News tagged with underground ocean

A water ocean on Titan?

Oddities in the rotation of Saturn's largest moon Titan might add to growing evidence that it harbors an underground ocean, researchers suggest.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 05, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (23) | comments 57 | with audio podcast

Jets on Saturn's moon Enceladus not geysers from underground ocean

Water vapor jets that spew from the surface of Saturn's icy moon Enceladus are not really geysers from an underground ocean as initially envisioned by planetary scientists, according to a study led by the ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jun 24, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (12) | comments 8




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Researchers conclude that climate change led to collapse of ancient Indus civilization

A new study combining the latest archaeological evidence with state-of-the-art geoscience technologies provides evidence that climate change was a key ingredient in the collapse of the great Indus or Harappan Civilization ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 28, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (18) | comments 26 | with audio podcast

Geology student drills into Tohoku quake source

(Phys.org) -- For the past eight weeks, geoscience graduate student Tamara Jeppson has traded her usual commute, from her Madison apartment to Weeks Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, for ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New model of geological strata may aid oil extraction, water recovery and Earth history studies

(Phys.org) -- A Sandia modeling study contradicts a long-held belief of geologists that pore sizes and chemical compositions are uniform throughout a given strata, which are horizontal slices of sedimentary ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Top 10 new species list draws attention to diverse biosphere

The International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University and a committee of scientists from around the world announced their picks for the top 10 new species described in 2011. This ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Climate scientists say they have solved riddle of rising sea

Massive extraction of groundwater can resolve a puzzle over a rise in sea levels in past decades, scientists in Japan said on Sunday.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 20, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (25) | comments 32

Questions about incredible sea turtle migration answered

Immediately after emerging from their underground nests on the lush beaches of eastern Florida, loggerhead sea turtles scramble into the sea and embark alone on a migration that takes them around the entire ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 15, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Science ensures N.Korea nuclear test would be no secret

North Korea remains largely cut off from the Internet and mobile phone technology that links much of modern society, but any nuclear test would be swiftly revealed by global scientists, experts say.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Stream temperatures don't parallel warming climate trend

A new analysis of streams in the western United States with long-term monitoring programs has found that despite a general increase in air temperatures over the past several decades, streams are not necessarily warming at ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Research is ensuring stormwater systems are designed for the future

In a world of changing weather and rainfall patterns, engineers face challenges when designing stormwater management systems.

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created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Volcanic plumbing provides clues on eruptions and earthquakes

Two new studies into the "plumbing systems" that lie under volcanoes could bring scientists closer to understanding plate ruptures and predicting eruptions—both of which are important steps for protecting ...

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created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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