dr. Angelika…

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Wilkins Ice Shelf: Antarctic Winter Fails to Protect It

Wilkins Ice Shelf, a broad plate of floating ice south of South America on the Antarctic Peninsula, is connected to two islands, Charcot and Latady. In…

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