https://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Rapid advances in the new and developing field of restoration sedimentology will be needed to protect the world's river deltas from an array of threats, Indiana University Bloomington geologist Douglas A. Edmonds writes in the journal Nature Geoscience. https://phys.org/news/2012-11-geologist-advances-sedimentology.html Earth Sciences Wed, 07 Nov 2012 09:17:48 EST news271502258 Scientists have long suspected that the Sun's 11-year cycle influences climate of certain regions on Earth. Yet records of average, seasonal temperatures do not date back far enough to confirm any patterns. Now, armed with a unique proxy, an international team of researchers show that unusually cold winters in Central Europe are related to low solar activity – when sunspot numbers are minimal. The freezing of Germany's largest river, the Rhine, is the key. https://phys.org/news/2012-08-link-cold-european-winters-solar.html Earth Sciences Thu, 23 Aug 2012 13:00:03 EDT news264945093 Thirty million years ago, before Ethiopia's mountainous highlands split and the Great Rift Valley formed, the tropical zone had warmer soil temperatures, higher rainfall and different atmospheric circulation patterns than it does today, according to new research of fossil soils found in the central African nation. https://phys.org/news/2009-10-ethiopia-climate-million-years-higher.html Earth Sciences Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:21:35 EDT news175450458