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Earth's Early Ocean Cooled More Than A Billion Years Earlier Than Thought
The global ocean covering
the Earth 3.4 billion years
ago was far cooler than has
been thought, according to
researchers who analyzed
... > full story
Satellite Imagery Used To Identify Active Magma Systems In East Africa's Rift Valley
Scientists have used images
compiled over a decade to
study volcanic activity in
the African Rift. A new
article focuses on the
... > full story
Are Earth's Oceans Made Of Extraterrestrial Material?
Contrary to preconceived
notions, the atmosphere and
the oceans were perhaps not
formed from vapors emitted
during intense volcanism at
... > full story
A Lightning Strike In Africa Helps Take The Pulse Of The Sun
Scientists have developed a
more definitive and reliable
tool for measuring the sun's
rotation when sunspots
aren't visible ---- and even
when they are -- based on
... > full story
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Climate Models Don't Tell The Full Story
November 10, 2009 — Climate models that predict heavy rainfall don't give the whole picture, according to the results of a new study. Researchers examined climate changes that have taken place over the past 800,000 ... > full story -
Deep Creep Means Milder, More Frequent Earthquakes Along Southern California's San Jacinto Fault
November 9, 2009 — New research demonstrates that deep creep may mean milder, more frequent earthquakes along SoCal's San Jacinto fault, making it a less likely candidate for a major earthquake than its neighbor to the ... > full story -
Seafloor Fossils Provide Clues To Climate Change
November 8, 2009 — Deep under the sea, a fossil the size of a sand grain is nestled among a billion of its closest dead relatives. Known as foraminifera, these complex little shells of calcium carbonate can tell you ... > full story -
Are The Alps Growing Or Shrinking?
November 6, 2009 — The Alps are growing just as quickly in height as they are shrinking. This paradoxical result comes from a new study by a group of German and Swiss geoscientists. Due to glaciers and rivers, about ... > full story -
Abiotic Synthesis Of Methane: New Evidence Supports 19th-Century Idea On Formation Of Oil And Gas
November 6, 2009 — Scientists in Washington, D.C. are reporting laboratory evidence supporting the possibility that some of Earth's oil and natural gas may have formed in a way much different than the traditional ... > full story -
Earthquakes Actually Aftershocks Of 19th Century Quakes; Repercussions Of 1811 And 1812 New Madrid Quakes Continue To Be Felt
November 5, 2009 — When small earthquakes shake the central US, citizens often fear the rumbles are signs a big earthquake is coming. Fortunately, a new study instead shows that most of these earthquakes are ... > full story -
African Desert Rift Confirmed As New Ocean In The Making
November 3, 2009 — In 2005, a gigantic, 35-mile-long rift broke open the desert ground in Ethiopia. At the time, some geologists believed the rift was the beginning of a new ocean as two parts of the African continent ... > full story -
Underwater Exploration Of The Casablanca Seamount
October 30, 2009 — In October, the hydraulic benthic interactive sampler HyBIS made 10 dives over the Casablanca Seamount, a four-kilometer high seamount located some 300 miles west of ... > full story -
Underwater Exploration: Autosub6000 Dives To Depth Of 3.5 Miles
October 28, 2009 — The United Kingdom's deepest diving Autonomous Underwater Vehicle, Autosub6000, has been put through its paces during an extremely successful engineering trials cruise on the RRS Discovery, Sept. 27 ... > full story -
Tsunami Evacuation Buildings: Another Way To Save Lives In The Pacific Northwest
October 28, 2009 — Coastal towns and cities in the northwest are woefully unprepared for a large-scale natural disaster. In response, geotechnical engineers are working to develop a series of tsunami evacuation ... > full story
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