The signs started appearing in early November, and people waited anxiously as earthquakes and ground swells indicated a volcanic eruption near Grindavik, Iceland, was imminent.
Earth Sciences
Dec 20, 2023
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A new way to monitor the flow of rivers from satellites could provide a valuable early warning system for flood risk, scientists say.
Earth Sciences
Dec 20, 2023
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Scientists anticipated the eruption of a volcano in southwestern Iceland for weeks, so when it happened on Monday night, it was no surprise. The region had been active for more than two years and thousands of small earthquakes ...
Environment
Dec 19, 2023
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In a first-of-its-kind study of aardvarks, Oregon State University researchers spent months in sub-Saharan Africa collecting poop from the animal and concluded that aridification of the landscape is isolating them, which ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 18, 2023
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Beneath Svalbard's permafrost, millions of cubic meters of methane are trapped—and scientists have now learned that it can migrate beneath the cold seal of the permafrost and escape. A large-scale escape could create a ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 13, 2023
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The shimmering green, red and purple curtains of the northern and southern lights—the auroras—may be the best-known phenomena lighting up the nighttime sky, but the most mysterious are the mauve and white streaks called ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 9, 2023
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How much stress do pipes undergo when a liquid flows through them, and how does it depend on the degree of curvature of the pipe?
In watersheds degraded by runoff of nutrients from farmland, land managers struggle to pinpoint the best locations to install riparian buffer strips along streams or other pollution-reduction practices, but a new technology ...
Environment
Dec 8, 2023
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On the highway of heat transfer, thermal energy is moved by way of quantum particles called phonons. But at the nanoscale of today's most cutting-edge semiconductors, those phonons don't remove enough heat. That's why Purdue ...
Condensed Matter
Dec 7, 2023
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Borneo is one of the world's most biodiversity-rich regions, home to ancient rainforests and an immense variety of wildlife.
Archaeology
Dec 5, 2023
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