Geology News And Research - September 2008 Archives
 | Recent modeling results show that the depth of the water table, which results from lateral water flow at the surface and subsurface, determines the relative susceptibility of regions to changes in temperature and precipitation. ...> Full Article |
Ancient lava flows are guiding a better understanding of what generates and controls the Earth's magnetic field - and what may drive it to occasionally reverse direction.
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 | A line of massive boulders on the western shore of Tonga may be evidence of the most powerful volcano-triggered tsunami found to date ...> Full Article |
Discovery of rocks as old as 4.28 billion years pushes back age of most ancient remnant of Earth's crust by 300 million years
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 | Small white stalagmites lining caves in the Midwest may help scientists chronicle the history of the New Madrid Seismic Zone – and even predict when the next big earthquake may strike ...> Full Article |
 | Study of last 2,000 years of charcoal evidence suggests human impacts have curtailed fires in most areas ...> Full Article |
An international team of earth scientists report movement of warmed sea water through the flat, Pacific Ocean floor off Costa Rica
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 | The Arctic sea ice cover appears to have reached its minimum extent for the year, the second-lowest extent recorded since the dawn of the satellite era. ...> Full Article |
 | Materials deep inside Earth have unexpected atomic properties that might force earth scientists to revise their models of Earth's internal processes, a team of researchers has discovered. ...> Full Article |
A new study shows that the dozens of much smaller outflow glaciers dotting Greenland's coast together account for three times more loss from the island's ice sheet than the amount coming from their huge relatives.
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 | Scientists have discovered the Intertropical Convergence Zone may not be the key to southeast Africa's climate after all ...> Full Article |
An analysis has been completed of the global carbon cycle and climate for a 70,000 year period in the most recent Ice Age, showing a remarkable correlation between carbon dioxide levels and surprisingly abrupt changes in climate.
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Gases that cause volcanoes to erupt may have spewed from meteorites that smashed into the earth billions of years ago
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New study compares 13C/12C records from carbonate platforms in 3 ocean basins
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 | Scientists Say Nearby Faults Now Twice as Likely to Produce Strong Quakes ...> Full Article |
New studies of the Southern Ocean are revealing previously unknown features of giant spinning eddies that have a profound influence on marine life and on the world's climate.
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Better understanding of flood uncertainty is key to helping mitigate damage
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Researcher estimates that it would take a 40 fold increase in glacier calving to achieve the amount of sea level rise claimed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
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Researchers are conducting a large-scale experiment that will have a dramatic impact on future outlook on greenhouses gases, fossil fuels and the oil and gas industry
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Up to 20 million people are at increased risk of flooding and major power shortages in China's massive Sichuan Basin.
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 | This is the first successful attempt for Chinese scientists to obtain ice core samples from a foreign site except the polar areas. ...> Full Article |
 | New "petascale" computer models lead to better understanding of weather-climate links ...> Full Article |
 | Despite projections by some scientists of global seas rising by 20 feet or more by the end of this century as a result of warming, a new study concludes that global sea rise of much more than 6 feet is a near physical impossibility. ...> Full Article |
Team reports that sea level rise from greenhouse-induced warming of the Greenland ice sheet could be double or triple current estimates over the next century.
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 | A recent study forecasts that increased climatic variability poses serious consequence for both the biodiversity and ecosystem function of high-elevation lakes. ...> Full Article |
Findings show that sea level rise as a result of ice sheet melt can happen very rapidly
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Greenhouse gas emissions from previously frozen organic carbon in soil are seen as larger than previously believed
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'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
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New fiber nanogenerators could lead to electric clothing
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Fill 'er up - with algae
Scientists discover quantum fingerprints of chaos
Researchers help identify cows that gain more while eating less
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
Seamounts reach a pinnacle in upcoming issue of Oceanography
Ice shelves disappearing on Antarctic Peninsula
Team finds subtropical waters flushing through Greenland fjord