As we prepare to celebrate Earth Day on April 22, we can add another species, one of widespread ecological and economic importance, to the list of the…
An international team of scientists led by the paleontologist Steffen Kiel at the University of Kiel, Germany, found the first fossil boreholes of the worm…
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument on NASA's Terra satellite captured visible image of the ash plume (consisting of fine…
One aspect of Iceland’s volcanoes of particular interest to geoscientists is that within the magmas being extruded there are small amounts of lightweight,…
NASA's Aqua and Terra satellites fly around the world every day capturing images of weather, ice and land changes. Over the last three days these satellites…
The stronger water cycle means arid regions have become drier and high rainfall regions wetter as atmospheric temperature increases.The study, co-authored by…