A new study led by McGill University has found that tectonic plates beneath the Earth’s surface can show varying degrees of roughness and could help explain why certain earthquakes are stronger than others.
Earthquakes happen when the rocks…
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Climate change may push some species to higher elevations — and out of harm’s way
A new WCS-led study reveals that mountain-dwelling species fleeing warming temperatures by retreating to higher elevations may find refuge from reduced human pressure.
A new study published in Nature Communications by scientists at WCS, the…
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The sleeping giant – supervolcano of the Andes
Under the volcanoes in the Andes where Chile, Argentina and Bolivia meet, there is a gigantic reservoir of molten magma.
For several million years, it has been there without fully solidifying or causing a supervolcanic eruption. Geologists have…
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Seismic map of North America reveals geologic clues, earthquake hazards
How do mountains form? What forces are needed to carve out a basin? Why does the Earth tremble and quake?
Earth scientists pursue these fundamental questions to gain a better understanding of our planet’s deep past and present workings. Their…
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Researchers explore ocean microbes’ role in climate effects
A new study shows that “hotspots” of nutrients surrounding phytoplankton — which are tiny marine algae producing approximately half of the oxygen we breathe every day — play an outsized role in the release of a gas involved in cloud formation and…
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Tectonic plates started shifting earlier than previously thought
An enduring question in geology is when Earth’s tectonic plates began pushing and pulling in a process that helped the planet evolve and shaped its continents into the ones that exist today.
Some researchers theorize it happened around four…
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Study suggests rainfall triggered 2018 Kīlauea eruption
In May 2018 Kīlauea volcano on the island of Hawaii erupted, touching off months of intense activity. Through August, incandescent lava from fissures spewed hundreds of feet in the air, and billowing ash clouds reached as high as six miles into…
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New discovery helps close the gap towards optically-controlled quantum computation
Scientists at Ames Laboratory, Brookhaven National Laboratory, and the University of Alabama Birmingham have discovered a light-induced switching mechanism in a Dirac semimetal.
The mechanism establishes a new way to control the topological…
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A cheap organic steam generator to purify water
It has been estimated that in 2040 a quarter of the world’s children will live in regions where clean and drinkable water is lacking.
The desalination of seawater and the purification of wastewater are two possible methods to alleviate this, and…
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In search of the Z boson
At the Japanese High-energy Accelerator Research Organization, KEK, in Tsukuba, about 50 kilometers north of Tokyo, the Belle II experiment has been in operation for about one year now.
An international team of researchers also from Karlsruhe…
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