Unpacking the history of how Earth feeds life, and life changes Earth
At a fleeting glance, the study of life – biology – seems very separate from that of rocks, or geology.
Earth Sciences
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New studies provide unexpected insights into dwarf planet Ceres
Six studies published today in Science highlight new and unexpected insights into Ceres, a dwarf planet and the largest object in the asteroid belt (between Mars and Jupiter). The results, derived from data from the Dawn ...
Space Exploration
Sep 1, 2016
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Hi-tech opens up Earth's secrets
A JCU scientist has developed a hi-tech animation of millions of years of tectonic plate movements that could lead to new mineral discoveries and help predict volcanic eruptions.
Earth Sciences
Apr 11, 2016
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European eyes on a Californian earthquake
The European Space Agency (ESA) recently captured stunning images of the earthquake that occurred in California's Napa Valley region on August 24, 2014. The earthquake was the largest to rattle northern California in 25 years.
Earth Sciences
Sep 4, 2014
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Understanding the link between the uplift of the Tibetan Plateau and species diversity
A team of Austrian, Swiss and German researchers of the Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F), the Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung and the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), ...
Ecology
May 12, 2014
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Ten years at Mars: New global views plot the red planet's history
(Phys.org) —New global maps of Mars released on the 10th anniversary of the launch of ESA's Mars Express trace the history of water and volcanic activity on the Red Planet, and identify sites of special interest for the ...
Space Exploration
Jun 3, 2013
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New chart shows the entire topography of the Antarctic seafloor in detail for the first time
Reliable information on the depth and floor structure of the Southern Ocean has so far been available for only few coastal regions of the Antarctic. An international team of scientists under the leadership of the Alfred Wegener ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 9, 2013
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Scientists find mysterious giant pockmarks on Chatham Rise
(Phys.org) —New Zealand, German and American scientists have found what may be the world's biggest pockmarks on the seafloor of the Chatham Rise about 500km east of Christchurch.
Earth Sciences
Apr 8, 2013
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How can basin rocks recorded formation of Dabie orogen?
Deep subduction of continental crust and rapid exhumation of ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic rocks, and its mechanism have been one of the most important issues of the world's attention in the Dabie orogen. Professor LIU Shaofeng ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 22, 2013
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Exploring the roots of volcanic eruptions: Insights from deep magmatic processes
An exploration of deep magmatic processes occurring in the Earth's crust beneath volcanoes, which could contribute to linking these physical processes at depth with volcanic eruptions at the surface, has been carried out ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 25, 2013
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