8+ hour, 57+ min ago  (605+ words) image: An example of variolitic pillow lavas in the Whundo Group. The black spots are a feature known as varioles, which form in water-rich lavas view more Geologists studying some of the planet's oldest volcanic rocks have uncovered new evidence…...

5+ day, 1+ min ago  (918+ words) image: Antarctic ice meets the rocky coastline. Researchers traced landscape features from the two-kilometre-high coastal escarpment of Dronning Maud Land to the subglacial Gamburtsev Mountains, buried beneath 13 km of ice view more Scientists have uncovered why Antarctica became engulfed by…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago  (265+ words) Researchers show that garnet governs the mineral transitions shaping Earth's 660-km seismic boundary, supporting a pyrolite-like mantle image: Schematic illustration of the 660-km seismic discontinuity showing how coupled post-spinel and post-garnet transitions shape the boundary in the average mantle, cold…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago  (691+ words) Scientists have shown how the edges of biological tissues create geometric constraints that help cells position themselves in a magnet-like manner, giving rise to structure and order inside developing embryos image: Polarised cells in the developing epiblast (seen here in…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (129+ words) image: Researchers develop a new 3 D method that can accurately detect Atmospheric Rivers and how they influence snowfall in Antarctica. view more Credit: Kazu Takahashi from the Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI, Japan "We found that ARs approaching Antarctica…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (493+ words) PROVIDENCE, R. I. [Brown University] " New research by Brown University geologists confirms that the Aleutian Islands, the archipelago stretching from Alaska to Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, experienced a massive geological uplift between 5 million and 7 million years ago. The researchers conclude that the uplift…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (373+ words) image: Some of the research team at Oxford University's Department of Earth Sciences behind the study. From left to right: Professor Mike Kendall, Dr Tobermory Mackay-Champion and Professor Jon Wade. Credit: Dr Charlie Rex. view more Credit: Dr Charlie Rex....

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (39+ words) (IMAGE) Eurek Alert! UNF researchers assess aquatic connectivity University of North Florida For media or educational use More on this News Release UNF IERE conducting aquatic barrier study supported by National Fish and Wildlife grant...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (368+ words) Eurek Alert! Professor Tim Johnson doing fieldwork New research led by Curtin University and QUT (Queensland University of Technology) has revealed repeated asteroid impacts may have been the dominant force shaping the early Earth, delivering vast amounts of heat into…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (785+ words) New research suggests ocean circulation can be as important as temperature in shaping marine oxygen levels Dalton Hardisty, MSU associate professor, studies computer model data, while Janet Burke, MSU fixed-term assistant professor, prepares samples. The eastern tropical Pacific Ocean is…...