Earth Science

Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment 2019 research awards Stanford human rights experts, engineers, economists, geologists, marine biologists and others soon will collaborate on finding new ways to combat air pollution, mine…

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A new study reveals why the magma chambers that feed recurrent and often explosive volcanic eruptions tend to reside in a very narrow depth range within the Earth's crust. The findings, published in Nature Geoscience,…

Credit: ARS-USDA BURNS, OREGON, August 19, 2019--Burning invasive western juniper increases the time--post-fire--that native mountain sagebrush will remain the dominant woody vegetation in the plant community by at least 44…

River diversions have not created or maintained land, but resulted in more land loss, according to a new paper in the peer-reviewed science journal Restoration Ecology. LSU Boyd Professor R. Eugene Turner and his LSU co-authors Erick…

New book provides compilation of research to guide aquifer managementCredit: Edwards Aquifer Authority SAN ANTONIO -- Aug. 19, 2019 -- Three Southwest Research Institute scientists contributed their groundwater management expertise…

Credit: Patricia Levi What types of electricity storage could have the biggest impact globally for a low-carbon energy future? Can humanity simultaneously de-carbonize energy and extend heat, lighting and transportation to more…

First-principles determination of the dissociation phase boundary of phase H MgSiO4H2Credit: Ehime University The existence of water in deep Earth is considered to play an important role in geodynamics, because water…

Managing seagrass habitats aids at-risk species like green turtles and dugongsCredit: QUT Media A new QUT-led study has developed a statistical toolbox to help avoid seagrass loss which provides shelter, food and oxygen to fish and…

Credit: NOAA/NRL Tropical Storm Krosa continued to erode after it moved into the Sea of Japan and satellite data showed it as a ragged and shapeless storm on August 16, 2019. The center of Tropical Storm Krosa's circulation was…

Careful evaluation and selection of datasets for scientific research are essential, particularly for poorly observed regions such as Central Asia. The ERA5, the new generation reanalysis of European Centre for Medium?Range Weather…