Earth Science

3 URI researchers part of international research team KINGSTON, R.I. -- Dec. 3, 2020 -- An international research team that included three scientists from the University of Rhode Island's Graduate School of Oceanography has discovered…

Credit: Emily Grubert, Georgia Tech Decarbonizing U.S. electricity production will require both construction of renewable energy sources and retirement of power plants now operated by fossil fuels. A generator-level model described in…

Publication in Science: International team researches the limits of lifeCredit: Photo: JAMSTEC At what depth beneath the seabed does it become so hot that microbial life is no longer possible? This question is the focus of a…

The interdisciplinary, multi-institutional research program will continue its study into the microbial ecology of the Sargasso SeaCredit: Nick Mathews After five years, with more than 25 papers in peer-reviewed scientific…

Australian research voyage to investigate how life in the Southern Ocean captures and stores carbon from the atmosphereCredit: CSIRO A fleet of new-generation, deep-diving ocean robots will be deployed in the Southern Ocean, in a…

Credit: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, KANSAS -- The National Science Foundation has awarded a $7.12 million grant renewal to Kansas State University's Konza Prairie Biological Station to support the next six years of long-term…

Credit: Michael Lucas. One Friday evening in 1992, a meteorite ended a more than 150 million-mile journey by smashing into the trunk of a red Chevrolet Malibu in Peekskill, New York. The car's owner reported that the 30-pound…

Researchers successfully track 'bottle tags' through Ganges River system into Bay of Bengal A new study demonstrates the potential for plastic bottles tagged with tracking devices to deepen our understanding of how plastic pollution…

Credit: Miriam Truffa Giachet & Nicolas Spuhler Article Title: "Compositional and provenance study of glass beads from archaeological sites in Mali and Senegal at the time of the first Sahelian states" Funding: This study…

Human activity implicated across all age classesCredit: Raverty et al, 2020 One of the first studies to analyze trends across orca necropsy reports reveals human activity as a cause of death for studied orcas across every age…

New findings provide first evidence of amphibian declines affecting human health WASHINGTON--The global collapse of frogs and other amphibians due to the amphibian chytrid fungus exacerbated malaria outbreaks in Costa Rica and Panama…

Graphic novel explains new scientific findingsCredit: Joschua Knüppe The small dinosaur Europasaurus lived 154 million years ago in Central Europe alongside other dinosaurs, prehistoric crocodiles and mammals. Its world comes alive…

Credit: Patrick Wyse Jackson, Trinity College Dublin. A new, expanded book - Introducing Palaeontology: a guide to ancient life - by Patrick Wyse Jackson, Associate Professor and Head of Trinity College Dublin's School of Natural…

Two Pacific Northwest National Laboratory researchers, one a world-leading authority on microorganisms and their impact on soil and human health, and the other an expert on coastal ecosystem restoration, have been elected fellows of the…

Credit: Sat Darshan Khalsa A favorite healthy snack, almonds are a staple on grocery store shelves worldwide. More than 80% of these almonds are grown in California. As permanent crops, almond trees have unique needs and…

Credit: Penn State Geoscientists have long known that some parts of the continents formed in the Earth's deep past, but the speed in which land rose above global seas -- and the exact shapes that land masses formed -- have so far…

This 'green' option is more expensive than originally thought, study shows COLUMBUS, Ohio - Widespread forest management and protections against deforestation can help mitigate climate change - but will come with a steep cost if deployed…

A new international study by the ICTA-UAB and the McGill University (Canada) maps resistance movements' associated with green energy and fossil fuel projectsCredit: Daniela Del Bene To meet the most ambitious 1.5º C climate goal…

In roughly 200 million years, the continents will once again unite into a supercontinent; a new study explores how the next Pangea could affect the global climateCredit: Way et al. 2020 Long ago, all the continents were crammed…

Credit: Veerle Vanacker Rates of soil erosion and alluvium accumulation in North America accelerated 10-fold after Europeans colonized the continent, according to new research carried out by scientists from China, Belgium and…