Earth Sciences
Earth Sciences (also referred to as Geosciences), which deals with basic issues surrounding our planet, plays a vital role in the area of energy and raw materials supply.
Earth Sciences comprises subjects such as geology, geography, geological informatics, paleontology, mineralogy, petrography, crystallography, geophysics, geodesy, glaciology, cartography, photogrammetry, meteorology and seismology, early-warning systems, earthquake research and polar research.
GOES-13 sees another potential tropical depression in Caribbean Sea
The National Hurricane Center currently gives the low pressure area known as System 97L an “80 percent chance of developing into a tropical depression in the…
Doppler radars help increase monsoon rainfall prediction accuracy
Dev Niyogi, a Purdue associate professor of agronomy and earth and atmospheric sciences, said modeling of a monsoon depression track can have a margin of error…
Animations show extent of marcellus shale development
Based on data from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, the animations (http://www.marcellus.psu.edu/resources/maps.php) show both the…
TRMM satellite sees tropical moisture bring heavy rain, flooding to US East Coast
Rain first broke out across the U.S. Southeast as a slow moving front approached from the northwest. The front then became stationary along the eastern…
Europa's hidden ice chemistry
Although these molecules react easily as liquids—they are well-known ingredients of acid rain—Mark Loeffler and Reggie Hudson at NASA's Goddard Space Flight…
Montana State team finds rare oasis of life on floor of Yellowstone Lake
A colony of moss, worms and various forms of shrimp flourishes in an area where the water is inky black, about 90 degrees Fahrenheit, and a cauldron of…