New Image Shows the Advance of Hubbard Glacier
New data from the Operational Land Imager on Landsat 8 shows the advance of Hubbard Glacier. Since measurements began in 1895, Alaska’s Hubbard Glacier has…
Geology
The Mystery of India’s Rapid Move toward Eurasia 80 Million Years Ago
A newly published study from MIT geologists reveals that a double subduction system may have driven India to drift at high speed toward Eurasia some…
The First Complete View of the Yellowstone Magmatic System
A newly published study provides the first complete view of the Yellowstone magmatic system from the mantle plume to the upper crust, revealing a gigantic…
Isotopic Evidence Confirms Interconnected Past of the Earth and Moon
A newly published study brings scientists one step closer to understanding the close familial relationship between Earth and the moon. College Park, Maryland – Scientists…
Isotopic Evidence Shows Life Could Have Flourished on Earth 3.2 Billion Years Ago
New research from the University of Washington found evidence that life was pulling nitrogen out of the air and converting it into a form that…
Geologists Discover Ancient Buried Canyon Along the Yarlung Tsangpo River
The new discovery a deep canyon buried along the Yarlung Tsangpo River in south Tibet effectively rules out a popular model used to explain how…
Earth Received Most of Its Water Relatively Early from Chondrite-Like Bodies
New research from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution shows that Earth’s water most likely accreted at the same time as the rock, suggesting that Earth received…
Low Atmospheric Oxygen Levels Delayed Rise of Animals
A new study reveals that oxygen levels during the “boring billion” period were only 0.1% of what they are today, providing the first evidence that…
New Calculations Challenge Assumptions about Rigid Lithosphere
A newly published study from geophysicists Rice University and the University of Nevada challenge assumptions about a rigid lithosphere, revealing that the Pacific plate is…
Geophysicists Detect Evidence of Large Amounts of Water in Earth’s Mantle
New research reveals large quantities of water bound up in the rock located deep in the Earth’s mantle. Researchers have found evidence of a potential…
New Questions About the Evolution of Dinosaurs in North America
Scientists at MIT precisely dated the rocks in which the earliest dinosaur fossils were discovered in the southwestern United States, raising questions about when dinosaurs…
Martian Slopes of Arsia Mons May Have Been Home to a Habitable Environment
New research from geologists at Brown University reveals that the slopes of the Martian volcano Arsia Mons may have been home to one of the…
NASA Study Reveals West Antarctic Glaciers in Irreversible State of Decline
A new study led by NASA researchers presents multiple lines of evidence – incorporating 40 years of observations – that rapidly melting section of the…
Yale Study Reveals Parts of Ancient Antarctica Were as Warm as Today’s California Coast
New research from Yale University shows that parts of ancient Antarctica were as warm as today’s California coast, and polar regions of the southern Pacific…
Martian Meteorites Yield Clues to the Planet’s Early Atmosphere
Using data from meteorites that fell to Earth from Mars, scientists investigate the chemical composition of the Martian atmosphere throughout history, and learn whether the…
ASU Research Shows Gusev Crater on Mars Once Held a Lake
New research from Arizona State University shows evidence that the Gusev Crater on Mars once held a lake. If desert mirages occur on Mars, “Lake…
Study Reveals Ancient Impact of Massive Asteroid
A newly published study reveals an ancient asteroid impact that left a crater nearly 500 kilometers across: up to two and a half times larger…
Scientists Produce Geologic Map of Jupiter’s Moon Ganymede
Using data from NASA’s Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft and Galileo orbiter, scientists have produced the first global geologic map of Jupiter’s moon Ganymede. More…