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A volcano has erupted remnants of Earth's primordial magma ocean
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (628+ words) Earth was once covered by a global magma ocean, which later cooled and crystallised – now traces of this primordial event have been found in magma from a young volcano in the Indian Ocean Submarine reliefs produced by a survey off…...
Shift in the Gulf Stream could signal ocean current collapse
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (760+ words) Models show that as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation gets weaker, the Gulf Stream will drift northwards. There are signs that this is already happening, and a more abrupt shift could warn of more severe climate impacts The Gulf Stream…...
Letter: Turning myths into solid geography
7+ mon, 3+ day ago (124+ words) New Scientist From Huw Ford, Porthcawl, Bridgend, UK Your article on Stone Age seafarers asks why prehistoric people would risk sailing towards land they couldn’t see. One possibility is that the motive was belief rather than necessity. A made-up story…...
Synchronised volcanic eruptions on Io hint at a spongy interior
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (247+ words) Five volcanoes on Jupiter’s moon Io erupted simultaneously, spewing a mind-boggling amount of lava onto the surface and giving us clues to what may lie underneath Five volcanoes on Jupiter’s moon Io erupted all at once in a cataclysm of…...
Space science news, articles and features | Page 51 | New Scientist
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (158+ words) Studies show it is always best to bake your sweet potatoes, rather than boil or microwave them, and there is another trick to take the tubers to the next level of deliciousness, says Sam Wong... Candy-like mixture can print patterns…...
Volcanoes had lower greenhouse gas emissions in Earth's past
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (554+ words) Eruptions from volcanic arcs, found where tectonic plates converge, are one of the major drivers of natural carbon emissions, but a model of Earth’s ancient carbon cycle suggests this is a relatively recent phenomenon Arc volcanoes like Sakurajima in Japan…...
The century-long hunt for the gigantic meteorite that vanished
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (754+ words) A soldier returned from the Sahara desert in 1916 with a wild story about a meteorite that dwarfed all others. Over 100 years of hunting yielded nothing – but now twin brothers think they have solved the puzzle He persuaded one man to…...
Have we found a greener way to do deep-sea mining?
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (520+ words) There are widespread concerns that deep-sea mining for metals will damage fragile ecosystems. But if mining ever goes ahead, hydrogen plasma could shrink the carbon footprint of smelting the metal ores Seafloor covered with manganese nodules A process to extract…...
Billionaires must not be allowed to geoengineer the planet
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (147+ words) There is nothing stopping the wealthiest people from attempting to alter the world's atmosphere – this must not be allowed to happen Tackling climate change is an inherently collectivist endeavour. We only have one planet, with one atmosphere, and whenever anyone…...