Geology News And Research - June 2008 Archives
How ice breaks up may be important factor in climate change prediction models
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 | Scientists have discovered how volatile metals from volcanoes end up in polar ice cores. ...> Full Article |
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.
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Key findings from an ambitious research project that provided the first 'early detection system' for climate changes in the Atlantic Ocean
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 | International expedition discovers gigantic volcanic eruption in the Arctic Ocean ...> Full Article |
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
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 | 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 |
Droughts, heavy downpours, excessive heat, and intense hurricanes are likely to become more commonplace
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 | 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 |
 | Several huge active submarine volcanoes, spreading ridges and rift zones have been discovered northeast of Fiji ...> Full Article |
 | 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 |
 | Mysterious sulfide deposit caused by meteor that crashed 35 million years ago smack into Chesapeake Bay ...> Full Article |
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
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 | 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 |
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
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Water from rock, easier than blood from stone
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 | 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 |
The Greenland Ice Sheet is melting faster than previously calculated
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 | 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 |
 | The rate of climate warming over northern Alaska, Canada, and Russia could more than triple during periods of rapid sea ice loss ...> Full Article |
 | New research in South Africa shows possible explanation for how Bushveld platinum ores were created ...> Full Article |
 | New help unearthing major potential new oil fields which have lain undiscovered and untapped for over 40 million years. ...> Full Article |
Black day of 1780 caused by distant wildfires
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A mud volcano which has caused millions of dollars worth of damage was caused by the drilling of a gas exploration well
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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.
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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.
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Could geochemistry save lives during volcanic eruptions?
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 | 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 |
 | Mountain building may occur in faster fits and spurts than previously realized ...> Full Article |
 | Seismologists have found seismic signals from a giant river of ice in Antarctica that make California's earthquake problem seem trivial. ...> Full Article |
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.
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 | Active tectonics comprise the most up-to-date deformation processes that affect the Earth's crust, resulting in earthquakes or recent deformations in the planet's faults and folds ...> Full Article |
Researchers have simulated in the lab the process that can turn ordinary volcanic eruptions into so-called "supervolcanoes."
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 | Rocks on and under seafloor offer feast for microbes ...> Full Article |
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Fish can recognize a face based on UV pattern alone
Ancient DNA from rare fossil reveals that polar bears evolved recently and adapted quickly
'Anaconda' meets 'Jurassic Park': Study shows ancient snakes ate dinosaur babies
Mars Express heading for closest flyby of Phobos
Artificial bee silk a big step closer to reality
Predicting the fate of stem cells
Artificial foot recycles energy for easier walking
New fiber nanogenerators could lead to electric clothing
What drives our genes? Researchers map the first complete human epigenome
Juggling enhances connections in the brain
Tracking down the human 'odorprint'
Fill 'er up - with algae
Scientists discover quantum fingerprints of chaos
Researchers help identify cows that gain more while eating less
Researchers show how far South American cities moved in quake
New evidence hints at global glaciation 716.5 million years ago
Earthquake in Chile - a complicated fracture
Methane releases from Arctic shelf may be much larger and faster than anticipated
Oldest measurement of Earth's magnetic field reveals battle between sun and Earth for our atmosphere
Experts reaffirm asteroid impact caused mass extinction
Rapid response science missions assess potential for another major Haiti earthquake
Research team breaks the ice with new estimate of glacier melt
Scientists locate apparent hydrothermal vents off Antarctica
Were short warm periods typical for transitions between interglacial and glacial epochs?
Chile quake occurred in zone of 'increased stress'
Volcano monitoring will target hazard threat to Marianas, US military and commercial jets