Temperature and shear stress are two influential variables that affect faulting and seismicity in subduction zones, where tectonic plates converge....
We know that greenhouse gas emissions like carbon dioxide should increase rainfall. The emissions heat the atmosphere, causing a one-two...
Use of residential heating fuel is the main contributor of primary sulfate pollution in Fairbanks’s wintertime air, according to research...
To learn about the first organisms on our planet, researchers have to analyze the rocks of the early Earth. These...
It has been long assumed that Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats was formed as its ancient namesake lake dried up 13,000...
As part of the New Deal, several governmental programs were created to expand homeownership through mortgages and loans. However, neighborhoods...
Tidal salt marshes are fairly common across the Mid-Atlantic. These coastal ecosystems provide habitat for plants, birds and fish. Existing...
By 2050, scientists predict that global demand for food will increase by 110%, while today about 40% of croplands and...
Anoxic marine basins are among the best candidates for deep-sea carbon sequestration, say scientists
Anoxic marine basins may be among the most viable places to conduct large-scale carbon sequestration in the deep ocean, while...
A new study, resorting to computational models, predicts that a subduction zone currently below the Gibraltar Strait will propagate further...
Oxygen is fundamental to sustaining life on Earth. The ocean gets its oxygen from its uppermost layers in contact with...
Wetlands are Earth’s largest natural source of methane, a potent greenhouse gas that is about 30 times more powerful than...
