Geology

Earth Orbit Plus Seafloor Volcanoes Yield Climate Swings

than, from land volcanoes--about 88 million metric tons a year. But were the undersea chains to stir ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 6 2015 - 8:55am

Mount St. Helens Study Identifies New Cause Of Earthquakes

temperatures. So geophysicists make models, using what they know to develop theories about what they don’t know. ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 24 2011 - 3:16pm

Found: The Climate Change Trigger For Earth's Last Big Freeze

Earth about 12,900 years ago flow northwest into the Arctic firs, or east via the Gulf of St. Lawrence ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 5 2012 - 4:48pm

Floods As Weapons Of War

A new study shows that, from 1500 until 2000, about a third of floods in southwestern Netherlands ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 16 2015 - 9:00am

A Third Of The World's Biggest Groundwater Basins Are In Distress

little to no accurate data about how much water remains in them. The result is that significant segments ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 22 2015 - 9:00am

Himalayan Glacier Melting Observed From Space

levels (about 4000 m) with a thinning of 8 to 10 m below 4400 m. Such loss is 4 to 7 m between 4400 and ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 27 2007 - 11:22am

Finding A Way To The Center Of The Earth

rising faster, with the current rate at about 3 millimeters (.12 inches) a year. Uncertainties in the ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 15 2007 - 10:16pm

Lack Of 65 Million Year Old Coal Plants Leads To A Carbon Cenosphere Mystery

"There are still clues to unravel about the events occurring around the time of the impact," ...

Article - News Staff - May 5 2008 - 8:09pm

Could We Have Been Wrong By Millions Of Years On The Creation Of The Tibetan Plateau?

There is much still to learn and understand about those changes. "Many of the places we've ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 11 2008 - 9:19pm

Ice On Mars?

a hard surface that has scientists excited about the prospect of next uncovering an icy layer. The ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 20 2008 - 10:35am