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Tag: GEOPHYSICS/GRAVITY
Magnets dim natural glow of human cells, may shed light on how animals migrate
Researchers in Japan have made the first observations of biological magnetoreception – live, unaltered cells responding to a magnetic field in real time.
Reawakened geyser does not foretell Yellowstone volcanic eruptions, study shows
Analysis of Steamboat Geyser also finds relationship between column height and reservoir depth
Surveys identify relationship between waves, coastal cliff erosion
Study shows waves, rainfall important parts of erosion process, providing new opportunity to improve forecasts
Climate crisis is causing lakes to shrink
Authors of scientific article call for more attention to regions with falling water levels
Study suggests great earthquakes as cause of Arctic warming
A researcher from MIPT has proposed a new explanation for the Arctic’s rapid warming. In his recent paper in Geosciences , he suggests that the warming could have been triggered by a series of great earthquakes. Global warming is one…
Slow start of plate tectonics despite a hot early Earth
Writing in PNAS, scientists from Cologne university present important new constraints showing that plate tectonics started relatively slow, although the early Earth’s interior was much hotter than today.
Melody of an Alpine summit falling apart
Seismometers listen to the resonance vibration of the Hochvogel, Allgäu
Deep, slow-slip action may direct largest earthquakes and their tsunamis
Megathrust earthquakes and subsequent tsunamis that originate in subduction zones like Cascadia — Vancouver Island, Canada, to northern California — are some of the most severe natural disasters in the world. Now a team of geoscientists thinks the key to…
New model reveals previously unrecognized complexity of oceanic earthquake zones
University of Tsukuba researchers have developed a state-of-the-art model, which has revealed major complexity in rupture processes even in simple oceanic faults
New path to rare earth mineral formation has implications for green energy and smart tech
Researchers from Trinity College Dublin have shed new light on the formation mechanisms of a rare earth-bearing mineral that is in increasingly high demand across the globe for its use in the green energy and tech industries. Their discovery has…
Greenland ‘knickpoints’ could stall spread of glacial thinning
The jagged terrain of Greenland’s mountains is protecting some of the island’s outlet glaciers from warm coastal waters, according to a team of researchers that included scientists from The University of Texas at Austin and NASA. Outlet glaciers protrude from…
Secret of Australia’s volcanoes revealed
Why has the east coast had hundreds of volcanoes since the dinosaur age?
A dynamical world undergrund
What is going on in the subsurface of beaches with high waves and strong tides? A new research group at the University of Oldenburg (Germany) investigates this dynamic habitat and its role in global biogeochemical cycles
A theory as clear as glass
Tokyo, Japan – Researchers from the Institute of Industrial Science at The University of Tokyo used molecular dynamics calculations to simulate the glass-forming ability of metallic mixtures. They show that even small changes in composition can strongly influence the likelihood…
How commercial vessels could become tsunami early-warning systems
Scientists may have discovered a new ally in efforts to keep coastal communities in the Pacific Northwest safe from future tsunamis, according to a new study: Fleets of commercial shipping vessels. The research taps into an urgent need for communities…
“Birthday” of the roof of the world recalibrated
Third Pole rose to modern height much later than previously thought
Crystals may help reveal hidden Kilauea Volcano behavior
Scientists striving to understand how and when volcanoes might erupt face a challenge: many of the processes take place deep underground in lava tubes churning with dangerous molten Earth. Upon eruption, any subterranean markers that could have offered clues leading…
How hot is too hot for life deep below the ocean floor?
Publication in Science: International team researches the limits of life
Researchers discover life in deep ocean sediments at or above water’s boiling point
3 URI researchers part of international research team
Geoscientists use zircon to trace origin of Earth’s continents
Geoscientists have long known that some parts of the continents formed in the Earth’s deep past, but the speed in which land rose above global seas — and the exact shapes that land masses formed — have so far eluded…
New material ‘mines’ copper from toxic wastewater
Nature-inspired material designed by Berkeley Lab scientists removes copper from wastewater with atomic precision
Flow physics could help forecasters predict extreme events
Researchers are studying a tornado’s song and other ‘doors to danger’ in an increasingly chaotic world
CCNY researchers overcome barriers for bio-inspired solar energy harvesting materials
Inspired by nature, researchers at The City College of New York (CCNY) can demonstrate a synthetic strategy to stabilize bio-inspired solar energy harvesting materials. Their findings, published in the latest issue of Nature Chemistry , could be a significant breakthrough…
New tool to combat terrorism
Dust on boots, baggage can track down suspects
Former piece of Pacific Ocean floor imaged deep beneath China
Study offers clues about the fate of tectonic plates that sink deep in Earth’s mantle
Looking inside the glass
Tokyo, Japan – A team of researchers from the Institute of Industrial Science at The University of Tokyo used advanced electron spectroscopy and computer simulations to better understand the internal atomic structure of aluminosilicate glass. They found complex coordination networks…
New tool predicts geological movement and the flow of groundwater in old coalfields
A remote monitoring tool to help authorities manage public safety and environmental issues in recently abandoned coal mines has been developed by the University of Nottingham. The tool uses satellite radar imagery to capture millimetre-scale measurements of changes in terrain…
Love waves from the ocean floor
Stanford study identifies the undersea origins of mysterious love waves, decoding some of Earth’s continuous vibrations
East African Rift System is slowly breaking away, with Madagascar splitting into pieces
The African continent is slowly separating into several large and small tectonic blocks along the diverging East African Rift System, continuing to Madagascar – the long island just off the coast of Southeast Africa – that itself will also break…
Researchers model source of eruption on Jupiter’s moon Europa
On Jupiter’s icy moon Europa, powerful eruptions may spew into space, raising questions among hopeful astrobiologists on Earth: What would blast out from miles-high plumes? Could they contain signs of extraterrestrial life? And where in Europa would they originate? A…
USask physicist teams up with U.K. partners in world-first program of quantum technologies
As part of a new U.K.-Canada collaboration, a University of Saskatchewan quantum physics team will develop a highly sensitive and precise sensor for measuring magnetic fields, a technology of potential benefit for geological prospecting, medicine, and quantum computers. USask physicist…
Scientists have discovered an ancient lake bed deep beneath the Greenland ice
Inaccessible for now, unique site may hold secrets of past
Artificial Intelligence has learned to estimate oil viscosity
A group of Skoltech scientists developed machine learning (ML) algorithms that can teach artificial intelligence (AI) to determine oil viscosity based on nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) data. The new method can come in handy for the petroleum industry and other…
New mineral discovered in moon meteorite
Donwilhelmsite is important for understanding the inner structure of the earth
The craters on Earth
Prof. Dr. Thomas Kenkmann, geologist from the University of Freiburg’s Institute of Earth and Environmental Sciences, together with mineralogist Prof. Dr. Wolf Uwe Reimold from the University of Brasilia, Brazil, and Dr. Manfred Gottwald from the German Aerospace Center (DLR)…
Using a volcano’s eruption ‘memory’ to forecast dangerous follow-on explosions
Stromboli, the ‘lighthouse of the Mediterranean’, is known for its low-energy but persistent explosive eruptions, behaviour that is known scientifically as Strombolian activity. This feature has long been an attraction for tourists and volcanologists from all over the world. Occasionally,…
Ice loss due to warming leads to warming due to ice loss: a vicious circle
The loss of huge ice masses can contribute to the warming that is causing this loss and further risks. A new study now quantifies this feedback by exploring long-term if-then-scenarios. If the Arctic summer sea-ice were to melt completely, a…
Irregular appearances of glacial and interglacial climate states
A clearer picture of the sequence of glacial and interglacial periods
Simple actions can help people survive landslides
The March 2014 landslide in Oso, Washington, about 55 miles northeast of Seattle, became the deadliest landslide event in United States history. Forty-three people died and 49 homes and structures were destroyed. A University of Washington engineer who analyzed the…
AI detects hidden earthquakes
New technology from Stanford scientists finds long-hidden quakes, and possible clues about how earthquakes evolve
A new way of looking at the Earth’s interior
There are places that will always be beyond our reach. The Earth’s interior is one of them.
TU Graz researchers discover new sediment archive for historical climate research
How has the climate changed in the course of the earth’s history? Which climatic processes have influenced the earth and its atmosphere? Paleoclimatology seeks answers to such questions in order to better understand climate changes and to derive forecasts for…
Researchers provide most detailed and complete record yet of Earth’s last magnetic reversal
Earth’s magnetic fields typically switch every 200 to 300 millennia. Yet, the planet has remained steady for more than twice that now, with the last magnetic reversal occurring about 773,000 years ago. A team of researchers based in Japan now…
Natural nanodiamonds in oceanic rocks
Low pressure and temperature geological processes
Magnetic fields on the moon are the remnant of an ancient core dynamo
Simulations show that alternative explanatory models such as asteroid impacts do not generate sufficiently large magnetic fields
Human activity has made Murray estuary more vulnerable to drought
Historic metallic ‘fingerprints’ allow scientists to reconstruct estuary formation
Mathematical tools predict if wave-energy devices stay afloat in the ocean
New analytical framework predicts the propensity of wave-energy devices to capsize
Tetrahedra may explain water ‘s uniqueness
Tokyo, Japan – Researchers at the Institute of Industrial Science at The University of Tokyo sifted through experimental data to probe the possibility that supercooled water has a liquid-to-liquid phase transition between disordered and tetrahedrally structured forms. They found evidence…
Signals from distant stars connect optical atomic clocks across Earth for the first time
Transportable radio telescopes could provide global high-precision comparisons of the best atomic clocks.