Earth Sciences

Earth Sciences

Exploring Stratospheric Insights on Global Climate Change

It has studied the stratosphere of the Arctic and the Antarctic, it rose into the stratosphere over South America, Australia and soared over the Indian Ocean….

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Innovative Solutions for a Stressed Planet: Beyond Climate Change

Climate change is just one of the many symptoms exhibited by a planet under pressure from human activities. “Global environmental change, which includes…

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Unusual Folded Sediment Discovered in Sumatran Tsunami Area

Tsunamis propagate only when earthquakes occur under water and have an up and down component to their motion. Earthquakes where tectonic plate boundaries slide…

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Research team uses satellite to track Earth's water

A team of scientists from the University of Colorado at Boulder and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., used the Tropospheric Emission…

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Limitations of Seismic Data in Mapping Young Oceanic Crust

The new finding alters the view of how new crust is formed at mid-ocean ridges, how heat and chemicals flow through oceanic crust and how life can exist in the…

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NASA probes the sources of the world's tiny pollutants

By altering the amount of solar energy that reaches the Earth's surface, aerosols influence both regional and global climate, but their impact is difficult to…

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University of Barcelona Enhances Geophysical Studies with KINGDOM Suite

The KINGDOM Suite, designed by Seismic Micro-Technology, is a leading industrial software application for the 2D and 3D interpretation of seismic reflection…

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UGR Awards Teaching Innovation Prize for Earth Movement Lab

The project, titled “Analogical modelling: devising of teaching animations in Geological Sciences” is unique in our country. The experiments involve…

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Continents on the Move: Insights from £2.5M Research Grant

The 28-strong team is led by University of Leeds geophysicist Dr Tim Wright, who has secured a £2.5 million grant from the Natural Environment Research Council…

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Airborne Dust: How Aerosols Impact Climate Far Away

NASA researchers have found a similar process at work in the atmosphere: tiny particles in the air called aerosols can cause a rippling effect on the climate…

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Discover Northern Eurasia’s Volcanic Regions and Mountain Systems

Volcanic regions are connected with young mountain systems that are located at the periphery of Eurasian platform. The major part of these regions lies in the…

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New Probes Needed to Discover Life Below Mars’ Surface

Current probes designed to find life on Mars cannot drill deeply enough to find living cells that may exist well below the surface, according to the study….

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Implicit stereotypes and gender identification may affect female math performance

In an article published in the January issue of Psychological Science, psychologists Amy Kiefer of the University of California, San Francisco and Denise…

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Fishes’ Genetic Breakthrough: How They Conquered the Oceans

Scientists at the University of Bergen, Norway have deduced how bony fishes conquered the oceans by duplicating their yolk-producing genes and filling their…

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New Time Machine Aids Environmental Quarry Restoration Efforts

Designed by a team led by the British Geological Survey, the time machine can be used to examine the effects of different types of quarry restoration schemes…

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Java Mud Volcano Eruption May Last Months or Years

The paper by a Durham University-led team and published in the February issue of US journal, GSA Today (1), reveals that the eruption was almost certainly…

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