Geophysics/Gravity

Credit: Copyright: Borexino Collaboration Scientists involved in the Borexino collaboration have presented new results for the measurement of neutrinos originating from the interior of the Earth. The elusive "ghost particles" rarely…

Awarded for extraordinary accomplishments and novel insights in the area of physical oceanography, ocean acoustics, or marine geophysicsCredit: John Farrell The Oceanography Society proudly announces that Dr. Larry Mayer, Professor…

Anny Cazenave initiated use of satellites to understand a key result of climate changeCredit: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory A scientist who has played a key role in documenting modern sea-level rise and its causes is to receive the 2020…

Credit: Steve Kurtz / UC Santa Cruz The Royal Astronomical Society is pleased to announce the winners of its medals and prizes for 2020, the bicentenary of the foundation of the RAS. Each year the Society recognises significant…

Credit: University of Oxford Permafrost is ground that remains frozen throughout the year; it covers nearly a quarter of Northern Hemisphere land. The frozen state of permafrost enables it to store large amounts of carbon; about twice…

Credit: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, KANSAS -- Private well owners should test water quality annually, according to a recent Kansas State University study that revealed nitrate levels in shallow wells above U.S. Environment…

Seismologists of the GFZ observe processes in the upper mantle for the first time before the formation of an enormous underwater eruptionCredit: Image: Cesca et al. 2019, Nature Geoscience: DOI 10.1038/s41561-019-0505-5 A new submarine…

Humankind will need to harness carbon capture and storage technologies to help keep global warming to 2 degrees C or less; new research shows that there's plenty of room to store captured CO2 -- in offshore geologic rock formationsCredit:…

Seismic waves generated by a 1.9 magnitude earthquake located north of Fréjus (Var), recorded along the 41 km-long fibre optic cable deployed on the seafloor off Toulon. Scientists have for the first time shown that it is possible to…

Substantial quantities of water could be present farther into the mantle than previously thought possibleCredit: Photo is provided by Yanhao Lin. Washington, DC-- Every school child learns about the water cycle--evaporation,…