Earth’s Magnetic Field Can Change 10 Times Faster Than Previously Thought
A new study by the University of Leeds and University of California at San Diego reveals that changes in the direction of the Earth’s magnetic…
Geophysics
New Research May Solve a Mystery of Earth’s Magnetic Field That Has Puzzled Scientists for Nearly a Century
Physicists Explain Why Changes to Earth’s Magnetic Field Are Weaker Over the Pacific A new study by University of Alberta physicists provides an explanation for…
Mystery of Earth’s Vanishing Crust Solved by MagLab Geochemists – Prevailing Theories Contradicted
Thank goodness for the Earth’s crust: It is, after all, that solid, outermost layer of our planet that supports everything above it. But much of…
Evidence Pluto Started Out With Liquid Oceans That Have Been Slowly Freezing Over Time
Evidence Supports ‘Hot Start’ Scenario and Early Ocean Formation on Pluto A new study suggests that Pluto and other large Kuiper belt objects started out…
Geoscientists Use AI to Figure Out the Cause of California Earthquake Swarm That Lasted for Years
Natural Fluid Injections Triggered Cahuilla Earthquake Swarm Machine-learning algorithm helps geoscientists create a 3-D picture of a fault zone, generating new insight into seismic processes….
Deeper Look at Dynamic Geological Processes Below Earth’s Surface With 3D Images
Geoscientists at The University of Texas at Dallas recently used massive amounts of earthquake data and supercomputers to generate high-resolution, 3D images of the dynamic…
How’s the Weather on Mars? Electrically Charged Dust Storms Drive Martian Chlorine Cycle
How’s the weather on Mars? Tough on rovers, but very good for generating and moving highly reactive chlorine compounds. New research from Washington University in…
Using Machine Learning to Accurately Predict Rock Thermal Conductivity for Enhanced Oil Production
Skoltech scientists and their industry colleagues have found a way to use machine learning to accurately predict rock thermal conductivity, a crucial parameter for enhanced…
Unexpected Widespread Structures Detected Near Earth’s Core – “A Totally New Perspective”
University of Maryland researchers conduct first simultaneous analysis of hundreds of earthquakes to identify echoes from features deep inside Earth. University of Maryland geophysicists analyzed…
First Global Map of Rockfalls on the Moon Shows Billions of Years Old Landscapes Are Still Changing
A research team from ETH Zurich and the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research in Göttingen counted over 136,000 rockfalls on the moon caused…
Researchers Dig Into Case of Geologic Amnesia – In Search of a Billion Years Missing From the Geologic Record
A team of geologists led by CU Boulder is digging into what may be Earth’s most famous case of geologic amnesia. Researchers have spotted that phenomenon,…
High-Pressure Experiments Yield Discovery of New Forms of Feldspars
In high-pressure experiments, scientists have discovered new forms of the common mineral feldspar. At moderate temperatures, these hitherto unknown variants are stable at pressures of…
Rethinking Tsunami Protection: Park-Like Defenses Can Provide a Sustainable Alternative to Towering Seawalls
Careful engineering of low, plant-covered hills along shorelines can mitigate tsunami risks with less disruption of coastal life and lower costs compared to seawalls. In…
New Clues to Deep Earthquakes Could Help Unravel One of the Most Mysterious Geophysical Processes on Earth
Earthquakes that occur more than 300 kilometers below the Earth are poorly understood. UC Davis geophysicist Magali Billen modeled stresses in a sinking tectonic plate…
Swarm Probes Strange Weakening of Earth’s Magnetic Field That Has Geophysicists Puzzled
In an area stretching from Africa to South America, Earth’s magnetic field is gradually weakening. This strange behaviour has geophysicists puzzled and is causing technical…
Researchers Probe Materials at Extreme Deep-Earth Conditions to Decipher Earth’s Evolutionary Tale
Learning how liquid silicates behave at these extreme temperatures and pressures has been a longstanding challenge in the geosciences. Far below the Earth’s surface, about…
Pūhāhonu Revealed: The Largest and Hottest Shield Volcano on Earth
In a recently published study, researchers from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology revealed the largest and…
Evidence That Earth’s Inner Core Is Rotating – New Clues to Planet’s Magnetic Field Generator
Growing mountains or shifting ground: What is going on in Earth’s inner core? Exhaustive seismic data from repeating earthquakes and new data-processing methods have yielded…