News tagged with oceanic plateaus
Scientists Explore Origins of 'Supervolcanoes' on the Sea Floor
(PhysOrg.com) -- "Supervolcanoes" have been blamed for multiple mass extinctions in Earth's history, but the cause of their massive eruptions is unknown.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 09, 2010 |
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Global warming pause linked to sulfur in China
Scientists have come up with a possible explanation for why the rise in Earth's temperature paused for a bit during the 2000s, one of the hottest decades on record.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 04, 2011 |
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Soot packs a punch on Tibetan Plateau's climate
(PhysOrg.com) -- In some cases, soot – the fine, black carbon silt that is released from stoves, cars and manufacturing plants – can pack more of a climatic punch than greenhouse gases, according ...
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Mar 03, 2011 |
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Martian lakes, seas formed by emerging underground aquifers
Researchers at the Planetary Science Institute have found a new explanation for how seas and lakes may have once developed on Mars.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 19, 2010 |
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New map hints at Venus's wet, volcanic past (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Venus Express has charted the first map of Venus's southern hemisphere at infrared wavelengths. The new map hints that our neighbouring world may once have been more Earth-like, with both, ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 14, 2009 |
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Evolution tied to Earth movement
Scientists long have focused on how climate and vegetation allowed human ancestors to evolve in Africa. Now, University of Utah geologists are calling renewed attention to the idea that ground movements formed ...
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Dec 19, 2007 |
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Mountain Ranges Rise Dramatically Faster Than Expected
Two new studies by a University of Rochester researcher show that mountain ranges rise to their height in as little as two million years—several times faster than geologists have always thought. Each of the findings came ...
Jan 26, 2006 |
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