Swarm's three satellites provide a high-resolution picture of the Earth's magnetic field. Credit: European Space Agency
A jet stream within the Earth's molten iron core has been discovered by scientists using the latest satellite data that helps create an 'x-ray'...
The raggedness of the ocean floors could be the key to triggering some of the Earth's most powerful earthquakes, scientists from Cardiff University have discovered.
In a new study published today in Nature Geoscience the team, also from Utrecht University,...
An artist's rendering shows a laser beam from a satellite-mounted LIDAR instrument probing the plankton-rich waters of Earth's northern and southern oceans. Credit: Tim Marvel, NASA
A space-based sensor that can "see" through fog, clouds and darkness has given scientists...
A seismic instrument (long black cylinder, right) installed in 2013 on a level triangular metal plate on the seafloor atop Axial Volcano. The green plate holds electronics that communicate between the instrument and the orange cable sending data back...
Rapid population decline among vertebrate species began at the end of the 19th century when industrialization was at its peak, according to researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) and the Chinese Academy of...
Researchers have for the first time seen and documented the Banda Detachment fault in eastern Indonesia and worked out how it formed.
Credit: Image courtesy of Australian National University
Geologists have for the first time seen and documented the Banda Detachment...
Assortment of diamond offcuts used in this study. The largest is 9.6 carats. These diamonds could be analyzed by destructive means (polishing to expose inclusions) whereas many other diamonds studied were polished gemstones that were only borrowed and studied...
Coronal mass ejections from the sun heat Earth's upper atmosphere, then cool it dramatically, according to a new University of Colorado Boulder study. Credit: NASA
A team led by the University of Colorado Boulder has found the mechanism behind the...
A schematic diagram of the Global Ultraviolet Imager observational geometry. The TIMED satellite is orbiting at 625 km and viewing in the anti-sunward limb direction.Credit: Jianqi Qin, University of Illinois
A team of University of Illinois researchers has discovered the...
A deadly avalanche in western Tibet: On July 17, more than 70 million tons of ice broke off from the Aru glacier in the mountains of western Tibet and tumbled into a valley below, taking the lives of nine...
Technosphere includes physical human-made structures such as houses, factories, smartphones, computers and landfill.Credit: Image courtesy of University of Leicester
"The technosphere is a major new phenomenon of this planet – and one that is evolving extraordinarily rapidly" – Professor Mark...
