Yale Scientists Solve the Problem of Sea Ice Thickness Distribution
Using molecular concepts and treating the ice floes of the frozen seas like colliding molecules in a fluid or gas, researchers at Yale University have…
Using molecular concepts and treating the ice floes of the frozen seas like colliding molecules in a fluid or gas, researchers at Yale University have…
Using data from NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory, astronomers mapped the gravity field in and around more than 1,200 craters on the far side…
Using data from the MESSENGER spacecraft, scientists reveal new insights about Mercury. The first measurements of Mercury’s movements from a spacecraft orbiting the planet reveal…
New fossil evidence reveals that turtles share a recent common ancestor with birds and crocodiles. There’s a twist in the turtle timeline. Thanks to new…
For the first time, Yale University geophysicists are getting to look at a geological process in South America that mirrors the formation of America’s Rocky…
In a newly published study, a team of researchers reveal that Greenland’s glaciers are likely melting faster than previously thought. Greenland’s glaciers flowing into the…
In just a few days New Horizons will flyby Pluto at 30,800 miles (49,600 kilometers) per hour with seven science instruments busily gathering data and…
New research reveals that Titan’s surface dissolves in a similar process that creates sinkholes on Earth, finding that the dissolution process occurs on Titan some…
Using data from NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment satellites, two new studies reveal that about one-third of Earth’s largest groundwater basins are being rapidly…
A new model from researchers at Yale University helps explain the drop in elastic stiffness in the middle of the Earth’s continental lithosphere. Lithosphere is…
Data from the Cosmic Ray Telescope and the Advanced Composition Explorer has revealed that energetic charged particles (such as galactic cosmic rays and solar energetic…
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…
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…
New research reveals two seafloor gateways that could allow warm ocean water to reach the base of Totten Glacier, raising concerns about how it will…
New research from scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and at the University of New Brunswick looks at irregularities in the ionosphere, comparing turbulence in…
New research shows that high concentrations of dissolved carbon dioxide in ocean water coincides with rises in atmospheric carbon dioxide and global temperatures at the…
New research from a team of geologists reveals that the Earth’s inner core has an inner core of its own, with crystals aligned in a…
Using ice-penetrating radar data and data collected from earlier airborne campaigns, scientists have built the first-ever comprehensive map of layers deep inside the Greenland Ice…