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Newswise: UTEP Researchers Partner with Bhutanese Scientists to Study Glacial Flooding
Released: 19-Nov-2024 2:15 PM EST
UTEP Researchers Partner with Bhutanese Scientists to Study Glacial Flooding
University of Texas at El Paso

Geology researchers at The University of Texas at El Paso are partnering with scientists in the Kingdom of Bhutan to detect and mitigate the impact of glacial floods on rural mountain villages. The new project is supported by approximately $380,000 from the National Science Foundation.

Newswise: Cambrian Fossil From Utah Illuminates Origins of Vertebrate Life
Released: 18-Nov-2024 6:25 PM EST
Cambrian Fossil From Utah Illuminates Origins of Vertebrate Life
University of Utah

Fossils recovered from Utah's West Desert and held in the Natural History Museum of Utah offer new insights into the origins of vertebrate life during the Cambrian Period.

Newswise: Buried Alive: Carbon Dioxide Release From Magma Deep Beneath Ancient Volcanoes Was a Hidden Driver of Earth’s Past Climate
29-Oct-2024 10:00 AM EDT
Buried Alive: Carbon Dioxide Release From Magma Deep Beneath Ancient Volcanoes Was a Hidden Driver of Earth’s Past Climate
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

An international team of geoscientists led by a volcanologist at Rutgers University-New Brunswick has discovered that, contrary to present scientific understanding, ancient volcanoes continued to spew carbon dioxide into the atmosphere from deep within the Earth long past their period of eruptions.

Newswise: Have We Found All the Major Maya Cities? Not Even Close, New Research Suggests
22-Oct-2024 5:20 PM EDT
Have We Found All the Major Maya Cities? Not Even Close, New Research Suggests
Northern Arizona University

Researchers' analysis of “found” lidar data from a completely unstudied corner of the Maya civilization revealed countless settlements that archaeologists never knew about. The study demonstrates, once and for all, that there’s still plenty of the Maya world to uncover.

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Released: 24-Oct-2024 9:55 PM EDT
The Vandal Theory Podcast - Season 7, Episode 7: Geology on Mars and in Minecraft
University of Idaho

Question: Did you ever nerd out about geology as a kid?

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Released: 26-Sep-2024 1:30 PM EDT
Simultaneous Detection of Uranium Isotopes, Fluorine Advances Nuclear Nonproliferation Monitoring
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Combining two techniques, analytical chemists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory became the first to detect fluorine and different isotopes of uranium in a single particle at the same time.

Newswise: U of I-Led Study Uncovers First Evidence of a Volcanic Spatter Cone on Mars
Released: 26-Sep-2024 1:05 PM EDT
U of I-Led Study Uncovers First Evidence of a Volcanic Spatter Cone on Mars
University of Idaho

While working under Erika Rader, an assistant professor in the Department of Earth and Spatial Sciences at University of Idaho, a postdoctoral researcher identified a volcanic vent on Mars as a potential spatter cone and compared it to a spatter cone formed during the 2021 eruption of Fagradalsfjall in Iceland.

Newswise: How Features in Utah and Arizona Advanced Geoscience
Released: 19-Sep-2024 3:05 PM EDT
How Features in Utah and Arizona Advanced Geoscience
University of Utah

University of Utah geoscientists successfully nominated the Henry Mountains, Coyote Buttes and Great Salt Lake to international union’s list of the top geoheritage sites, “the world’s best demonstrations of geologic features and processes.”

Newswise: Satellite Sleuths: Unveiling Soil Moisture Patterns with Advanced Navigation Tech
Released: 13-Sep-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Satellite Sleuths: Unveiling Soil Moisture Patterns with Advanced Navigation Tech
Chinese Academy of Sciences

A pioneering method for soil moisture retrieval using satellite navigation systems has been introduced, significantly boosting the accuracy and efficiency of global data collection.

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Released: 12-Sep-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Uncovering the Story Behind the Mongol Invasions of Japan
Universite de Montreal

When Japanese samurai repelled the Mongols, their victories were attributed to typhoons whipped up by divine forces. Now, Ph.D. candidate Jérémy Le Blanc-Gauthier is taking a fresh look at the legend.

Newswise: FAMU-FSU College of Engineering researchers examine how drought and water volume affect nutrients in Apalachicola River
Released: 5-Sep-2024 6:05 PM EDT
FAMU-FSU College of Engineering researchers examine how drought and water volume affect nutrients in Apalachicola River
Florida State University

New research led by FAMU-FSU College of Engineering Assistant Professor Ebrahim Ahmadisharaf examined how drought and water volume in the Lower Apalachicola River watershed affect nitrogen and phosphorous, crucial nutrients for a healthy aquatic ecosystem.

Newswise: ND Expert Julia Adeney Thomas: The reality of the Anthropocene
Released: 26-Aug-2024 11:05 AM EDT
ND Expert Julia Adeney Thomas: The reality of the Anthropocene
University of Notre Dame

For the last seven decades, Earth has been operating in unprecedented ways, leading many researchers to argue that we have entered a new geological epoch known as the Anthropocene.“While it may not have been formally accepted onto the geological time scale, the Anthropocene is real and its effects have drastically and irrevocably changed the living conditions on our planet,” said Julia Adeney Thomas, a professor of history at the University of Notre Dame.

Newswise: Matching dinosaur footprints found on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean
22-Aug-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Matching dinosaur footprints found on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean
Southern Methodist University

An international team led by SMU paleontologist Louis L. Jacobs has found matching sets of Early Cretaceous dinosaur footprints on what are now two different continents. In terms of their geological and tectonic plates contexts, these dinosaur fossils were found to be almost identical.

Released: 19-Aug-2024 2:05 PM EDT
JMU researchers: Air pollution increases thunderstorm danger
James Madison University

Air pollution is increasing the severity of summertime thunderstorms, according to a recent study conducted by researchers at James Madison University and published in the journal Atmospheric Research.

Newswise: Decoding mysterious seismic signals
Released: 16-Aug-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Decoding mysterious seismic signals
University of Utah

University of Utah geophysicists find link between seismic waves called PKP precursors and anomalies in Earth's mantle that are associated with hotspots associated with volcanism on the surface.

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Released: 16-Aug-2024 8:05 AM EDT
Curious by Nature: Debunking Easter Island Collapse with Dr. Carl Lipo
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Dr. Carl Lipo from Binghamton University studied Easter Island (Rapa Nui), where he has conducted extensive research on the famous moai statues and the island’s history.

Newswise: Study revisits Texas seismic activity occurring before 2017, confirming connection to wastewater injection
Released: 6-Aug-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Study revisits Texas seismic activity occurring before 2017, confirming connection to wastewater injection
Southern Methodist University

There’s an important dividing line in the history of recent Texas earthquakes – those occurring before and after 2017, when the establishment of the Texas Seismological Network (TexNet) introduced the ability to monitor seismic events to much lower magnitude.

Released: 5-Aug-2024 9:05 AM EDT
New model refutes leading theory on how Earth’s continents formed 
University of Illinois Chicago

Computational modeling shows that plate tectonics weren’t necessary for early continents



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