Glaciers Erode Mountains in Bursts, Study Finds
Southern Methodist UniversityA study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface challenges whether glaciers are eroding mountains faster now than in the past.
A study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface challenges whether glaciers are eroding mountains faster now than in the past.
Venus — a hot planet pocked with tens of thousands of volcanoes — may be even more geologically active near its surface than previously thought. New calculations by researchers at Washington University in St. Louis suggest that the planet’s outer crust may be constantly churning, an unexpected phenomenon called convection that could help explain many of the volcanoes and other features of the Venusian landscape.
In a recent advancement, researchers have developed a high-speed doctor-blading technique that enhances the efficiency of organic solar cells (OSCs) while using eco-friendly, non-halogenated solvents.
Wayne State University is proud to announce that three professors have been elected as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
En las profundidades de la superficie terrestre, las formaciones rocosas pueden brillar en tonos brillantes de rosa, azul y verde bajo luz ultravioleta. Los cientĂficos utilizan estas caracterĂsticas fluorescentes para comprender cĂłmo se formaron las cuevas y cĂłmo se sostiene la vida en su interior. Presentarán sus resultados en el encuentro de primavera de 2025 de la ACS.
Deep below the Earth’s surface, rock formations can shine in brilliant hues of pink, blue and green under black light. Scientists are using these fluorescent features to understand how the caves formed and how life is supported within. They will present their results at ACS Spring 2025.
“A professor at the Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, has discovered evidence of an earthen embankment indicating another large ancient community in the location overlapping the old city of Nakhon Ratchasima.”
We’ve mapped nearly all of Mars’ surface from orbit, yet we know less about Earth’s ocean floor — almost 75% remains unmapped in high resolution. This terrestrial blind spot is driv...
Misha lived her whole life in zoos, but this elephant’s teeth are now helping scientists reconstruct wildlife migrations. University of Utah geologists show how strontium isotopes found in teeth or tusks reveal where large plant-eating animals may have roamed.
Cypress trees found on the ocean floor 5 miles south of coastal Alabama are helping scientists from University of Idaho build climate models based on conditions 75,000 years ago.
TaxaBind addresses the need for more robust and unified approaches to the modeling of ecosystems.
Researchers have developed a pipeline that integrates zero-shot AI detection and segmentation tools to achieve robust, automated segmentation of remote sensing images. By leveraging a sliding window hyper-inference approach and an outlier rejection step, the pipeline enhances the identification of features such as buildings, trees, and vehicles in aerial and satellite imagery. This solution is implemented as a user-friendly Python package, LangRS, making advanced remote sensing segmentation accessible to a wide range of users.
An international research team led by the University of Vienna has discovered that the Solar System traversed the Orion star-forming complex, a component of the Radcliffe Wave galactic structure, approximately 14 million years ago. This journey through a dense region of space could have compressed the heliosphere, the protective bubble surrounding our solar system, and increased the influx of interstellar dust, potentially influencing Earth's climate and leaving traces in geological records. The findings, published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, offer a fascinating interdisciplinary link between astrophysics, paleoclimatology, and geology.
New research from USC and University of Utah suggests the surface of “librating” inner core is deformed from contact with turbulent liquid outer core.
Documenting the work of building the world’s largest neutrino experiment presents photographers with a unique set of challenges.
As global warming accelerates, the increasing number of supraglacial lakes and the need to accurately measure their depths have become critical for understanding ice sheet mass balance and sea-level rise. These lakes, formed by meltwater accumulation on ice sheet surfaces, significantly influence ice sheet dynamics and melting rates.
Since the Holocene epoch, global changes have been remarkable and human activities have been intense. The lake environment in China has undergone drastic changes, with frequent algal blooms.
MSU researchers glean photosynthetic insights from volcanic hot springs
A team led by a Rutgers-New Brunswick scientist has concluded water did not arrive as early during Earth’s formation as previously thought, an insight that bears directly on the question of when life originated on the planet.