Earth Sciences

Earth Sciences

Tailored Solutions for Arsenic Contaminated Wells Revealed

Instead, recent work by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers on arsenic-tainted wells shows that appropriate treatment varies depending on the source of…

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Current melting of Greenland's ice mimicks 1920s-1940s event

They found that the effects of the current warming and melting of Greenland 's glaciers that has alarmed the world's climate scientists occurred in the decades…

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Antarctica’s Clues Uncover Water Trails on Mars

In recent years, scientists have examined images of several sites on Mars where water appears to have flowed to the surface and left behind a trail of…

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Smaller Storms Bring More Rainfall to Southeastern US Droughts

A new study that provides insight into what kind of storms are best at tackling drought in the southeastern United States. The study focuses on a decade of…

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Gorilla Diversification Influenced by Ice Ages and Rivers

The collaborative School of Biosciences study shows that the genetic composition of gorilla populations varies across different parts of their current…

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Ancient Flood Disrupts Ocean Circulation and Climate Cooling

About the same time, a sharp century long cold spell is observed around the North Atlantic and other areas. Researchers have often speculated that the cooling…

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World-leading climate expert to direct Imperial College London’s new climate change Institute

Professor Sir Brian Hoskins FRS is a world-leading authority on climate issues and global weather patterns who uses mathematical models to understand weather…

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Innovative Solutions for Red Sea Management: New Findings

In the Inderscience publication International Journal of Global Environmental Issues, Roelof Dirk Schuiling of Utrecht University in The Netherlands and his…

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New research discredits a US$100 billion 'fix' to global warming

Research performed at Stanford and Oregon State Universities, published in the Journal of Geophysical Research, suggests that ocean fertilization may not be an…

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Unlocking Ruby and Sapphire Origins for Better Prospecting

Thanks to a pooling of results from several international research teams (1), a databank for compiling the oxygen isotope concentration ratios, 18O/16O, for…

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Alps Mountain Summits Show Surprising Plant Similarity

The biologists assessed data on the composition and species numbers of plants on the summits of seven mountains measuring over 3000 metres in the Bernina range…

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New research discredits $100B global warming 'fix'

Scientists have revealed an important discovery that raises doubts concerning the viability of plans to fertilize the ocean to solve global warming, a…

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New Study Reveals Key Ingredients for Stronger Atlantic Hurricanes

niversity of Wisconsin-Madison scientists have found that the Atlantic organizes the ingredients for a powerful hurricane season to create a situation where…

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European Science Commissioner Attends Global Earth Observation Summit

This Summit will review progress on the implementation of the 10-year plan to create a Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS), agreed at the GEO…

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Aurora Borealis breaks new grounds – and old ice

Aurora Borealis will be the first ever international ship, the brainchild of the European Science Federation, the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and…

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Rodent Fossils Reveal Iberian Peninsula Climate Insights

The researcher of the UGR Raef Minwer-Barakat has attempted to answer this question through his doctoral thesis “Rodents and insectivorous of Upper Turoliense…

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