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Scientists aim to unlock deep-sea 'secrets' of Earth's crust (5/15/2008)

Scientists aim to unlock deep-sea 'secrets' of Earth's crustScientists to use robots to explore the depths of the Atlantic Ocean to study the growth of underwater volcanoes that build the Earth's crust. ...> Full Article


Hot climate could shut down plate tectonics (5/13/2008)

With locked crust, Earth could become another Venus ...> Full Article


Chilean volcano captured blasting ash (5/12/2008)

Chilean volcano captured blasting ashChile's Chaiten Volcano is shown spewing ash and smoke into the air for hundreds of km over Argentina's Patagonia Plateau ...> Full Article


As Climate Warms, Underwater Deserts Grow in Tropical Oceans (5/11/2008)

As Climate Warms, Underwater Deserts Grow in Tropical OceansOxygen-poor waters are expanding in tropical regions of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans ...> Full Article


Modelling the impact of the Severn Tidal Power Project (5/11/2008)

Researchers are making it possible to more accurately predict the impact of using the world's second highest tidal range as a source of energy. ...> Full Article


Climate Models Overheat Computer analyses of global climate have consistently overstated warming in Antarctica, concludes new research (5/10/2008)

Climate Models Overheat Computer analyses of global climate have consistently overstated warming in Antarctica, concludes new researchComputer analyses of global climate have consistently overstated warming in Antarctica, concludes new research by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and Ohio State University. ...> Full Article


Expert predicts 'Monsoon Britain' (5/9/2008)

Prepare for more floods - in ways we are not used to ...> Full Article


Global Climate Models Both Agree and Disagree With Actual Antarctic Data (5/8/2008)

Scientists who compared recorded Antarctic temperatures and snowfall accumulation to predictions by major computer models of global climate change offer both good and bad news. ...> Full Article


First nanoscale image of soil reveals an 'incredible' variety (5/7/2008)

First nanoscale image of soil reveals an 'incredible' varietyKnowing the structure and detailed composition of soil carbon could provide a better understanding of the chemical processes that cycle organic matter in soil. ...> Full Article


Chile's Erupting Chaiten Volcano One Of Scores Of Active Volcanoes In Region (5/7/2008)

Chile's Erupting Chaiten Volcano One Of Scores Of Active Volcanoes In RegionThe Chaiten volcano now erupting in southern Chile is one of 200 to 300 volcanoes in the "Andean Arc" region of Chile, Peru, Ecuador and Columbia considered active by volcanologists, some of which lie in much more densely populated areas ...> Full Article


Innovative technology provides insight into what's below the Earth's surface (5/6/2008)

Innovative technology provides insight into what's below the Earth's surfaceNew technology which provides images from below the Earth's surface has been unveiled ...> Full Article


65-million-year-old asteroid impact triggered a global hail of carbon beads (5/6/2008)

65-million-year-old asteroid impact triggered a global hail of carbon beadsThe asteroid presumed to have wiped out the dinosaurs struck the Earth with such force that carbon deep in the Earth's crust liquefied, rocketed skyward, and formed tiny airborne beads that blanketed the planet ...> Full Article


Researchers Predict 59 Percent Chance Of Record Low Arctic Sea Ice In 2008 (5/5/2008)

Researchers Predict 59 Percent Chance Of Record Low Arctic Sea Ice In 2008Calculations indicate the record low minimum extent of sea ice across the Arctic last September has a three-in-five chance of being shattered again in 2008 because of continued warming temperatures and a preponderance of younger, thinner ice. ...> Full Article


Duo develops framework for Earth's interior (5/4/2008)

Duo develops framework for Earth's interiorA new model of inner Earth constructed by Arizona State University researchers pulls past information and hypotheses into a coherent story to clarify mantle motion. ...> Full Article


An earthquake's aftermath (5/3/2008)

An earthquake's aftermathClass works to get Peruvian town back on its foundations ...> Full Article


Scientists Head to Warming Alaska on Ice Core Expedition (5/2/2008)

Scientists Head to Warming Alaska on Ice Core ExpeditionScientists on the second leg of a multi-year mission to recover ice cores from glaciers in the Alaska wilderness ...> Full Article


Geochemist Challenges Key Theory Regarding Earth's Formation (5/2/2008)

Researcher calls into question three decades of conventional wisdom regarding some of the physical processes that helped shape the Earth as we know it today. ...> Full Article


Mapping Earth's soil moisture (5/1/2008)

Mapping Earth's soil moistureScience team designing a NASA satellite mission to collect global soil moisture measurements and other data seen as key to improving weather, flood and drought forecasts and predictions of agricultural productivity and climate change. ...> Full Article


Scientists Discover New Ocean Current (5/1/2008)

Scientists Discover New Ocean CurrentScientists have discovered a new climate pattern called the North Pacific Gyre Oscillation ...> Full Article


On Shaky Ground: Geological Faults Threaten Houston (4/30/2008)

On Shaky Ground: Geological Faults Threaten HoustonAfter finding more than 300 surface faults in Harris County, a University of Houston geologist now has information that could be vitally useful to the region's builders and city planners. ...> Full Article


Formation of ice sheets 34 million years ago changed ocean acidity (4/29/2008)

Before ice first began to form in Antarctica around 34 million years ago, the Earth was a very different place - but then greenhouse conditions swiftly gave way to an icehouse climate, causing the oceans to become less acidic. ...> Full Article


'New' Ancient Antarctic Sediment Reveals Climate Change History (4/29/2008)

Recent additions to the premier collection of Southern Ocean sediment cores at will give scientists a close-up look at fluctuations that occurred in Antarctica's ice sheet and marine and terrestrial life as the climate cooled considerably between 20 and 14 million years ago. ...> Full Article


Twenty years of the Alaska Volcano Observatory (4/28/2008)

Twenty years of the Alaska Volcano ObservatoryVolcanologists keep track of 30 volcanoes in Alaska ...> Full Article


Refining the date of dinosaur extinction (4/27/2008)

Refining the date of dinosaur extinctionImproved rock-dating method pinpoints dinosaur demise with unprecedented precision ...> Full Article


Earthquake in Illinois could portend an emerging threat (4/27/2008)

Earthquake in Illinois could portend an emerging threatTo the surprise of many, the earthquake on April 18, 2008, about 120 miles east of St. Louis, originated in the Wabash Valley Fault and not the better-known and more-dreaded New Madrid Fault in Missouri's bootheel. ...> Full Article


Did a Significant Cool Spell Mark the Demise of Megafauna? (4/26/2008)

Researcher cites a need for more investigation into a mysterious disappearance of Earth's largest creatures and the humans that pursued them ...> Full Article


Arctic Ice More Vulnerable to Sunny Weather, New Study Shows (4/25/2008)

Arctic Ice More Vulnerable to Sunny Weather, New Study ShowsThe shrinking expanse of Arctic sea ice is increasingly vulnerable to summer sunshine ...> Full Article


1600 Eruption Caused Global Disruption (4/25/2008)

The 1600 eruption of Huaynaputina in Peru had a global impact on human society ...> Full Article


Mountains reached current elevation earlier than thought (4/24/2008)

Mountains reached current elevation earlier than thoughtSierra Nevada rose to current height earlier than thought, geologists say ...> Full Article

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Recent Articles
Scientists aim to unlock deep-sea 'secrets' of Earth's crust 5/15/2008

Hot climate could shut down plate tectonics 5/13/2008

Chilean volcano captured blasting ash 5/12/2008

As Climate Warms, Underwater Deserts Grow in Tropical Oceans 5/11/2008

Modelling the impact of the Severn Tidal Power Project 5/11/2008

Climate Models Overheat Computer analyses of global climate have consistently overstated warming in Antarctica, concludes new research 5/10/2008

Expert predicts 'Monsoon Britain' 5/9/2008

Global Climate Models Both Agree and Disagree With Actual Antarctic Data 5/8/2008

First nanoscale image of soil reveals an 'incredible' variety 5/7/2008

Chile's Erupting Chaiten Volcano One Of Scores Of Active Volcanoes In Region 5/7/2008

Innovative technology provides insight into what's below the Earth's surface 5/6/2008

65-million-year-old asteroid impact triggered a global hail of carbon beads 5/6/2008

Researchers Predict 59 Percent Chance Of Record Low Arctic Sea Ice In 2008 5/5/2008

Duo develops framework for Earth's interior 5/4/2008

An earthquake's aftermath 5/3/2008

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