Earth Science
Seismic Waves Fired Between Alpine Boreholes Reveal Hidden Glacial Buried Basin in Unprecedented Detail
A novel three-borehole crosshole seismic experiment at the ICDP DOVE site in Germany's Tannwald Basin has produced the first high-resolution...
Nepal’s Lifeline Highway Is Held Together by Suction That Vanishes Every Monsoon
A new geotechnical investigation shows that the non-plastic, highly permeable soils of Nepal's Mugling-Narayanghat highway lose 30 to 36 percent...
Alpine peat bogs reveal 10,000 years of cold snaps and human fingerprints in the Swiss Alps
Cores from 10,000-year-old peatlands in Switzerland's Fimba Valley record Holocene cold events, including the 8.2 ka climate anomaly, alongside millennia...
A Simple Electric Current Could Reveal How Thirsty Soils Breathe
New research shows that simple electrical conductivity measurements can track how drying soils constrain microbial respiration through the connectivity and...
AI Learns Where U.S. Streamflow Droughts Come From—and Predicts Them Where No Gauges Exist
A new USGS study trained 3,198 machine learning models to reveal the regional drivers of streamflow drought across the United...
Climate models reveal 73 nonlinear surprises arriving sooner than expected
An automated scan of 54 CMIP6 climate models catalogues 73 strong nonlinear surprises, including Arctic sea-ice loss, North Atlantic mixed-layer...
Ancient Patagonian Lake Reveals How Jurassic Climate Swings Controlled Organic Matter
A detailed palynofacies and sequence-stratigraphic study of the Jurassic Cañadón Asfalto Formation in Patagonia shows that alternating wet and dry...
Grazing Disturbance Splits Grassland Life Above and Below the Ground
A study of the Eurasian meadow steppe shows that plant communities peak in diversity at moderate grazing while soil multitrophic...
Tiny Mineral Clocks Rewritten by Heat Reveal No Universal Closure Temperature
Laser-based microanalysis of biotite in the contact aureole of Labrador's Makhavinekh Lake Pluton shows that rubidium–strontium ages depend on grain-scale...
Virtual Field Trips Get an Inquiry Makeover for Geoscience Classrooms
Researchers have designed a virtual geoscience fieldwork module using 360-degree videos and inquiry-based learning that lets upper secondary students collect...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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