Earth Sciences

Earth Sciences

Agricultural Expansion: Impact on CO2 Absorption Rates

Climate change is heavily related to the increase of CO2 in the atmosphere. During photosynthesis, plants absorb some of the industrial CO2 emissions from the…

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Coral Core Study Reveals pH Decline in South Pacific Ocean

Burning of fossil fuels, deforestation of tropical rain forests and mangroves are only some of the man-made causes leading to an increase of carbon dioxide…

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Global Climate’s Impact on Erosion Rates: Key Insights from Scientists

The basic ideas sound convincing: Faster erosion rates can lead to faster silicate weathering and efficient burial of organic carbon in sedimentary basins,…

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Soil Weathering: Key Player in Carbon Cycling Dynamics

Quantifying soil C dynamics is crucial in the context of global change because soils play an important role in the exchange of CO₂ between land and atmosphere….

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Transforming Rockfall Monitoring: 3D Analysis at Yosemite

Yosemite National Park contains some of the world's most iconic landforms, including Half Dome, Yosemite Falls, and El Capitan. Although the cliffs of Yosemite…

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Granite Melting Point Discovered 200 Degrees Lower Than Expected

Evidence from rocks in Yosemite National Park suggests that granite stored in the Earth's crust is partially molten at 500 degrees Celsius, nearly 200 degrees…

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New Deepwater Horizon Research Aims to Safeguard Marine Life

This is significant, as lack of baseline data has limited researchers' abilities to fully understand the oil spill's impact. The new data will serve as a…

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Volcanic Heat Source Discovered Under Glacier by Researchers

A researcher from the University of Rhode Island's Graduate School of Oceanography and five other scientists have discovered an active volcanic heat source…

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Insights from History: Preparing for a Warmer Future

The study was an outcome of a workshop that took place in Bern and was coordinated by the University of Bern in Switzerland, the University of New South Wales…

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New study explains Antarctica's coldest temperatures

After sifting through data from several Earth-observing satellites, scientists announced in 2013 that they found surface temperatures of -93 degrees Celsius…

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Using tree-fall patterns to calculate tornado wind speed

Tornadoes, hurricanes, and other extreme windstorm events cause millions of dollars in structural damage and related losses each year. They can also…

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Polar Ice Flow: New Insights on Its Softness and Behavior

Ice is a material that can flow like a very viscous liquid. In the polar ice sheets, it flows towards the oceans under its own weight. Knowing how fast the ice…

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Fast rising bedrock below West Antarctica reveals an extremely fluid Earth mantle

An international team of researchers, with a new study published in Science with DTU Space as lead author, finds that the bedrock below the West Antarctic Ice…

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Understanding the Janus Head of the South Asian Monsoon

The same phenomenon recurs every year. During the dry season, in winter, burning fossil fuels and biomass in South Asia creates a huge pollution haze: the…

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Better model of water under extreme conditions could aid understanding of Earth's mantle

Deep inside the Earth exist pockets of water, but the liquid there isn't like the water on the surface.

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New Method Unveils Rock Pore Geometry Insights

Whether or not we realize it, mathematics permeates our lives in countless ways. Sometimes, the role of mathematics is difficult to grasp, but other times it's…

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