The Tibetan Plateau is the youngest and highest plateau on Earth, and its elevation reaches one-third of the height of the troposphere, with profound dynamic and thermal effects on atmospheric circulation and climate. The ...
Archaeology
Apr 24, 2012
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The Gulf of Mexico holds huge untapped offshore oil deposits that could help power the U.S. for decades.
Earth Sciences
Jan 15, 2021
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Part of the magic of Uluru is the way it tricks your senses. Deep orange by day, at sunrise and sunset it appears to change color, becoming a more vibrant shade of red, and then almost purple.
Earth Sciences
Dec 29, 2021
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Geologists of the University of Granada, Spain, have described for the first time ever the biological mechanism that explains how calcareous red algae grow on rocky substrates.
Other
Aug 3, 2009
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University of Alberta scientists have uncovered the formation mechanism behind a class of mineral deposits that have been hotly contested until now. The findings shed new light on how iron deposits, among others, form—and ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 23, 2020
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(Phys.org) —A tool to precisely pinpoint where petroleum and gas reserves have accumulated has been created by an international team of scientists, including a geologist from the University of California, Davis.
Environment
Sep 6, 2013
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Forces that shape the Earth's surface are recorded in a number of natural records, from tree rings to cave formations.
Earth Sciences
Jul 27, 2020
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Hoping to help fix the Earth's atmosphere, Catherine Peters recently found herself 4,100 feet underground.
Earth Sciences
Dec 14, 2009
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(Phys.org)—The high-resolution stereo camera on ESA's Mars Express imaged the Charitum Montes region of the Red Planet on 18 June, near to Gale crater and the Argyre basin featured in our October and November image releases.
Space Exploration
Dec 6, 2012
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The Pliocene (5.3–2.6 Million years ago) of Tibet witnessed the drying of the northern Tibetan Plateau and the approach to the Pleistocene Ice Age within the background of intensifying Indian and East Asian monsoons. Yet ...
Archaeology
Apr 1, 2013
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