Earth Science
Scientists from the University of Southampton have discovered a previously unrecognised volcanic process, similar to one that is used in chocolate...
Is Earth really a sort of giant living organism as the Gaia hypothesis predicts? A new discovery made at the University of Maryland may provide a key...
Genetic evidence from an Antarctic octopus indicates that one of the world’s major ice sheets – the West Antarctic Ice Sheet – could collapse if...
Sauropod dinosaurs could in principle have produced enough of the greenhouse gas methane to warm the climate many millions of years ago, at a time...
Plants are leafing out and flowering sooner each year than predicted by results from controlled environmental warming experiments, according to data...
A superplume, or massive episode of volcanic eruptions that related to extensive melting of the Earth's mantle, could explain the puzzling...
Researchers are learning details about asteroid impacts going back to the Earth's early history by using a new method for extracting precise...
Scientists analysing prehistoric global warming say thawing permafrost released massive amounts of carbon stored in frozen soil of Polar Regions...
Ecosystems are changing worldwide as a result of shrinking sea ice, snow, and glaciers, especially in high-latitude regions where water is frozen for...
Two new studies into the "plumbing systems" that lie under volcanoes could bring scientists closer to predicting large eruptions.
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