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.
Geologists revisit the Great Oxygenation Event
In “The Sign of the Four” Sherlock Holmes tells Watson he has written a monograph on 140 forms of cigar-, cigarette-, and pipe-tobacco, “with colored plates…
NASA's Aqua Satellite sees TD5's remnants stretched out in US south
NASA's Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument that flies aboard the Aqua satellite captured an infrared image of TD5's remnants on August 18 at 19:23…
NASA satellites see TD5's remnants still soaking Louisiana and Mississippi
Tropical Depression Five's (TD5) remnants remain over the lower Mississippi valley today and are slowly drifting northeast. Yesterday, NASA satellite imagery…
NASA satellites see Tropical Depression 5's remnants giving the Gulf a wet encore
TD5 has been around the Gulf of Mexico for a week as of today, August 17. That's a long life for a tropical system. TD5 formed on August 10 and never made it…
Discovery of Possible Earliest Animal Life Pushes Back Fossil Record
Scientists may have discovered in Australia the oldest fossils of animal bodies. These findings push back the clock on the scientific world's thinking…
IBEX Spacecraft Finds Discoveries Close to Home
But looks can be deceiving.In reality, you've unknowingly jumped into an invisible mosh pit of electromagnetic mayhem — the place in space where a supersonic…