Earthquakes are one of the world's biggest enigmas -- impossible to predict and able to wreak untold damage within seconds. Now, a new tool from Tel Aviv University may be able to learn from earthquakes of the ancient past ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 14, 2011
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Researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the US have discovered the mechanism whereby dangerous mercury eventually finds its way into the fish we eat from the open seas and oceans.
Environment
Feb 28, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists are drilling deep into the bed of the fast-shrinking Dead Sea, searching for clues to past climate changes and other events that may have affected human history even earlier than biblical times. ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 31, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A Dead Sea microbe has been found to use a previously unknown metabolic pathway to metabolize fats as a source of carbon to synthesize carbohydrates. This suggests there may be other undiscovered pathways ...
They'll drill through four ice ages, epic sandstorms, mankind's migration from Africa to the New World, and the biggest droughts in history. Tel Aviv University is heading an international study that for the first time will ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 23, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In the first project of its kind, scientists are drilling deep into the bed of the fast-shrinking Dead Sea, searching for clues to past climate changes and other events that may have affected human history ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 22, 2010
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If you thought you couldn't get any lower than the Dead Sea, think again. You can go under it.
Earth Sciences
Dec 21, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Australian marine scientists have expressed disquiet over the continued worldwide spread of large, dead zones in the ocean.
Environment
Nov 30, 2010
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Measurements show that the sea's salt has profound effects on the chemistry of the air above its surface.
Earth Sciences
Nov 29, 2010
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An international team of scientists has begun drilling deep below the Dead Sea in an effort to extract material that could provide an unusual look at Earth's history over the past 500,000 years.
Earth Sciences
Nov 17, 2010
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