Current coral bleaching in Fiji. Credit: Professor Peter J Mumby, University of Queensland Geoengineering of the climate may be the only way to save coral reefs from mass bleaching, according to new research. Coral reefs are considered one of the most vulnerable...
Bang! A new moon crater appeared between Oct. 25, 2012, and April 21, 2013. At 12 meters (40 feet) wide, the crater is not hard to spot in the image, but the starburst pattern of ejected debris is elusive...
Stability test of the novel MA(1-x)GuaxPbI3 perovskite material under continuous light illumination compared with the state-of-the-art MAPbI3. A schematic of the device architecture and the simulated crystalline structure is also provided. Credit: M.K. Nazeeruddin/EPFL With the power-conversion efficiency of silicon solar...
From left, geology graduate students Jiashun Hu and Quan Zhou and professor Lijun Liu challenge traditional theories about western US volcanism with new evidence from supercomputer modeling. Credit: L. Brian Stauffer Recent stories in the national media are magnifying fears of...
The atmospheric superrotation at the upper clouds of Venus. While the superrotation is present in both day and night sides of Venus, it seems more uniform in the day (AKATSUKI-UVI image at 360 nm, right side), while in the...
Cave city in volcanic rocks of uplifted Central Anatolian plateau. Credit: Russell Pysklywec When renowned University of Toronto (U of T) geophysicist J. Tuzo Wilson cemented concepts in the emerging field of plate tectonics in the 1960s, he revolutionized the study...
Adams Flat, one of the two sites in Antarctica where microbes were collected. Credit: Phil O'Brien UNSW-Sydney led scientists have discovered that microbes in Antarctica have a previously unknown ability to scavenge hydrogen, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide from the air...
Most of the known volcanic hotspots are linked to plumes of hot rock (red) rising from two spots on the boundary between the metal core and rocky mantle 1,800 miles below Earth's surface. Credit: Image courtesy of University of California...
West Antarctica glaciers observed during an October 2014 NASA Operation IceBridge mission. New research shows valleys in the ocean floor enable warm, salty water to reach the undersides of glaciers, fueling their increasingly rapid retreat. Credit: NASA / Michael Studinger Glaciologists...
This is a damselfish of the Chromis species. Credit: Jacob Johansen/Univ. of Texas at Austin Just as one too many cocktails can lead a person to make bad choices, a few drops of oil can cause coral reef fish to make...
A mosaic of images from the navigation cameras on the NASA Curiosity rover shows "halos" of lighter-toned bedrock around fractures. These halos comprise high concentrations of silica and indicate that liquid groundwater flowed through the rocks in Gale crater...