Australia’s Role in Sea Level Drop in 2010 – 2011
A newly published study details how three atmospheric patterns came together in 2010 and 2011, driving so much precipitation over Australia that the world’s ocean…
Geoscience
Planetary ‘Runaway Greenhouse’ Climates More Easily Triggered than Previously Thought
A newly published study suggests that planetary “runaway greenhouse” climates are more easily triggered than previously thought. It might be easier than previously thought for…
ESA’s Cluster Spacecraft Detects Plasmaspheric Wind
In a newly published study, researcher Iannis Dandouras details the discovery of plasmaspheric wind, providing the first conclusive proof of the existence this wind first…
Earthquake Doublets Reveal Changing Speed of the Earth’s Inner Core
A newly published study provides the first experimental evidence that the Earth’s inner core has rotated at a variety of different speeds and suggests that…
Scientists Reveal Saturn’s Youthful Appearance is the Result of Layered Convection
In a new study, scientists from the University of Exeter and the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon reveal that Saturn’s youthful appearance is due to…
Pre-existing Mineral Deposits on the Moon Can Survive Lunar Impacts
New research led by Brown University suggests that pre-existing mineralogy on the Moon can survive large impacts and impact melts. Providence, Rhode Island (Brown University)…
NASA Finds an Unexpected Link Between Vesta and the Moon
New research has unveiled an unexpected link between Vesta and the moon and has helped scientists better understand the event known as the “Lunar Cataclysm.”…
Number of Potentially Habitable Planets is Greater Than Previously Thought
New research from Penn State suggests that the number of Earth-sized planets in the habitable zones of low-mass stars is more common than previously thought….
Precambrian Micro-Continent Hidden in the Indian Ocean
Based on the study of lava sand grains from the beach of Mauritius, a newly published study from a group of geoscientists suggests that a…
Using a Fifth Force of Nature to Probe Earth’s Deep Interior
In a newly published study, university researchers propose a new way to probe Earth’s deep interior that relies on a fifth force of nature called…
Presence of Water in the Primary Crust Indicates that the Early Moon was Wet
New findings from the University of Michigan indicate that the early moon was wet and that water there was not substantially lost during the moon’s…
An Updated Model for Identifying Habitable Zones Around Stars
Scientists at Penn State have developed an updated model for determining whether discovered planets fall within a habitable zone. University Park, Pennsylvania — Researchers searching…
Low Arctic Snow Cover Could be Trouble for Permafrost
June Arctic snow cover in the Northern Hemisphere dropped by almost 18% per decade over the last 30 years. This drop in snow cover will…
Sediments Suggest Lake Geneva was Devastated by an Ancient Tsunami
Over a century after the Romans gave up control of what’s today Geneva, Switzerland, in 563 A.D., a deadly tsunami on Lake Geneva poured over…
Xenon Gas Has Almost Vanished from the Atmosphere
Xenon, the second heaviest of the chemically inert noble gases, seems to have vanished from the Earth’s atmosphere; but German geoscientists think that they figured…
Diogenites Provide Clues of the Earliest Days of Our Solar System
Scientists from the Carnegie Institution for Science are focusing on an old type of meteorite called diogenites to gain a better understanding of the earliest…
Alterations in Seawater Chemistry Linked with Past Climate Change
A new study found that dissolution or creation of huge gypsum deposits changed sulfate content of the oceans, which resulted in drastic changes in seawater…
Coral Reveals Lead Levels from Gasoline in the Ocean
While the use of lead gasoline has severally dwindled since the 1970s, the effects on the environment are widespread. Scientists at MIT that have been…
