Tag: Earth Science
A 1,000-year drought is hitting the West: Could desalination be a...
The United States and many other parts of the world are reeling under the impacts of severe drought. One possible solution is the desalination...
Further evidence of 200-million-year cycle for Earth’s magnetic field
The findings of a new study by the University of Liverpool provides further evidence of an approximately 200 million-year long cycle in the strength...
Volcanic tremor and deformation at Kīlauea
Two new studies investigate activity at Hawaii’s Kīlauea leading up to and following the 2018 eruption to better understand the volcano’s plumbing and behavior.
Kīlauea...
Researchers find oxygen spike coincided with ancient global extinction
Now Florida State University researchers have found that the extinction coincided with a sudden spike and subsequent drop in the ocean's oxygen content. Their...
Lake Huron sinkhole surprise: The rise of oxygen on early Earth...
An international research team, including researchers from the University of Michigan, is proposing that increasing day length on the early Earth may have boosted...
Earth’s interior is swallowing up more carbon than thought
Scientists from Cambridge University and NTU Singapore have found that slow-motion collisions of tectonic plates drag more carbon into Earth's interior than previously thought.
They...
Building a detailed seafloor map to reveal the ocean’s unknowns
Scientists are building an accurate seafloor map can improve oceanographic and climate models, secure marine navigation, inform defence operations, and guide environmental decisions.
Marine scientists...
Study shows dire impacts downstream of Nile River dam
Downstream water supply and economic losses could substantially disrupt Egypt, according to a new analysis that offers potential solutions to avoid conflict over the...
Longest known continuous record of the Paleozoic discovered in Yukon wilderness
Expeditions to a remote area of Yukon, Canada, have uncovered a 120-million-year-long geological record of a time when land plants and complex animals first...
Ancient diamonds show Earth was primed for life’s explosion at least...
Earth's atmosphere was primed for an 'explosion' in the diversity of life as early as 2.7 billion years ago, a study of ancient diamonds has revealed....
Earth’s cryosphere is shrinking by 87,000 square kilometers per year
A new study reports the first global assessment of the extent of snow and ice cover on Earth's surface -- a critical factor cooling...
