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…
Ice Cores give the Earliest Proof of Fast Antarctic Ice Loss in History Researchers discovered the first concrete evidence that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet shrank abruptly and dramatically toward the end of the Last Ice Age, some…
Mercury Rising – Study gives new information on Environmental Consequences of Ancient Volcanoes Massive volcanic eruptions in Earth’s history that emitted large amounts of carbon into the atmosphere are usually associated with periods of severe environmental change and…
Oceanic Crust Oceanic crust is the outermost layer of Earth’s lithosphere that sits underneath the ocean basins. It is the top layer of the oceanic part of…