The first meteorite ever located solely using data from specially-placed cameras has been found to be geologically unique, presenting questions of its origins.
Space Exploration
Jul 1, 2014
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You can learn a lot about volcanoes by studying explosions. The more we can learn about their explosive behaviour, the more chance we have of saving lives when they suddenly erupt.
Earth Sciences
Apr 15, 2014
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The search for extraterrestrial life extends far beyond Earth's solar system, looking for planets or moons outside the "stellar habitable zone" that may have environments even more favorable to supporting life than here on ...
Astronomy
Jan 23, 2014
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A geological survey team says an ancient super volcano exuded more than 450 cubic kilometres of molten magma in a single eruption, over what are now Ngaanyatjarra tribal lands.
Earth Sciences
Oct 1, 2013
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Scientists working on a landmark U.N. report on climate change are struggling over how to address a wrinkle in the meteorological data that has given ammunition to global-warming skeptics: The heating of Earth's surface appears ...
Environment
Sep 19, 2013
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The University of Southampton is developing new unmanned aircraft for science applications and geoscientific research.
Earth Sciences
Aug 2, 2013
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In the absence of time-travelling climatologists, models are unrivalled tools for understanding future climate, even when news ones predict wider uncertainties, write Sophie Lewis and Sarah Perkins.
Earth Sciences
Jul 24, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Twice humans have witnessed the wasting of snow and ice from Peru's tallest volcano, Nevado Coropuna—In the waning of the last ice age, some 12,000 years ago, and today, as industrial carbon dioxide in the ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 7, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Jupiter's moon Io is the most volcanically active world in the Solar System, with hundreds of volcanoes, some erupting lava fountains up to 250 miles high. However, concentrations of volcanic activity are significantly ...
Space Exploration
Apr 4, 2013
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(Phys.org) —The Sahelian drought of the 1970s-1990s was one of the largest humanitarian disasters of the last fifty years, causing up to 250,000 deaths and creating 10 million refugees. This drought has been attributed ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 31, 2013
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