How to Cool the World Without Blocking the Sun
Microbes, after all, play enormously consequential roles in the world around us and within us—I should credit the trillions ...
Science Daily13h
New research reenvisions Earth's mantle as a relatively uniform reservoir
Lavas from hotspots - -whether erupting in Hawaii, Samoa or Iceland -- likely originate from a worldwide, uniform reservoir in Earth's mantle, according to an evaluation of volcanic hotspots.
insider.si.edu19h
New Study Charts How Earth’s Global Temperature Has Drastically Changed Over the Past 485 Million Years, Driven by Carbon Dioxide
A new study co-led by the Smithsonian and the University of Arizona offers the most detailed glimpse yet of how Earth’s ...
Smithsonian Magazine19h
In a Landmark Study, Scientists Discover Just How Much Earth’s Temperature Has Changed Over Nearly 500 Million Years
Researchers show the average surface temperature on our planet has shifted between 51.8 to 96.8 degrees Fahrenheit ...
Smithsonian Magazine19h
Did Earth Once Have a Ring Like Saturn? Geologists Find Evidence for a Halo of Orbiting Space Rocks 466 Million Years Ago
A ring could explain a mysterious arrangement of impact craters near the equator and might even have caused an ice age, ...
Earth used to have Saturn-like rings, new study suggests
Earth and Saturn might be a lot more similar than previously thought. In a new study, a team of researchers suggests that 466 ...
NASA21h
NASA Develops Process to Create Very Accurate Eclipse Maps
New NASA research reveals a process to generate extremely accurate eclipse maps, which plot the predicted path of the Moon’s ...
Live Science22h
Earth's outer core may hold a hidden 'doughnut'
A newly discovered doughnut shape in Earth's outer core may reveal elements that help drive the formation of the planet's ...