“In 1960, South-Central Chile was hit by the largest known quake on earth with a magnitude of 9.5. Its tsunami was so massive that –in addition to inundating…
Tiny airborne particles can have a stronger influence on powerful storms than scientists previously predicted, according to a new study co-authored by…
The findings, published on Jan. 26 in Nature Communications, are important because the detailed look into Earth's past climate and the factors that influenced…
To help policymakers make better, more informed decisions, there is an urgent need for more detailed information about the location and timing of pollutant…
The team combined a computer model with 100 years of observations to tease out the fact that global sea-level rise is increasing the tidal range, or the…
For the first time, scientists have obtained direct, quantifiable observations of cloud seeding for increased snowfall — from the growth of ice crystals,…
Scientists digging deep into the Earth's mantle recently made an unexpected discovery.
Phosphorus is a critical nutrient for global biological processes, such as collecting the sun's energy during photosynthesis and degrading plant debris and…
If this winter finds you stressed out and fighting a sinus infection, then you know something of what coral will endure in the face of climate change.
Mining on the ocean floor could do irreversible damage to deep-sea ecosystems, says a new study of seabed mining proposals around the world. The deep sea…
More than seven years after Pennsylvania officials requested that the disposal of radium-laden fracking wastewater into surface waters be restricted, a new…
In the Earth’s early history, several billion years ago, only traces of oxygen existed in the atmosphere and the oceans. Today’s air-breathing organisms could…
On July 18, 2012, passengers on an airline flight over the Southwest Pacific Ocean glimpsed something unusual–a raft of floating rock known as pumice that…
In a new study published today, Dr Massimo Bernardi and Dr Fabio Massimo Petti of the MUSE – Science Museum in Trento, Italy and Professor Mike Benton from the…
Oxygen deficiency together with the occurrence of toxic hydrogen sulphide below water depths of 100 – 150 m are the most prominent features of the Black Sea,…
A new study published Jan. 8 in the journal Nature Geoscience reveals that strong El Nino events can cause significant ice loss in some Antarctic ice shelves…
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