Earth Sciences

Earth Sciences

Backwards Shipwreck Simulations Reveal Dangerous Wave Patterns

But a new computer program and method of analysis by University of Michigan researchers makes it easy to see that a series of smaller waves—a situation much…

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Deepest Ocean Drilling Unveils Insights on Earthquakes

Dr Lisa McNeill, of the University of Southampton's School of Ocean and Earth Science, based at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, and Joanne…

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Earthquake Observation Diary: Insights from 1982 to 1993

The analysis proved that between 1982 and 1993, earthquake frequency reduced drastically, the foci of earthquakes being located at the depth of less than 70…

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New Insights from Siberian Research on Deluge Traces

Researchers of the Irkutsk State University and Institutes of the Earth’s Crust and Geochemistry (Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences) have recently…

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International Polar Year Concludes in Norway: Key Insights

After two mid-way conferences, one in St. Petersburg, Russia in 2008 and one in 2009 where the location is not yet determined, the International Polar Year…

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Sesame Project Launches Multinational Cruise to Black Sea

Departing from Athens, the Greek research vessel Aegaeo will reach the Black Sea where Greek scientists will meet and work with their colleagues from Bulgaria,…

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Researchers detect hint of oxygen 50 to 100 million years earlier than first believed

Two teams of scientists, including three researchers from UC Riverside, report that traces of oxygen appeared in Earth’s atmosphere roughly 100 million years…

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Arctic Heat Wave Shocks Climate Researchers This Year

“Everything has changed dramatically in the watershed we observed,” reports Geography professor Scott Lamoureux, the leader of an International Polar Year…

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10 Million-Year-Old Chips Uncover Fish Diet and Evolution Link

This kind of study, which was funded by the Natural Environment Research Council, has previously not been possible because although fossils preserve direct…

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Life-Giving Rocks: A Key to Earth’s Future Sustainability

Majorite normally occurs only at a depth of several hundred kilometres – under very high pressures and temperatures. The Bonn researchers have now succeeded in…

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Greenland Snow Melting Hits Record High, NASA Reports

Marco Tedesco, a research scientist at the Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology, cooperatively managed by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt,…

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Life-Giving Rocks: Oxygen Storage from 250 Km Depth

If our planet did not have the ability to store oxygen in the deep reaches of its mantle there would probably be no life on its surface. This is the conclusion…

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Cave Records Unveil Insights on Climate Change Mechanisms

When Georgia Tech Assistant Professor Kim Cobb and graduate student Jud Partin wanted to understand the mechanisms that drove the abrupt climate change events…

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North America's northernmost lake affected by global warming

In an article to be published in the September 28 edition of Geophysical Research Letters, the international research team led by Université Laval scientists…

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Extraterrestrial Impact Linked to Ice Age Extinctions

A team of international researchers, including two Northern Arizona University geologists, reports evidence that a comet or low-density object barreling toward…

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NASA Study Reveals Antarctic Snowmelt Moving Inland

In a new NASA study, researchers using 20 years of data from space-based sensors have confirmed that Antarctic snow is melting farther inland from the coast…

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