How 'glowing' plants could help scientists predict flash drought
An unusual boost in plant productivity can foreshadow severe soil water loss, and NASA satellites are following the clues.
An unusual boost in plant productivity can foreshadow severe soil water loss, and NASA satellites are following the clues.
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When the ice sheet in Greenland melts, as it has done increasingly in recent years, the bedrock beneath moves slightly.
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A small team of geologists and seismologists at the California Institute of Technology has found evidence via computer modeling that suggest giant blobs of material near the Earth's core, believed to have been created by ...
Earthquakes are the most dramatic and noteworthy results of tectonic plate movement. They are often destructive and deadly, or at the very least physically felt—they're literally groundbreaking geological events. However ...
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May 7, 2024
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A new study presents the first large-scale analysis of fire patterns in West and Central Africa's wet, tropical forests. The number of active fires there typically doubled over 18 years, particularly in the Congo Basin. The ...
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May 2, 2024
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A new analysis of cloud measurements from outside the coast of California, combined with global satellite measurements, reveals that even aerosol particles as small as 25–30 nanometers may contribute to cloud formation. ...
Earth Sciences
May 1, 2024
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Little is known about the nature and evolution of Earth's continental crust before a few billion years ago because cratons, or stable swaths of the lithosphere more than 2–3 billion years old, are relatively rare.
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Apr 24, 2024
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A new statistical analysis of the interaction between El Niño and rising global temperatures due to climate change concludes that the approaching summer in the tropics has nearly a 7 in 10 chance of breaking records for ...
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Apr 22, 2024
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Earthquakes, volcanic activity, and sediment flux can trigger underwater landslides known as submarine slides, which can translate to tsunamis on the surface. Megaslides are extreme versions of these underwater events.
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Apr 22, 2024
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A team of international scientists involving the Durham University Geography department has unveiled a new map of the geological provinces hidden beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet.
Earth Sciences
Apr 17, 2024
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