Earth Sciences

Earth Sciences

Surface lakes cause Antarctic ice shelves to 'flex'

A team of British and American researchers, co-led by the University of Cambridge, has measured how much the McMurdo ice shelf in Antarctica flexes in response…

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Deep Sea Study Links Earthquakes to Carbon Cycle Dynamics

An international team led by the Innsbruck geologists Arata Kioka, Tobias Schwestermann, Jasper Moernaut, and Michael Strasser could quantify for the first…

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Petermann Glacier Shows Signs of Major Iceberg Calving

Cracks in the floating ice tongue of Petermann Glacier in the far northwest reaches of Greenland indicate the pending loss of another large iceberg.

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Exploring How Vertebrate Skeletons Balance Flexibility and Strength

Vertebrates’ skeletons are unique in that they become mineralised as they develop, allowing them to become hard whilst remaining flexible. ‘The mineralised…

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Dark Fiber Innovates Long-Distance Earthquake Detection

In traditional seismology, researchers studying how the earth moves in the moments before, during, and after an earthquake rely on sensors that cost tens of…

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Scientists Explore Newly Discovered Antarctic Ecosystem

An international team of scientists heads to Antarctica this week (4 February 2019) to investigate a mysterious marine ecosystem that’s been hidden beneath an…

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China launched world's first rocket-deployed weather instruments from unmanned semi-submersible vehicle

Obtaining accurate meteorological and oceanographic (METOC) data requires conducting ocean-based meteorological and oceanographic sampling of an extensive…

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Explore 60 Years of Baltic Sea Data with ODIN 2

Just like 50 years ago, the IOW will again go on five monitoring cruises this year, collecting data at stations that were already defined as reference points…

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How predatory plankton created modern ecosystems after ‘Snowball Earth’

‘All higher animal life forms, including us humans, produce cholesterol. Algae and bacteria produce their own characteristic fat molecules.’ says first author…

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Long-Necked Dinosaurs: Sideways Forefeet Explained

“Long-necked dinosaurs” (sauropods) were among the most successful herbivores of the Mesozoic Era – the age of the dinosaurs. Characteristic for this group…

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New Method for Well Designing by Samara Polytech Scientists

Today, many emergencies while drilling are connected with rock instability. Collapse leads to large time and financial expenses.

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Deep-Sea Drilling Insights on Antarctic Ice Sheet Stability

Over the next few months, geophysicists and geologists from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research will gain…

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Greenland's southwest ice sheet particularly sensitive to warming

The ice fields of southwest Greenland are becoming particularly sensitive to a climate cycle called the North Atlantic Oscillation as global warming proceeds,…

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Scotland’s Volcanic Eruption Linked to Prehistoric Climate Change

Large explosive volcanic eruptions can have lasting effects on climate and have been held responsible for severe climate effects in Earth's history. One such…

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It gave its name to several mountain chains in Europe: Slate is ‘Rock of the Year 2019’ in Germany

Today, slates, i.e. slate blackboards, and slate pencils, which were used by generations of schoolchildren up to the last century, have usually survived merely…

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Scientists Convert Carbon Emissions Into Usable Energy

Published This breakthrough has been led by Professor Guntae Kim in the School of Energy and Chemical Engineering at UNIST in collaboration with Professor…

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