Lithospheric oddities may be sculpting continental interiors
Interactions between neighboring tectonic plates can push parts of Earth's surface up or down to form notable features, such as the Andes and the Himalayas. The forces that sculpt the Earth's surface far from plate edges are less well understood. For.....»»
What"s happening in the depths of distant worlds?
The physics and chemistry that take place deep inside our planet are fundamental to the existence of life as we know it. But what forces are at work in the interiors of distant worlds, and how do these conditions affect their potential for habitabili.....»»
Study finds US flood damage risk is underestimated
In a new study, North Carolina State University researchers used artificial intelligence to predict where flood damage is likely to happen in the continental United States, suggesting that recent flood maps from the Federal Emergency Management Agenc.....»»
NASA"s Parker Solar Probe Captures First Visible Light Images of Venus" Surface
dargaud writes: NASA's Parker Solar Probe has captured its first images of Venus' surface in visible light. The images show distinctive areas on the planetary surface, including continental regions, plains and plateaus. The images were taken on the n.....»»
Seed production and recruitment of juvenile trees affect how trees are migrating due to climate change
A new study co-authored by Jonathan Myers, associate professor of biology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, provides key insights into how and why tree populations migrate in response to climate change at the continental scale.....»»
Radiometric dating sheds light on tectonic debate
At the far edges of continents, where the continental shelf transitions into the deep ocean, continental and oceanic plates come face to face. At many of these margins, the denser oceanic plate is pushed below the continental plate in a process calle.....»»
Mount Etna"s exceptional carbon dioxide emissions are triggered by deep reservoirs of the gas
The transport of carbon dioxide stored in the Earth's lithospheric mantle beneath the Hyblean Plateau in southern Italy at a depth of approximately 50 to 150 kilometers is responsible for the exceptionally large CO2 emission of Mount Etna. That is th.....»»
Ironing out the interiors of exoplanets
The discovery of more than 4,500 extra-solar planets has created a need for modelling their interior structure and dynamics. As it turns out, iron plays a key role......»»
Antarctic oceanographers use seals to do research where ships fear to go
Oceanographers have great difficulty conducting investigations by ship in Antarctic continental shelf areas where ice is attached to the shore, so a team of researchers have replaced these boat-based studies with sensors attached to seals, which have.....»»
Zinc isotopes of arc-related lavas reveal recycling of forearc serpentinites into subarc mantle
Serpentinite, formed by low-temperature hydrothermal alteration of mantle peridotite, is distributed in the lithospheric mantle at the bottom of the subduction slab (slab-serpentinite) and forearc mantle wedge above the subduction slab (mantle wedge.....»»
Eurostar Tests Facial Recognition System On London Train Station
An anonymous reader quotes a report from BleepingComputer: Eurostar is testing a new biometric facial recognition technology on passengers traveling from London's St Pancras International station to continental Europe. The passengers will be given th.....»»
The cast of 8-Bit Christmas on holidays, Nintendo, and oddities of the ’80s
Neil Patrick Harris and the cast of 8-Bit Christmas reflect on their own holiday memories, bridging generations, and the retrospective weirdness of the '80s......»»
The cast of The 8 Bit Christmas on holidays, Nintendo, and oddities of the ’80s
Neil Patrick Harris and the cast of 8-Bit Christmas reflect on their own holiday memories, bridging generations, and the retrospective weirdness of the '80s......»»
Team finds that rock weathering boosts soil organic carbon storage
Rock weathering controls the potential for soil carbon storage at a continental scale......»»
Cheshire Architects uses local materials to create The Hotel Britomart in Auckland
Cheshire Architects used local Kiwi materials and craftwork for the interiors of this hotel in Auckland, New Zealand. Read more Cheshire Architects used local Kiwi materials and craftwork for the interiors of this hotel in Auckland, New Zea.....»»
Did the Earth tip on its side 84 million years ago?
Hold on to your hats, because scientists have found more evidence that Earth tips over from time to time. We know that the continents are moving slowly due to plate tectonics, but continental drift only pushes the tectonic plates past each other. It.....»»
Vermont bald eagle restoration follows years of trying
Thirteen years after Vermont lost the ignominious distinction of being the only state in the continental United States without any breeding pairs of bald eagles, the state is moving to remove the iconic national symbol from its list of threatened and.....»»
Come on in, the water is superionic
The interiors of Uranus and Neptune each contain about 50 000 times the amount of water in Earth's oceans, and a form of water known as superionic water is believed to be stable at depths greater than about one-third of the radius of these ice giants.....»»
Continental growth is not a continuous process
The continents, a specific feature of our planet, still hold many secrets. Using chemical data on sedimentary rocks compiled from the scientific literature from the 1980s to the present day, CNRS researcher Marion Garçon has uncovered a new geologic.....»»
Selenium may support deep microbial life in Earth"s continental crust
International drilling efforts over the last decades into the seafloor have provided increasing evidence for the existence of an extensive deep biosphere below the seafloor. There, circulating fluids in the sub-seafloor deliver chemical compounds fro.....»»
Massive Machines Are Bringing Giant Exoplanets Down to Earth
Scientists are using football-field-sized lasers, warehouse-sized electromagnets and other immense facilities to reveal the deep secrets of planetary interiors -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»