AI Detects Hidden Warning Signs Before Major Earthquakes
Unsupervised machine learning, combined with the analysis of earthquake sequences as interacting events, can help identify precursor signals…
Antarctica Froze Millions of Years Before the Arctic. We May Finally Know Why
Some 34 million years ago, when Earth was significantly warmer than it is today, Antarctica froze over. It…
This Strange Martian Rock Contains a Mineral Scientists Never Expected To Find
Mars, the red planet. Credit: University of Portsmouth Scientists have uncovered a previously unknown Martian rock containing a…
Space Lasers Show How Venezuela’s Earthquakes Reshaped the Earth’s Crust
The European Space Agency released a satellite image that shows the upheaval left behind by the pair of…
Perseverance Mars Rover Completes a Marathon on Mars to Cap Off Extraordinary 5 Years
A map of the Perseverance Mars rover marathon – credit, NASA NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover just completed a…
Scientists Tracked These Strange Arctic Icebergs and Found Something Unexpected on the Seafloor
A polar research expedition back in 2021 noticed something weird along the Fram Strait, a marine passage into…
The Surprising Way Asteroids May Have Helped Life Begin on Earth
SwRI Institute Scientist Dr. Simone Marchi created this artistic rendering of early Earth, which shows a surface pummeled…
Ocean iron fertilization from enhanced mid-ocean-ridge volcanism due to ice-age sea-level falls
Martin, J. H. & Fitzwater, S. E. Iron deficiency limits phytoplankton growth in the north-east Pacific subarctic. Nature…
Reduction of tropical cyclone-induced ocean carbon outgassing since 1993
Ciais, P. et al. Five decades of northern land carbon uptake revealed by the interhemispheric CO2 gradient. Nature…
540-Million-Year-Old Fossils Reveal a Huge Surprise About Early Life on Earth
Visible to the naked eye, fossilized bacteria or algae were found in an ancient seabed that emerged in…
Mining mine wastes for sustainable value creation
Franks, D. M. et al. Sci. Rep. 11, 5353 (2021). Article CAS Google Scholar Lottermoser, B. G. in…
Japan Is Used to Earthquakes, but What About a Big One?
A 7.4-magnitude earthquake jolted Japan this week and set off a tsunami warning, but shoppers at one grocery…