Earth Sciences

Earth Sciences

New Model Connects Sediment Patterns to Climate Changes

In a recent study, researchers from The University of Texas at Austin show that another natural record – sediments packed together at basin margins – offers…

Earth Sciences

Wetter than wet: Global warming means more rain for Asian monsoon regions

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University studied how the weather will change with global warming in Asian monsoon regions using a high-resolution climate…

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First Active Methane Seep Discovered in Antarctica

A methane seep is a location where methane gas escapes from an underground reservoir and into the ocean. Methane seeps have been found throughout the world's…

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Enhancing Access to Comprehensive Water Resources Modeling

The growing global population and continued economic development will likely require a significant increase in water demand, especially in developing regions….

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Water Innovations: Addressing Drought in Brandenburg

The annual rainfall in Brandenburg is 560 litres per square metre. This makes Brandenburg a region with the lowest rainfall in Germany. In 2018 there were 390…

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Continuing Atmospheric Research with HALO Aircraft Innovation

The total budget for the third phase of HALO SPP 1294 is based on the volume from previous years, with approximately 12 million euros for scientific proposals…

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NASA’s Infrared Insights on Tropical Depression 6E Strength

Tropical Depression 6E formed in the Eastern Pacific Ocean by 5 p.m. EDT on July 13 and was located well to the southwest of Baja California Sur, Mexico.

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Satellite Data Reveals 2018-2019 Drought Severity Insights

Relative to long-term climate development, the water mass deficits during the two consecutive summer droughts of 2018 and 2019 amounted to 112 Gt in 2018 and…

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NASA analyzes Tropical Cyclone Cristina's water vapor concentration

NASA's Aqua satellite passed over Cristina at 4:50 a.m. EDT (0850 UTC) and the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer or MODIS instrument gathered water…

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Latest Insights on MOSAiC Floe Research in Arctic Sea Ice

The New Siberian Islands were the birthplace of the MOSAiC floe: the sea ice in which the research vessel Polarstern is now drifting through the Arctic was…

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Spring Snowmelt in Arctic Sparks New CO2 Emissions

Studies have shown the Arctic is warming roughly twice as fast as the rest of the world, and its soil holds twice the amount of carbon dioxide as the…

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Typhoon Impact: How Storms Alter Earthquake Patterns

The Earth's crust is under constant stress. Every now and then this stress is discharged in heavy earthquakes, mostly caused by the slow movement of Earth's…

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Groundwater protection on Spiekeroog Island – first installation of a salt water monitoring system

Scientists of the Leibniz Institute for Applied Geophysics (LIAG) have installed for the first time a saltwater monitoring system (SAMOS) on the Spiekeroog…

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Beavers Thrive in Alaska’s Warming Tundra Regions

Alaska’s beavers are profiting from climate change, and spreading rapidly. In just a few years’ time, they have not only expanded into many tundra regions…

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Unveiling Submarine Volcanism: How Deep Sea Eruptions Occur

Most volcanic eruptions take place unseen at the bottom of the world's oceans. In recent years, oceanography has shown that this submarine volcanism not only…

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Handing over the baton in ZMT's scientific management

Hildegard Westphal will continue at ZMT as head of her research group “Geoecology and Carbonate Sedimentology” and continue to do research and teach in her…

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