Meteorites likely source of nitrogen for early Earth
Micrometeorites originating from icy celestial bodies in the outer Solar System may be responsible for transporting nitrogen to the near-Earth ...
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Owner of US heavy rare earth mine licenses ORNL separation technology
Caldera Holding, the owner and developer of Missouri’s Pea Ridge iron mine, has entered a nonexclusive research and development licensing ...
Landscape dynamics determine the evolution of biodiversity on Earth
Movement of rivers, mountains, oceans and sediment nutrients at the geological timescale are the central drivers of Earth’s biodiversity, new ...
NASA researcher honored by Goddard Tech Office for earth science work
Earth science researcher Dr. Antonia Gambacorta earned the 2023 Goddard IRAD Technology Leadership award for pioneering new ways to measure ...
The Future of Future Earth: How global science programs can navigate the complex, shifting challenges in sustainability science
The global change program Future Earth is an international alliance of organizations and agencies that was launched by the UN ...
Study sheds light on how Earth cycles fossil carbon
HOUSTON – (Nov. 14, 2023) – As the primary element of life on our planet, carbon is constantly journeying from ...
$200M gift propels scientific research in the search for life beyond earth
$200m Gift Propels Scientific Research in the Search for Life Beyond Earth Credit: SETI Institute/Simon Steel $200m Gift Propels Scientific ...
The remains of an ancient planet lie deep within Earth
In the 1980s, geophysicists made a startling discovery: two continent-sized blobs of unusual material were found deep near the center ...
Birmingham rare earth magnet recycling technology selected as a Minerals Security Partnership project
A Principals’ meeting of the Minerals Security Partnership (MSP) has confirmed that HyProMag Ltd, which uses a technology developed by ...
Climate report: ‘Uncharted territory’ imperils life on Earth
CORVALLIS, Ore. – An international coalition of climate scientists says in a paper published today that the Earth’s vital signs ...
World Scientists’ Climate Report highlights perils as Earth enters “uncharted territory”
In a year marked by wildfire, catastrophic flooding, and deadly weather events, an international team of scientists has updated its ...
Climate-driven extreme heat may make parts of Earth too hot for humans
If global temperatures increase by 1 degree Celsius (C) or more than current levels, each year billions of people will ...
Digitizing UK natural history collections is vital to understand life on earth, reports the Natural History Museum
A new report has evaluated the use and impact of digitised natural science collections held in the UK and how ...
Cornell fills data gap for volcanic ash effects on Earth systems
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Volcanic ash is no ordinary dust: It gets injected into the atmosphere, climbs to the stratosphere, impacts climate, ...
Massive low earth orbit communications satellites could disrupt astronomy
Observations of the BlueWalker 3 prototype satellite show it is one of the brightest objects in the night sky, outshining ...
Antimatter embraces Earth, falling downward like normal matter
For those still holding out hope that antimatter levitates rather than falls in a gravitational field, like normal matter, the ...
NTU Singapore to launch Climate Transformation Programme led by the Earth Observatory of Singapore, a S$50 million interdisciplinary climate research programme
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) is launching a S$50 million interdisciplinary climate research programme, the Climate Transformation Programme (CTP), ...
As Earth heats up, rain pours down
WASHINGTON — Earth’s land masses have a higher chance of becoming wetter than drier as temperatures rise. In a new ...
Electrons from Earth may be forming water on the Moon
A team of researchers, led by a University of Hawai‘i (UH) at Mānoa planetary scientist, discovered that high energy electrons ...
Study hints at the existence of the closest black holes to Earth in the Hyades star cluster
A paper published in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society hints at the existence of several black ...
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Study finds plant nurseries are exacerbating the climate-driven spread of 80% of invasive species
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Researchers predict climate change-driven reduction in beneficial plant microbes
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Top 10 climate science insights unveiled
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New study highlights COVID-19’s adaptive strategy for infection
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Baboons in captivity in Ancient Egypt: insights from collection of mummies
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ECNU review of education highlights network ethnography in researching global education policy