Geophysics/Gravity

New research has revealed when it comes to flying the largest of birds rely on air currents, not flapping to move aroundCredit: Picture: Facundo Vital New research has revealed when it comes to flying the largest of birds don't rely on…

Credit: Eva Boergens, GFZ The GRACE-FO (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment-Follow-On) satellites launched in May 2018 are able to quantify the water mass deficit in Central Europe. Relative to long-term climate development,…

How did the chemical makeup of our planet's core shape its geologic history and habitability? Washington, DC-- How did the chemical makeup of our planet's core shape its geologic history and habitability? Life as we know it could not…

A new study by the University of Leeds and University of California at San Diego reveals that changes in the direction of the Earth's magnetic field may take place 10 times faster than previously thought. Their study gives new…

Scientific study describes the nursery of sea ice and provides the basis for future assessments of research dataCredit: Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut / Markus Rex, CC-BY 4.0 The New Siberian Islands were the birthplace of…

Intensive erosion influenced seismicity Credit: NASA/LANDSAT The Earth's crust is under constant stress. Every now and then this stress is discharged in heavy earthquakes, mostly caused by the slow movement of Earth's…

Kyushu University research based on NASA InSight Martian lander seismometer data reveals different sources of different types and frequencies of Martian "microtremors", showing the potential to use such data to image the Martian subsurface…

Predicted by Einstein's general theory of relativity, gravitational waves are ripples in space-time generated by certain movements of massive objects. They are important to study because they allow us to detect events in the…

Finding new giant copper, lead, zinc deposits could fuel green infrastructure Credit: Adapted from Hoggard et al., Nature Geoscience, 2020 If the world is to maintain a sustainable economy and fend off the worst effects of…

Most volcanic eruptions take place unseen at the bottom of the world's oceans. In recent years, oceanography has shown that this submarine volcanism not only deposits lava but also ejects large amounts of volcanic ash. "So even…

Credit: Caroline McNiel/National MagLab TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Thank goodness for the Earth's crust: It is, after all, that solid, outermost layer of our planet that supports everything above it. But much of what…

A big step forward in estimating the chemical composition of the Earth's core Credit: Assistant Professor Yoichi Nakajima Using the large synchrotron radiation facility SPring-8 in Japan, a collaboration of researchers from…

New team continues fieldwork in the ArcticCredit: Photo: Alfred Wegener Institute / Lisa Grosfeld After a month's absence, on 17 June the German research icebreaker Polarstern rendezvoused with the MOSAiC floe at 82.2 ° North and…

Credit: University of Texas at Dallas Geoscientists at The University of Texas at Dallas recently used massive amounts of earthquake data and supercomputers to generate high-resolution, 3D images of the dynamic geological processes…

A new model for deep-seated landslides that takes into account the temperature of a thin, unstable layer of clay could help stop catastrophes in their tracksCredit: Carolina Seguí, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. - Engineers from Duke…

University of Maryland researchers conduct first simultaneous analysis of hundreds of earthquakes to identify echoes from features deep inside EarthCredit: Doyeon Kim/University of Maryland University of Maryland…

A study in Nature with a surprising finding: It is not erosionCredit: NASA; Astronaut photograph ISS059-E-517 Which forces and mechanisms determine the height of mountains? A group of researchers from Münster and Potsdam has…

Credit: Pavel Odinev / Skoltech Skoltech scientists and their industry colleagues have found a way to use machine learning to accurately predict rock thermal conductivity, a crucial parameter for enhanced oil recovery. The research,…

Credit: Photo by Matt Nolan Winter vehicle travel can cause long-lasting damage to the tundra, according to a new paper by University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers published in the journal Ecological Applications. Scars from…

The study challenges a recently-emerged paradigm that magma chambers are huge masses of crystals with just a very small amount of melt.Credit: Wits University Wits University (University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg,…