Earth Sciences

Earth Sciences

Methane in Groundwater Linked to Natural Sources in Texas

Scientists from The University of Texas at Austin have found that high levels of methane in well water from two counties near Fort Worth are probably from…

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Study finds massive rogue waves aren't as rare as previously thought

University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science scientist Mark Donelan and his Norwegian Meteorological Institute colleague captured…

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Heatwaves Threaten US Desert Songbirds’ Survival

Projected increases in the frequency, intensity and duration of heatwaves in the desert of the southwestern United States are putting songbirds at greater risk…

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NASA’s Aqua Satellite Monitors Tropical Cyclone Blanche

Tropical Cyclone Blanche formed on March 5 near Australia's Top End, and made landfall the next day as NASA's Aqua satellite passed overhead gathering images…

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Paleolake Deposits on Mars Resemble Indonesian Sediments

In their GSA Bulletin article published online last week, Timothy A. Goudge and colleagues detail the clay mineralogy of sediment from Lake Towuti, Indonesia,…

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NASA Uses GPM Satellite to Study Spring Weather Patterns

Record breaking warm temperatures this winter have caused plants to bloom early in the eastern United States. Unfortunately this has also resulted in the…

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Global Warming Hiatus: New Study on Atmospheric Footprint

The increasing rate of the global mean surface temperature was reduced from 1998 to 2013, known as the global warming hiatus or pause. Great efforts have been…

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NASA Enhances Summer Arctic Sea Ice Forecast Accuracy

The Arctic has been losing sea ice over the past several decades as Earth warms. However, each year, as the sea ice starts to melt in the spring following its…

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Melting temperature of Earth's mantle depends on water

Earth's mantle, the layer just beneath the crust, is the source of most of the magma that erupts at volcanoes. Minerals that make up the mantle contain small…

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Fraunhofer Team ‘Arggonauts’ Advances in Ocean Discovery XPRIZE

Researchers from Fraunhofer IOSB, known as team ‘Arggonauts’, are the only German team to reach the semi-finals of the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE. This…

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Innovative Atom Trap Method for Water Dating Unveiled

Heidelberg physicists develop new dating method for the earth and environmental sciences

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Unlocking Ancient Air: Insights from Calcerous Ooze

How can we know anything about the carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere in earth's deep past? Tiny bubbles trapped in ice provide samples of ancient air but…

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Ocean Acidification Expands Rapidly in Arctic Ocean

The research shows that, between the 1990s and 2010, acidified waters expanded northward approximately 300 nautical miles from the Chukchi slope off the coast…

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NASA Forecasts Pineapple Express Rainfall for California

NASA has estimated rainfall from the Pineapple Express over the coastal regions southwestern Oregon and northern California from the series of storms in…

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NASA spies Tropical Cyclone 08P's formation

NASA's Aqua satellite spotted Tropical Cyclone 08P as it was developing in the South Pacific Ocean. Tropical Cyclone 08P, or 08P formed east of Extra-tropical…

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'Quartz' crystals at the Earth's core power its magnetic field

The Earth's core consists mostly of a huge ball of liquid metal lying at 3000 km beneath its surface, surrounded by a mantle of hot rock. Notably, at such…

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