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UrduUNIST researchers who are in the early stages of their research careers will be given opportunities to advance their work, thanks to the Sejong Science Fellowship, recently promoted by the Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT). Thirteen researchers, affiliated with…
Tag: Geography
The same sea level for everyone
The Earth’s gravity field as the basis for an International Height Reference System
Last Ice Age: Precipitation caused maximum advance of Alpine Glaciers
Geologists from the University of Innsbruck unexpectedly found mineral deposits in former ice caves in the Austrian Alps dating back to the peak of the last ice age
Cephalopods: Older than was thought?
Fossil find from Canada could rewrite the evolutionary history of invertebrate organisms
Short-lived plant species are more climate-sensitive
Researchers investigate for the first time on a global scale how plant populations react to climate change
TU Graz Researchers Identify Chemical Processes as Key to Understanding Landslides
Mass movements such as landslides and hill-slope debris flows cause billions of euros in economic damage around the world every year. Between 20 and 80 million euros are spent annually from the disaster fund to repair disaster damage in Austria,…
Polarstern expedition investigates massive calved iceberg
Experts explore for the first time life on the seafloor in a region formerly covered by thick ice
Protecting the ocean delivers a comprehensive solution for climate, fishing and biodiversity
Groundbreaking global study is the first to map ocean areas that, if strongly protected, would help solve climate, food and biodiversity crises
New study reveals habitat that could increase jaguar numbers
Tucson, Ariz. (March 16, 2021) – This week, a new, peer-reviewed scientific study finds that there is far more potential jaguar habitat in the U.S. than was previously thought. Scientists identified an area of more than 20 million acres that…
Losing rivers
Researchers reveal the extent to which rivers across the country are losing flow to aquifers
Study shows how varying climate conditions impact vulnerable species
Studying the effect of varying climate conditions in the Yamal region helps scientists understand the impact of climate change on vulnerable animals such as arctic foxes.
Meandering rivers create “counter-point bars” no matter underlying geology
It’s not uncommon for crescent-shaped swaths of sand to dot the shorelines of meandering rivers. These swaths usually appear along the inner side of a river bend, where the bank wraps around the sandy patch, forming deposits known as a…
European summer droughts since 2015 unprecedented in past two millennia
Recent summer droughts in Europe are far more severe than anything in the past 2,100 years, according to a new study. An international team, led by the University of Cambridge, studied the chemical fingerprints in European oak trees to reconstruct…
Melting glaciers could speed up carbon emissions into the atmosphere
The loss of glaciers worldwide enhances the breakdown of complex carbon molecules in rivers, potentially contributing further to climate change. An international research team led by the University of Leeds has for the first time linked glacier-fed mountain rivers with…
Glaciers and enigmatic stone stripes in the Ethiopian highlands
As the driver of global atmospheric and ocean circulation, the tropics play a central role in understanding past and future climate change. Both global climate simulations and worldwide ocean temperature reconstructions indicate that the cooling in the tropics during the…
Evaluating the rehabilitation of an old mine waste rock pile
The Cabeza de los Gatos waste rock pile, left from mining activities in the town of Tharsis (Huelva), underwent a rehabilitation process consisting of remodelling the slope of the pile, applying liming materials and then a layer of soil. Finally,…
The world’s oldest crater from a meteorite isn’t an impact crater after all
Several years after scientists discovered what was considered the oldest crater a meteorite made on the planet, another team found it’s actually the result of normal geological processes. During fieldwork at the Archean Maniitsoq structure in Greenland, an international team…
Climate change damaging North America’s largest temperate rainforest, harming salmon
CU Denver’s Brian Buma joined researchers to evaluate the region’s ecosystem of 200-foot trees and deep soils
Weakened protections led to more disappearances of endangered Mexican wolves
MADISON, Wis. — Mexican wolves in the American Southwest disappeared more quickly during periods of relaxed legal protections, almost certainly succumbing to poaching, according to new research published Wednesday. Scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison found that Mexican wolves were…
Researchers solve more of the mystery of Laos megalithic jars
‘Plain of Jars’ dates put at 1240 to 660 BCE
Dartmouth-led team awarded NASA grant to assess changes in biodiversity hotspot in Peru
Team to use remotely sensed data to assess land cover changes in the Madre de Dios
How global sustainable development will affect forests
Global targets to improve the welfare of people across the planet will have mixed impacts on the world’s forests, according to new research. The United Nations’ 17 key areas for global development – known as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)…
Geological engineers create landslide atlas of Kerala, India
Dedicated to the thousands of lives lost in landslides, the new atlas assesses landslide risk in 13 districts in the Indian state of Kerala. The Western Ghats trailing the western edge of India are a global hotspot for biodiversity. The…
Understanding the resilience of barrier islands and coastal dunes after storms
The work of Texas A&M researchers is helping engineers better assess the vulnerability of coastal landscapes.
Sea level rise up to four times global average for coastal communities
Coastal populations are experiencing relative sea-level rise up to four times faster than the global average – according to new research from the University of East Anglia. A new study published today in Nature Climate Change is the first to…
Species are our livelihoods
Biodiversity doesn’t feature enough in large-scale assessments of ecosystem services
Making sense of commotion under the ocean to locate tremors near deep-sea faults
New method for more accurately estimating the location of tectonic tremors in deep ocean faults could help to better understand earthquake rupture processes
NASA’s ICESat-2 satellite reveals shape, depth of Antarctic ice shelf fractures
When a block of ice the size of Houston, Texas, broke off from East Antarctica’s Amery Ice Shelf in 2019, scientists had anticipated the calving event, but not exactly where it would happen.
Galápagos volcano could help forecast future eruptions
The study gives the first detailed description of a volcanic eruption from Sierra Negra found on Isla Isabela – the largest of the Galápagos Islands and home to nearly 2,000 people.
Pioneering prehistoric landscape reconstruction reveals early dinosaurs lived on tropical islands
A new study using leading edge technology has shed surprising light on the ancient habitat where some of the first dinosaurs roamed in the UK around 200 million years ago.
Climate change-driven snowmelt in Alps triggers abrupt seasonal change
Spring snowmelt in the Alps is occurring earlier in the year due to climate change and as a result triggering abrupt deviations in mountain ecosystems. These changes could negatively affect the functioning of these valuable ecosystems. New research has demonstrated…
Population of critically endangered Bahama Oriole is much larger than previously thought
New study suggests there are at least 10 times as many Bahama Orioles as previously believed, and offers insights that could inform future conservation efforts for the orioles and other Caribbean bird species
Revive the map: 4D building reconstruction with machine learning
A research team from Skoltech and FBK (Italy) presented a methodology to derive 4D building models using historical maps and machine learning. The implemented method relies on the geometric, neighbourhood, and categorical attributes to predict building heights. The method is…
Glaciers accelerate in the Getz region of West Antarctica
Glaciers in West Antarctica are moving more quickly from land into the ocean, contributing to rising global sea levels.
‘Problem of missing ice’ finally solved by movement of the earth’s crust
A new global ice sheet reconstruction for the past 80,000 years
Geometallurgist and NSF CAREER awardee breaks down barriers
University of Arizona assistant professor Isabel Barton is bringing together people and ideas from multiple industry specialties, academic disciplines and demographic backgrounds to improve mining sustainability and mineral resources education
Glaciers accelerate in the Getz region of West Antarctica
Glaciers in West Antarctica are moving more quickly from land into the ocean, contributing to rising global sea levels. A 25-year record of satellite observations has been used to show widespread increases in ice speed across the Getz sector for…
Multi-ethnic neighborhoods in England retain diversity unlike in the U.S.
Multi-ethnic neighborhoods in England retain their diversity and are much more stable than such neighborhoods in the U.S., according to geographers from the U.S. and U.K. The team examined how neighborhood diversity has changed on a national scale from 1991…
Study: Effects of past ice ages more widespread than previously thought
Cold temperatures during North America’s last ice age may have shaped landscapes well beyond the reach of glaciers, according to a new study led by a U of A geologist
New dating techniques reveal Australia’s oldest known rock painting, and it’s a kangaroo
Two-meter kangaroo painting thought to be 17,300 years old
Poor swelter as urban areas of US Southwest get hotter
Unequal burden also for Latino communities
The distribution of vertebrate animals redefines temperate and cold climate regions
The distribution of vegetation is routinely used to classify climate regions worldwide, yet whether these regions are relevant to other organisms is unknown. Umeå researchers have established climate regions based on vertebrate species’ distributions in a new study published in…
A new, clearer insight into Earth’s hidden crystals
Geologists have developed a new theory about the state of Earth billions of years ago after examining the very old rocks formed in the Earth’s mantle below the continents. Assistant Professor Emma Tomlinson from Trinity College Dublin and Queensland University…
Corn belt farmland has lost a third of its carbon-rich soil
UMass Amherst researchers used remote sensing to quantify the previously underestimated erosion
More trees do not always create a cooler planet, Clark University geographer finds
Clark researchers discover some US forests add to global warming
Increasing hurricane intensity around Bermuda linked to rising ocean temperatures
New research shows that hurricane maximum wind speeds in the subtropical Atlantic around Bermuda have more than doubled on average over the last 60 years due to rising ocean temperatures in the region. Hurricanes intensify by extracting energy from the…
Heat islands and lack of running water promote dengue fever in Delhi, India
What if more inclusive urban planning for poor populations was key to fighting dengue fever? This is what researchers from the CNRS, the Institut Pasteur and the Indian Council of Medical Research (1) have demonstrated using a geographical approach applied…
The songs of fin whales offer new avenue for seismic studies of the oceanic crust
CORVALLIS, Ore. – The songs of fin whales can be used for seismic imaging of the oceanic crust, providing scientists a novel alternative to conventional surveying, a new study published this week in Science shows. Fin whale songs contain signals…
Small mammals climb higher to flee warming temperatures in the Rockies
The golden-mantled ground squirrel (Callospermophilus lateralis) is a popular sight among tourists in the Rocky Mountains–the small rodent is a photogenic creature with a striped back and pudgy cheeks that store seeds and other food. But there’s a reality that…
Arctic permafrost releases more CO2 than once believed
There may be greater CO2 emissions associated with thawing Arctic permafrost than ever imagined. An international team of researchers, including one from the University of Copenhagen, has discovered that soil bacteria release CO2 previously thought to be