Earth Sciences

Earth Sciences

Stone Age Site Discovered After 8,000 Years Near Isle of Wight

Maritime archaeologists from the Hampshire and Wight Trust for Maritime Archaeology (HWTMA) have been working at the site just off the Isle of Wight coast….

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Hurricane Preparedness Survey: Many Refuse Evacuation Orders

According to a new survey of people in high-risk hurricane areas conducted by the Harvard School of Public Health Project on the Public and Biological…

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Unraveling Antarctic Mountains: Secrets of a Gigantic Plateau

In a new study, geologists report that the mountains appear to be the remnant edge of a gigantic high plateau that began stretching and thinning some 105…

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Exploring the Arctic: A Unique Expedition to the North Pole

At the end of August, an unusual expedition under Russian leadership will leave for the Arctic Ocean. One of the participants is Jürgen Graeser of the Alfred…

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New Research Redefines Canada’s Geological History

Geologists from the University of Alberta have found that portions of Canada collided a minimum of 500 million years earlier than previously thought. Their…

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X-Ray Technology Advances: Field Insights Unveiled

It helps to simultaneously determine quickly, automatically and, most importantly – not in the laboratory conditions but directly whilst in the field – the…

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ESA’s Earth Explorer gravity satellite on show

The Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer(GOCE), the first core Earth Explorer mission to be developed as part of ESA's Living Planet…

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Exploring the Arctic: Expedition to the North Pole Begins

At the end of August, an unusual expedition under Russian leadership will leave for the Arctic Ocean. One of the participants is Jürgen Graeser of the Alfred…

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New Study Reveals Impact of Flooding on British History

The study, led by Sanjeev Gupta and Jenny Collier from Imperial College London, has revealed spectacular images of a huge valley tens of kilometres wide and up…

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Predicting Sand Wave Behavior for Safer Shipping Routes

They are larger than sand ripples on the beach but smaller than sandbanks. Sand waves largely determine the shape of the sea floor in the southern part of the…

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Seafloor Faults: New Insights on Earthquake Impacts

Many earthquakes in the deep ocean are much smaller in magnitude than expected. Geophysicists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have found…

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Geologists Observe Unique Volcanic Mudflow in New Zealand

Volcanologist Sarah Fagents from the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) at the University of Hawaii at Manoa had an amazing opportunity…

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Predicting Sand Wave Behavior for Safer Shipping Routes

They are larger than sand ripples on the beach but smaller than sandbanks. Sand waves largely determine the shape of the sea floor in the southern part of the…

Earth Sciences

ESA’s Envisat captures breath of volcano

Officials raised the alert to the highest level on Tuesday after the volcano, located in the eastern province of North Maluku, started spitting out flaming…

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Invisible gases form most organic haze in urban, rural areas

A new study involving the University of Colorado at Boulder shows that invisible, reactive gases hovering over Earth's surface, not direct emissions of…

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Methane vs. Carbonic Acid: The True Warming Culprit

Some climatologists explain this warming by methane discharges into the atmosphere. This methane hypothesis was reviewed by the specialists of the Obukhov…

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