Earth Sciences

Earth Sciences

Discovering Deep Sea Sponges: Echoes of Modern Biodiversity

Fossils and sediments from deep sea zones of some thousand meters are extremely rare. Therefore, biodiversity and evolution of life in those zones are rarely…

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Tropical Depression 21E Emerges in Eastern Pacific Ocean

On Nov. 18 at 1500 UTC (10:00 a.m. EST), the NOAA's GOES-West satellite saw the Tropical Depression 21E form well southwest of the western Mexican coast. The…

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First quantification of Earth’s groundwater

An international team of scientists with participation from the University of Göttingen has produced the first data-driven estimate of the Earth’s total supply…

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High Plains Aquifer Use Peaks, Decline in Overall Usage

A new Kansas State University study finds that the over-tapping of the High Plains Aquifer's groundwater beyond the aquifer's recharge rate peaked in 2006. Its…

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Loss of Species Diversity Near Melting Antarctic Glaciers

Melting glaciers are causing a loss of species diversity among benthos in the coastal waters off the Antarctic Peninsula, impacting an entire seafloor…

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Examining Former Tropical Cyclone Kate with GPM and GOES-East

Kate became the twelfth named tropical cyclone of the of the 2015 Atlantic hurricane season when it formed near the southeastern Bahamas on Sunday November 8,…

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Fossilized Bees: Insights into Pollen Collection Habits

The paleontologists studied fossilized bees from two different locations: the Messel Pit near Darmstadt and Eckfeld Maar in the Vulkaneifel. Both are former…

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Sea Ice’s Key Role in the Arctic Methane Cycle Explained

The ice-covered Arctic Ocean is a more important factor concerning the concentration of the greenhouse gas methane in the atmosphere than previously assumed….

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NASA Tracks Extra-Tropical Storm Kate in North Atlantic

On November 12 at 4 a.m. EST the National Hurricane Center issued the last advisory on Extra-Tropical Cyclone Kate, located several hundred miles…

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Greenland Glacier Disintegration Accelerates, Study Finds

A team of scientists, including a researcher from the University of Kansas-based Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS), found that since 2012 warmer…

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Unveiling Earth’s Plate Tectonics: How It All Began

Our planet Earth is the only planet in the Solar System that possesses Plate Tectonics. The Earth’s surface is in a constant state of change; the tectonic…

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Declining snowpacks may cut many nations' water

Gradual melting of winter snow helps feed water to farms, cities and ecosystems across much of the world, but this resource may soon be critically imperiled….

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Titan Tackles San Andreas Fault: Innovations in Earthquake Safety

The San Andreas Fault system, which runs almost the entire length of California, is prone to shaking, causing about 10,000 minor earthquakes each year just in…

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Idea of slow climate change in the earth’s past misleading

In order to predict how today’s ecosystems will react to increasing temperatures over the course of global warming, palaeobiologists study how climate change…

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Tropical Storm Kate Forms: Bahamas Faces Weather Warning

On November 9, 2015 a Tropical Storm Warning was in effect for the central and northwestern Bahamas.

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East Africa Faces Drought: Insights from Geographer Chris Funk

It comes as no surprise to geographer Chris Funk that East Africa has been particularly hard hit with back-to-back droughts this year and last. In fact, he and…

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