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What Will the Climate Be Like When Earth's Next Supercontinent Forms?

Dec. 1, 2020 — In roughly 200 million years, the continents will once again unite into a supercontinent. A new study explores how the next Pangea could affect the global ...

Geoscientists Use Zircon to Trace Origin of Earth's Continents

Dec. 1, 2020 — Geoscientists have long known that some parts of the continents formed in the Earth's deep past, but the speed in which land rose above global seas -- and the exact shapes that land masses formed -- ...

Engineers Combine Light and Sound to See Underwater

Nov. 30, 2020 — Engineers have developed an airborne method for imaging underwater objects by combining light and sound to break through the seemingly impassable barrier at the interface of air and ...

How Stable Is the Antarctic Ice Sheet?

Nov. 30, 2020 — As temperatures rise due to climate change, the melting of polar ice sheets is accelerating. An international team of scientists has now examined the dynamics of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet more ...

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Seismic Activity of New Zealand's Alpine Fault More Complex Than Suspected

Dec. 1, 2020 — New evidence of a 19th century earthquake on New Zealand's Alpine fault suggests that in at least one portion of the fault, smaller earthquakes may occur in between such large rupture ...

Transportation of Water Into the Deep Earth by Al-Phase D

Dec. 1, 2020 — Researchers have recently measured the propagation speed of ultrasonic waves in an aluminum-rich hydrous mineral called Al-phase D at pressure conditions relevant to the Earth's deep mantle. Their ...

Offshore Submarine Freshwater Discovery Raises Hopes for Islands Worldwide

Nov. 25, 2020 — Twice as much freshwater is stored offshore of Hawai'i Island than previously thought, revealed a new study with important implications for volcanic islands around the world. An extensive reservoir ...

Ice Sheets on the Move: How North and South Poles Connect

Nov. 25, 2020 — Over the past 40,000 years, ice sheets thousands of kilometers apart have influenced one another through sea level changes, according to new research. New modelling of ice sheet changes during the ...

True Origin of Oldest Evidence of Animals

Nov. 23, 2020 — Scientists have resolved a longstanding controversy surrounding the origins of complex life on Earth. The studies found molecular fossils extracted from 635-million-year-old rocks aren't the earliest ...

Cascading Events Led to 2018 Kilauea Volcanic Eruption, Providing Clues for Forecasting

Nov. 24, 2020 — The 2018 eruption of Kilauea Volcano was one of the largest volcanic events in Hawaii in 200 years. This eruption was triggered by a relatively small ...

Polar Climate Affects Trade Wind Strength in Tropics

Nov. 20, 2020 — The impact of sea surface temperature variations in the tropical Pacific on global climate has long been recognized. For instance, the episodic warming of the tropical Pacific during El Niño events ...

Piecing Together the Alaska Coastline's Fractured Volcanic Activity

Nov. 17, 2020 — Among seismologists, the geology of Alaska's earthquake- and volcano-rich coast from the Aleutian Islands to the southeast is fascinating, but not well understood. Now, with more sophisticated tools ...

Former Piece of Pacific Ocean Floor Imaged Deep Beneath China

Nov. 16, 2020 — In a study that gives new meaning to the term 'rock bottom,' seismic researchers have discovered the underside of a rocky slab of Earth's lithosphere that has been pulled more than 400 miles beneath ...

East African Rift System Is Slowly Breaking Away, With Madagascar Splitting Into Pieces

Nov. 13, 2020 — The African continent is slowly separating into several large and small tectonic blocks along the diverging East African Rift System, continuing to ...