3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (130+ words) Occurring far below Earth's crust, continental mantle earthquakes were once thought not possible and are only now coming into focus. By reanalyzing archived seismic data, University of Utah seismologists have confirmed the existence of 10 deep quakes beneath northeast Utah and…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (487+ words) Map and seismograms of the Sept. 10, 2025 Maeser earthquake in Utah's Uinta Basin. Newswise — Nearly 50 years ago, a puzzling earthquake beneath northern Utah jolted scientists’ understanding of how Earth works. Now, research from the University of Utah confirms that the mysterious…...

3+ mon, 2+ day ago   (1565+ words) AMES, Iowa – The geologists spoke in apocalyptic terms about Iowa’s distant past: “A rift developed deep in the Earth, magma came up and tried to split the continent apart,” said Elizabeth Swanner, a professor of Earth, atmosphere and climate at…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (675+ words) COLUMBUS, Ohio – Within every muscle of every living species with a backbone, a protein called myosin tugs on a partner protein to generate a muscle contraction. This function, discovered in mammals a century ago, has been presumed by scientists to…...

5+ mon, 4+ day ago   (680+ words) Researchers at the University of Florida — the flagship state university for the sinkhole capital of the nation — are developing artificial intelligence models to pinpoint early signs of sinkholes before they appear. “I'm always looking for real-world problems,” said Minhee Kim,…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (44+ words) A new study that combines paleoclimate data and climate models suggests that large volcanic eruptions can disrupt the relationship between atmospheric circulations of the tropical Indian and Pacific oceans. In addition, human-caused greenhouse gas emissions are now driving an unprecedented…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (567+ words) Newswise — Deep beneath the eastern Pacific Ocean about 1,000 miles off the coast of Ecuador, a fault line on the seafloor has been generating magnitude 6 earthquakes with almost clocklike regularity for at least three decades. The earthquakes strike every five to…...

5+ mon, 3+ day ago   (783+ words) Newswise — As drought conditions intensify across the American West and the impact of climate change accelerates, cities such as Phoenix, Denver and Las Vegas may face a sobering reality. While it certainly helps, water conservation may no longer be enough....