Is modern farming sustainable?
Scientists studied sediments from the Mississippi River catchment to determine whether modern agriculture caused more landscape erosion than…
Category: Geology
Thawing permafrost is affecting fish health
Researchers showed that thawing permafrost reduces the quantity and quality of fish species in Arctic streams by raising water temperatures…
Wildfires and forest harvesting worsen severe weather impacts
Scientists found that forest harvesting and wildfires in British Columbia are causing severe weather events to create more geohazards, like…
Are horseshoe crabs truly “living fossils”?
Scientists discovered a 445-million-year-old horseshoe crab fossil showing that these animals have maintained the same reproductive system…
Can melting ice increase glacial hazards?
Scientists determined the driving forces behind catastrophic events linked to glaciers in the Eastern Himalayas.
What colors were prehistoric mammals?
Paleontologists used fossilized pigment cells to reconstruct the fur colors of Mesozoic mammals, shedding light on their nocturnal…
Using seaweed to harvest valuable metals
Researchers demonstrated that blooms of the free-floating seaweed Sargassum can sustainably extract rare earth elements from water.
Industrial waste solidified a UK beach in just 35 years
Scientists analyzed the composition of mineral cements on a beach in Derwent Howe and found that furnace waste had rapidly solidified the…
How do ice sheets melt?
Scientists observed a glacier collapse in Greenland and proposed a new model of how ice sheets melt. Their model describes water as both…
A new method to detect volcanic eruptions
Scientists developed a new seismic-based signalling system that provides early alerts of volcanic eruptions.