Earth Science

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18, 2019 -- Journalists who register for the American Chemical Society's (ACS') Spring 2019 National Meeting & Exposition in Orlando, Florida, will have access to nearly 13,000 presentations on the meeting's theme,…

Credit: Carlos Jones/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy Neutrons--Capturing carbon in mid air Researchers used neutron scattering at Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Spallation Neutron Source to investigate the…

Comparison of the greenhouse gases produced by lab-grown and farm-raised beef in the current energy system suggests that the benefits of reducing methane could be outweighed by increased CO2 Currently proposed types of lab-grown meat…

Huge genome reveals sequence adaptations in key wound healing and genome stability genes tied to cancer protectionCredit: Images Courtesy of Byron Dilkes, Danah Divers FORT LAUDERDALE/DAVIE, Fla. - The great white shark is one of the…

More than half of the carbon sink in the world's forests is in areas where the trees are relatively young - under 140 years old - rather than in tropical rainforests, research at the University of Birmingham shows. These trees have…

Credit: Mark Ryan, Mary Parrish & Jay Matternes The rich levels of biodiversity on land seen across the globe today are not a recent phenomenon: diversity on land has been similar for at least the last 60 million years, since soon…

Credit: NASA/NRL Tropical cyclones can become post-tropical before they dissipate, meaning they can become sub-tropical, extra-tropical or a remnant low pressure area.  As Tropical Cyclone Gelena transitioned into a subtropical storm,…

Credit: Matt Rath/Chesapeake Bay Program Impacts from climate change are not always easy to see. But for many local businesses in coastal communities across the United States, the evidence is right outside their doors - or in their parking…

Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). Tropical Cyclone Oma continued to stay just west of Vanuatu in the Southern Pacific Ocean as NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed overhead and captured…

NASA grant establishes research community focused on pathways to life on EarthCredit: Rensselaer TROY, N.Y. -- The evolution of planet Earth and the emergence of life during its first half-billion years are inextricably linked, with a…