Geology News And Research Archives Page 1

Geothermal energy support heats up (6/28/2008)

The University of Adelaide has welcomed today's announcement by the State Government offering further support to fast-track research and development of geothermal technology. ...> Full Article

Rapid Climate Change: past; present; future (6/27/2008)

Key findings from an ambitious research project that provided the first 'early detection system' for climate changes in the Atlantic Ocean ...> Full Article

Fire under the ice (6/26/2008)

International expedition discovers gigantic volcanic eruption in the Arctic Ocean ...> Full Article

Mini subs to probe odd structures in BC lake (6/23/2008)

Single person submersibles have been called in to help scientists retrieve samples from a lake in northern British Columbia that may hold vital clues to the history of life on Earth and on other planets ...> Full Article

Ice cores map dynamics of sudden climate changes (6/22/2008)

New, extremely detailed data from investigations of ice cores from Greenland show that the climate shifted very suddenly and changed fundamentally during quite few years when the ice age ended. ...> Full Article

Scientists Detail the Effects of Climate Change on Extreme Weather in North America (6/22/2008)

Droughts, heavy downpours, excessive heat, and intense hurricanes are likely to become more commonplace ...> Full Article

Iron Isotope Composition in Lava Lake Points to Possible Ways to Trace Planetary Origins (6/21/2008)

Scientists have found differences in the iron isotope composition of basalts from a lava lake in Hawaii that point to new ways of studying the origins of the earth and other planets. ...> Full Article

Active submarine volcanoes found near Fiji (6/20/2008)

Several huge active submarine volcanoes, spreading ridges and rift zones have been discovered northeast of Fiji ...> Full Article

Ocean temperatures and sea level increases 50 percent higher than earlier predictions (6/19/2008)

New research suggests that ocean temperature and associated sea level increases between 1961 and 2003 were 50 percent larger than estimated in the 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report. ...> Full Article

Pyrite deposits across the state may be tied to an Eocene meteor (6/18/2008)

Mysterious sulfide deposit caused by meteor that crashed 35 million years ago smack into Chesapeake Bay ...> Full Article

Ebb and flow of the sea drives world's big extinction events (6/17/2008)

The oceans epic ebbs and flows of sea level and sediment over the course of geologic time, that is the primary cause of the world's periodic mass extinctions during the past 500 million years ...> Full Article

Even the Antarctic winter cannot protect Wilkins Ice Shelf (6/16/2008)

Wilkins Ice Shelf has experienced further break-up with an area of about 160 km² breaking off from 30 May to 31 May 2008. ESA’s Envisat satellite captured the event â€" the first ever-documented episode to occur in winter. ...> Full Article

New mineral named for astronomer (6/16/2008)

The International Mineralogical Association has named a new mineral, the first to be discovered in a particle from a comet, in honor of Donald Brownlee, a University of Washington astronomer ...> Full Article

Rocky water source (6/15/2008)

Water from rock, easier than blood from stone ...> Full Article

Ancient mineral shows early Earth climate tough on continents (6/15/2008)

A new analysis of ancient minerals called zircons suggests that a harsh climate may have scoured and possibly even destroyed the surface of the Earth's earliest continents. ...> Full Article

Fossils found in Tibet by geologist revise history of elevation, climate (6/14/2008)

Geologist surprised to find thick layers of ancient lake sediment filled with plant, fish and animal fossils typical of far lower elevations and warmer, wetter climates. ...> Full Article

Greenland Ice Sheet runoff may more than double by century's end (6/14/2008)

The Greenland Ice Sheet is melting faster than previously calculated ...> Full Article

Permafrost Threatened by Rapid Retreat of Arctic Sea Ice (6/13/2008)

The rate of climate warming over northern Alaska, Canada, and Russia could more than triple during periods of rapid sea ice loss ...> Full Article

Diamonds Are Forever Revealing New Insights into Earth's Development (6/12/2008)

New research in South Africa shows possible explanation for how Bushveld platinum ores were created ...> Full Article

Cutting edge research to uncover oil fields which have lain untapped for 40 million years (6/12/2008)

New help unearthing major potential new oil fields which have lain undiscovered and untapped for over 40 million years. ...> Full Article

Mystery of Infamous 'New England Dark Day' Solved by Tree Rings (6/11/2008)

Black day of 1780 caused by distant wildfires ...> Full Article

Report confirms drilling, not earthquake, caused Java mud volcano (6/10/2008)

A mud volcano which has caused millions of dollars worth of damage was caused by the drilling of a gas exploration well ...> Full Article

$32 Million Contract From NASA To Manage Snow And Ice Data System (6/9/2008)

The University of Colorado at Boulder has been awarded a five-year, $32 million contract from NASA to manage and operate a sophisticated data system charting global phenomena like sea ice, ice shelves, ice sheets, glaciers and snow cover. ...> Full Article

'Time Machine' Lab Could Propel New Research (6/8/2008)

High-precision thermal ionization mass spectrometer will help geoscientists explore the ancient worlds of the deep geological past and allow these researchers to determine the ages of rocks that are millions to billions of years old. ...> Full Article

Volcano taming (6/8/2008)

Could geochemistry save lives during volcanic eruptions? ...> Full Article

A survivor in Greenland: A novel bacterial species is found trapped in 120,000-year-old ice (6/7/2008)

Scientists have discovered a new ultra-small species of bacteria that has survived for more than 120,000 years within the ice of a Greenland glacier at a depth of nearly two miles ...> Full Article

Andes Mountains grew in rapid spurts, not slowly, researcher says (6/6/2008)

Mountain building may occur in faster fits and spurts than previously realized ...> Full Article

Data show Antarctic ice stream radiating seismically (6/5/2008)

Seismologists have found seismic signals from a giant river of ice in Antarctica that make California's earthquake problem seem trivial. ...> Full Article

Enforcing scientific governance over seismic forecasts (6/4/2008)

Scholars called for the scientific management of seismic hazards at a symposium held recently by the Center for Policy Simulation under the CAS Institute of Policy and Management. ...> Full Article

Fatal Mine Collapse Covered 50 Acres (6/3/2008)

Disaster began near where miners worked ...> Full Article