Amphibians Recover from the Earth’s Biggest Mass Extinction Ancient frog relatives survived the aftermath of the largest mass extinction of species by feeding on freshwater prey that evaded terrestrial predators, University of Bristol…
How Geography Functions as a Structural Determinant of Health In unincorporated towns along the US-Mexico border, historically and socially marginalized groups become invisible to the healthcare system, demonstrating that geography serves as a structural…
Seismic Metamaterial – control and manipulate seismic waves A seismic metamaterial is a metamaterial that is intended to mitigate the negative impacts of seismic waves on manmade constructions located on or near Earth’s…
Researchers discovered the Oldest Undisputed evidence of Earth’s Magnetic Field A new study sponsored by the University of Oxford and MIT has recovered a 3.7-billion-year-old record of Earth’s magnetic field, which looks to be quite…
Human Activities have a significant impact on the Deep Underground Fluid Flow The effects of human activity on Earth’s surface, such as greenhouse gas emissions and deforestation, have been extensively investigated. Now, hydrological experts at the University…
Lighthouse in the Gobi Desert A new study published in the journal PLOS ONE investigates the weight of significant fossil sites on our knowledge of evolutionary links between fossil groups,…
Plate Tectonics Plate tectonics is a scientific hypothesis that describes the large-scale movement of the Earth’s lithosphere. According to scientific theory, the Earth’s lithosphere is made up…
Modeling the Larger impacts of Wildfires in Siberia As wildfires in Siberia become more common, global climate modeling predicts severe implications on climate, air quality, health, and the economy in East Asia and…
The Enigma of the Deep Earth’s Electrical System is Solved To “breathe” in an oxygen-free environment, bacteria in the ground beneath our feet rely on a single family of proteins to transfer excess electrons produced…
Key Features and Characteristics of the Continental Crust The continental crust is the layer of Earth’s crust that makes up the continents. The geological continents and the shallow seafloor at their shores, known…
Massive Ice Loss from the Greenland Glacier Ground-based measuring instruments and aircraft radar in Greenland’s far northeast reveal how much ice is being lost by the 79° N Glacier. According to observations…
Scientists Investigate Complicated Patterns of Tipping Points in the Atlantic’s Current System An international team of scientists has advised against depending on nature to provide simple ‘early warning’ indicators of a climate calamity, citing new mathematical modeling…