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.
Video simulations of real earthquakes made available to worldwide network
The videos show waves of ground motion spreading out from an epicenter. In making them widely available, the team of computational seismologists and computer…
Sudden Ocean Cooling Likely Aided Mid-20th Century Global Warming Hiatus in Northern Hemisphere
David W. J. Thompson, an atmospheric science professor at Colorado State University, is the lead author of the paper in the Sept. 23 Nature. Other authors are…
Parting the Waters: Computer Modeling Applies Physics to Red Sea Escape Route
The computer simulations show that a strong east wind, blowing overnight, could have pushed water back at a bend where an ancient river is believed to have…
Huge post-tropical Hurricane Igor drenched Newfoundland, Canada
NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites captured visible and infrared images of Hurricane Igor yesterday as he brought heavy rainfall into northeastern Canada. A…
GOES-13's wide view of Atlantic's Tropical Storm Lisa and low, Pacific's Georgette
At 1445 UTC (10:45 a.m. EDT) today, Sept. 22, the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite called GOES-13 captured Tropical Storm Lisa in the far…
Neanderthals more advanced than previously thought
For decades scientists believed Neanderthals developed `modern' tools and ornaments solely through contact with Homo sapiens, but new research from the…