Earth Sciences

How Much Mercury Is Floating In The Ocean?

we've seen in the past 150," said Lamborg. "The trouble is, we don't know what it all ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 6 2014 - 3:00pm

Winds Blowing May Not Prevent Ocean 'Dead Zones' Growing

warming oceans under climate change will inexorably lead to larger areas of oxygen-poor ocean, with all ...

Article - The Conversation - Aug 17 2014 - 8:00am

US Coal Emissions Could Drop 21 Percent While Helping American Industry

blanche for all energy export projects, but it does give us a framework for comparing their impacts and ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 19 2014 - 9:29am

Carbon And Biomass: Earth Can Sustain More Plant Growth Than Estimates Showed

worry about runaway population growth," he said. "All I'm saying is that we're ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 26 2014 - 10:00am

Organic Photovoltaic Technology May Be Solar Panels Of The Future

absorbing the light at all the wavelengths. So to be able to make the most efficient use of the sunlight, ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 3 2014 - 9:01am

Spinosaurus: The First Semi-Aquatic Dinosaur

Society. The researchers CT scanned all of the new fossils, which will be repatriated to Morocco, ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 11 2014 - 2:39pm

Mapping 15 Years Of Carbon Dioxide Emissions

traditional economic data has been limited. "It used to take years to assemble all the statistics on CO2 ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 11 2014 - 4:45pm

Why Japan’s Deadly Ontake Eruption Could Not Be Predicted

possible at all of these places. There is something compelling about the power of nature, and the beauty of ...

Article - The Conversation - Sep 30 2014 - 7:30pm

Four Corners: US Southwest Has High Methane Emissions

percent low. But towers and planes can't see everywhere to figure out exactly where all the methane ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 9 2014 - 4:18pm

Agriculture: Diversity Produces Greater Long-Term Yields Than Monocultures

that the results can trigger a paradigm shift in agriculture in the long run. After all, the positive ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 16 2014 - 2:00pm