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Tag: Earth Science
Preformed gel particles tested for enhanced oil recovery
A joint paper went out in Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
Most rivers run dry — now and then
Over half of the world’s rivers cease to flow for at least one day a year on average
New models predict fewer lightning-caused ignitions but bigger wildfires by mid century
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Human-caused wildfire ignitions in Central Oregon are expected to remain steady over the next four decades and lightning-caused ignitions are expected to decline, but the average size of a blaze from either cause is expected to rise,…
Subsurface geophysics is key to geological carbon dioxide storage
Using unique 3D imaging technology to find a negative carbon solution
Underwater robot offers new insight into mid-ocean “twilight zone”
An innovative underwater robot known as Mesobot is providing researchers with deeper insight into the vast mid-ocean region known as the “twilight zone.” Capable of tracking and recording high-resolution images of slow-moving and fragile zooplankton, gelatinous animals, and particles, Mesobot…
Ocean circulation is key to understanding uncertainties in climate change predictions
The accuracy of climate predictions depends crucially on how the ocean circulation of the North Atlantic is incorporated into climate models, study shows
Reduced microbial stability linked to soil carbon loss in active layer under alpine permafrost degra
Chinese researchers have recently discovered links between reduction in microbial stability and soil carbon loss in the active layer of degraded alpine permafrost on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP). The researchers, headed by Prof. CHEN Shengyun from the Northwest Institute of…
EU provides 15 million euros of funding for Arctic project
The European Union will provide 15 million euros from the Horizon 2020 Programme to fund the Arctic PASSION project for the period 2021 to 2025. Under the leadership of the Alfred Wegener Institute, a consortium of 35 partners will promote…
Human-driven climate change only half the picture for krill
In the heart of their Antarctic habitat, krill populations are projected to decline about 30% this century due to widespread negative effects from human-driven climate change. However, these effects on this small but significant species will be largely indistinguishable from…
Heat from below: How the ocean is wearing down the Arctic sea ice
The influx of warmer water masses from the North Atlantic into the European marginal seas plays a significant role in the marked decrease in sea-ice growth, especially in winter. Sea-ice physicists from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar…
Atmospheric research: The CAIRT satellite concept selected as a candidate for ‘Earth Explorer 11’
ESA has selected four candidates for a new Earth observation satellite — KIT’s proposal focuses on changes in the Earth’s atmosphere
The most ancient ice in the Alps will be preserved in Antarctica
The Ice Memory mission by CNR, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and PSI (Switzerland) has extracted two ice cores over 80 m long from Colle Gnifetti, at 4,500 meters
Research suggests ways to tackle water security challenges in world’s drylands
The research – published ahead of World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought on 17 June 2021 – examines recent and projected climate change impacts on water security across the world’s drylands up to the year 2100. It concludes that…
Portland places priority on geology
The Rose City hosts GSA Connects 2021
Making climate impact science more accessible to the public: ISIpedia launch
“Understanding the problem can be a powerful tool to help build a safe climate future for all,” says Katja Frieler, the ISIpedia project leader from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. “We are all decision-makers on this topic and…
Balanced rocks set design ground motion values for New Zealand dam
For the first time, researchers have used precariously-balanced rocks to set the formal design earthquake motions for a major existing engineered structure–the Clyde Dam, the largest concrete dam in New Zealand. Mark Stirling of the University of Otago and colleagues…
Investigating carbonate mineral chemical variations to improve oil recovery
One-size-fits-all approach to well stimulation doesn’t always work
General Atomics to ship world’s most powerful magnet to ITER global fusion energy project
Major milestone in US contribution
Not acting like themselves: Antidepressants in environment alter crayfish behavior
Crayfish exposed to low levels of antidepressant medication behaved in ways that could make them more vulnerable to predators
Climate conditions during the migration of Homo sapiens out of Africa reconstructed
An international research team led by Professor Dr Frank Schäbitz has published a climate reconstruction of the last 200,000 years for Ethiopia. This means that high-resolution data are now available for the period when early Homo sapiens , our ancestors,…
University of Surrey’s extraordinary social impact provides vital support in a year of crisis
The Measuring Up 2019-20 report has a natural focus on health, exploring how the University has leveraged its research and innovation, outreach, community activity and everyday practice to actively address some of society’s greatest challenges, and to improve lives around…
Microbes in ocean play important role in moderating Earth’s temperature
Methane-eating microbes help regulate Earth’s temperatures with remarkably high metabolic rates within seafloor carbonate rocks
NASA Snow Campaign Wraps for 2021
As the last snow melts, NASA’s SnowEx teams are packing up the snowshoes, skis, and scientific instruments they’ve used all winter to study snow in mountains and prairies. Now, they’re turning their attention to a different kind of mountain –…
Biodiversity ‘hotspots’ imperiled along California’s streams
Intensive water management promotes ‘live fast, die young’ cycle in floodplain forests
UM research: Rocky mountain forests now burning more than any point in past 2,000 years
MISSOULA – Following 2020’s extreme fire season, high-elevation forests in the central Rocky Mountains now are burning more than at any point in the past 2,000 years, according to a new University of Montana study set to publish in the…
A frozen leap forward
Novel cryopreservation methods enable long-term storage and worldwide distribution of a cellular therapy for age-related macular degeneration
Effects of ‘Fenton-like’ reactions of ferric oxalate on atmospheric oxidation processes and radiative forcing
The Fenton reaction is a chemical transition involving hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2 ) and the ferrous (iron) ion, which acts as a catalyst. This process is used to destroy hazardous contaminants in wastewater through oxidation. In the atmosphere,…
Pine Island Glacier’s ice shelf is ripping apart, speeding up key Antarctic glacier
For decades, the ice shelf helping to hold back one of the fastest-moving glaciers in Antarctica has gradually thinned. Analysis of satellite images reveals a more dramatic process in recent years: From 2017 to 2020, large icebergs at the ice…
Declining growth rates of global coral reef ecosystems
If trend of declining coral growth continues at the current rate, the world’s coral reefs may cease calcifying around 2054
Study shows how permafrost releases methane in the warming Arctic
Researchers from Skoltech have designed and conducted experiments measuring gas permeability under various conditions for ice-containing sediments mimicking permafrost. Their results can be useful both in modeling and testing techniques for gas production from Arctic reservoirs and in tracing methane…
The rocky road to accurate sea-level predictions
Dirt and water under Greenland control future sea
Institutional environments trap disabled geoscientists between a rock and a workplace
Inaccessible workplaces, normative departmental cultures and ‘ableist’ academic systems have all contributed to the continued underrepresentation and exclusion of disabled researchers in the Geosciences, according to an article published today (Thursday 8 June) in Nature Geosciences . The article argues…
Coalition of scientists determine cause, scope of February 2021 Uttarakhand disaster
The researchers suggest that climate change is contributing to such events happening more frequently
Ocean microplastics: First global view shows seasonal changes and sources
Satellites reveal fluctuation in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and releases from the Yangtze River
Study of harvey flooding aids in quantifying climate change
How much do the effects of climate change contribute to extreme weather events? It’s hard to say–the variables involved are plentiful, each event is unique, and we can only do so much to investigate what didn’t happen. But a new…
Chamoli disaster could happen again
Some four months ago, a devastating flood ravaged the Chamoli district in the Indian Himalayas, killing over 200 people. The flood was caused by a massive landslide, which also involved a glacier. Researchers at the University of Zurich, the WSL…
IPBES/IPCC: Tackling the biodiversity and climate crises together, and their combined social impacts
Global experts identify key options for solutions; First-ever collaboration between IPBES- and IPCC-selected scientists
Dinosaurs lived in greenhouse climate with hot summers
New climate reconstruction method provides precise picture of climate 78 million years ago
The survivability of animal species depends on the number of offspring
New study proposes an amendment to the theory on the extinction of species
UNESCO report calls for increases in investment in science in the face of growing crises
Paris, June 11 – Spending on science worldwide increased (+19%) between 2014 and 2018, as did the number of scientists (+13.7%). This trend has been further boosted by the COVID crisis, according to UNESCO’s new Science Report, The Race against…
Climate protection: Deep decarbonization by 2050 currently not plausible
Today the Hamburg-based Cluster of Excellence “Climate, Climatic Change, and Society” (CLICCS) publishes a new, essential study on climate futures. The study represents the first systematic attempt to investigate whether a climate future with net-zero carbon emissions is not only…
2021 Chamoli disaster triggered by massive rock and ice avalanche
An avalanche of rock and ice triggered the February 2021 Chamoli disaster, setting off a chain of events that severely damaged two hydropower plants and left more than 200 people dead or missing in Uttarakhand, India, according to a new…
Four collaborative research centres at Goethe University receiving funding
German Research Foundation funds new CRC Transregio 326 „Geometry and arithmetic of uniformized structures” – CRC 1039 on medical signal path research enters third funding period – Goethe University involved in two further CRC-Transregios
Combating maritime litter
Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon categorizes innovative solutions for fighting pollution in the oceans
World-first discovery could fuel the new green ammonia economy
In a world-first, Monash University scientists have developed a new, environmentally friendly process that could drive the future production of green ammonia. Ammonia (NH3) is a globally important commodity for fertiliser production to help sustain food production. It is currently…
Machine learning model doubles accuracy of global landslide ‘nowcasts’
Every year, landslides – the movement of rock, soil, and debris down a slope – cause thousands of deaths, billions of dollars in damages, and disruptions to roads and power lines. Because terrain, characteristics of the rocks and soil, weather,…
A better understanding of ‘wet markets’ is key to safeguarding human health, biodiversity
PRINCETON, N.J.–Great uncertainty surrounds the origins of SARS-CoV-2. Early on, some suggested a link between COVID-19 and a seafood market in Wuhan, China. Other theories are now circulating, though the origins of the virus are still unknown. In response, governments…
Māori connections to Antarctica may go as far back as 7th century, new study shows
Indigenous Māori people may have set eyes on Antarctic waters and perhaps the continent as early as the 7th century, new research published in the peer-reviewed Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand shows.
Using a mineral ‘sponge’ to catch uranium
Remediation technology reduces uranium levels ten-thousandfold at legacy site in Colorado