Tragic Dyatlov Pass Incident: Using Science to Explore One of the Greatest Mysteries in Soviet History
In early October 2019, when an unknown caller rang EPFL professor Johan Gaume’s cell phone, he could hardly have imagined that he was about to…
In early October 2019, when an unknown caller rang EPFL professor Johan Gaume’s cell phone, he could hardly have imagined that he was about to…
One of Brazil’s worst environmental disasters — a dam collapse that also killed more than 200 people — could have been foreseen with the right…
Much of the earth’s carbon is trapped in soil, and scientists have assumed that potential climate-warming compounds would safely stay there for centuries. But new…
Shiveluch, an active volcano located on the Kamchatka Peninsula in northeastern Russia, has had more major eruptions than any other volcano in our current period…
Temperature records show past volcanic activity, current climate warming trends. Scientists used a 600-year-old marine sponge to reconstruct a record of ocean temperature in the…
Plastic pollution is ubiquitous today, with microplastic particles from disposable goods found in natural environments throughout the globe, including Antarctica. But how those particles move…
Forensic science experts at Flinders University are refining an innovative counter-terrorism technique that checks for environmental DNA in the dust on clothing, baggage, shoes, or…
Monash University geologists have shed new light on the early history of the Earth through their discovery that continents were weak and prone to destruction…
Two papers led by graduate students document that the river’s lower region long ago held a vast marine tidal basin and humid paleoclimate. A team…
The Sea of Galilee in northern Israel—one of the lowest-lying bodies of water in the world—has long been a source of religious inspiration and intrigue….
A long-term trend of ecological improvement is appearing in the mountains west of Boulder. Researchers from CU Boulder have found that Niwot Ridge—a high alpine…
For the first time scientists have provided clear evidence that tropical tree lifespan decreases above a critical temperature threshold. Findings published in the journal PNAS…
Natural diamonds can form through low pressure and temperature geological processes on Earth, as stated in an article published in the journal Geochemical Perspectives Letters….
The bedrock beneath our feet has a reputation as an inhospitable place. In contrast, soil is known to be teeming with life – from microbes…
Geoscientists have long known that some parts of the continents formed in the Earth’s deep past, but the speed in which land rose above global…
A small group of volcanic islands in Alaska’s Aleutian chain might be part of a single, undiscovered giant volcano, say scientists that presented the findings…
One Friday evening in 1992, a meteorite ended a more than 150 million-mile journey by smashing into the trunk of a red Chevrolet Malibu in…
Leakage from frozen layers was a puzzle, but a new study shows how the potent greenhouse gas breaks through icy barriers. Methane, the main component…