Earth Sciences

Black Carbon Hitches A Ride To The Ocean Floor On Passing Particles

a ride to the ocean floor on passing particles. Virtually all black carbon results from combustion. Soot, ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 8 2014 - 11:31am

Record Decline Of Ice Sheets, Except East Antarctica

glaciers. For the new digital maps, the researchers evaluated all data by the CryoSat-2 altimeter SIRAL. ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 20 2014 - 10:30am

Ocean Acidification May Encourage Sharks To Swim Longer Durations

By Charles Q. Choi, Inside Science It's a myth that all sharks will drown if they stop ...

Article - Charles Choi - Jul 11 2015 - 8:24pm

Cape Verde Volcano- The Biggest Natural Disaster You Aren't Reading About

are usually about 20 volcanoes erupting somewhere in the world. Naturally, they can’t all make ...

Article - The Conversation - Dec 10 2014 - 10:35am

Swirling Currents Deliver Phytoplankton Carbon To Ocean Depths

event, a massive phytoplankton bloom, unfolds each spring in the Atlantic Ocean. But, what happens to all ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 6 2015 - 8:30am

The Ocean's Unseen Waves: Where Heat, Energy And Nutrients Go

We've all been captivated by ocean waves, we accept (everyone except Galileo anyway) that the ...

Article - News Staff - May 14 2015 - 3:00pm

Neonicotinoids And The Beepocalypse That Never Was

farmers and not at all helpful to bees. In 2013, panicked European Commissioners   passed   a two-year ban ...

Article - Jon Entine - Jul 26 2015 - 5:38am

14 Million Years And Counting: The Frozen East Antarctic Ice Sheet

Despite all of the climate change and global warming of the last few million years, the continent has been ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 15 2015 - 4:30pm

Climate Policy: Western Environmental Activism Vs. Energy Access For Developing Nations

Energy is the great equalizer. With cheap energy, the cost of all basic needs go down and citizens ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 14 2016 - 12:00pm

More Efficient Solar Panels On The Horizon

Horizon We've all seen how helpful solar panels are in renewable energy. From a consumer ...

Article - Mark Pierce - May 13 2021 - 10:52am