. Scientific Frontline: Earth Science
Showing posts with label Earth Science. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Earth Science. Show all posts
Monday, September 14, 2026

How Marine Bacteria Team Up to Degrade Fucoidan

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Caption: No single microbe can break down fucoidan, a tough carbohydrate molecule produced by ocean algae. A team of researchers shows that ...

Snail Shells as Weather Time Capsules

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The shell of a Biggenden Banded Snail at Coalstoun Lakes National Park. Photo Credit: The University of Queensland Scientific Frontline: Ext...

Peatland Carbon Storage Limits Revealed

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A new study has revealed that peatlands may break under their own weight before they reach their carbon storage potential. Photo Credit:  La...
Sunday, September 13, 2026

Paleobiology: In-Depth Description

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Paleobiology is the scientific study of the biology of extinct organisms and the evolutionary history of life on Earth, combining the princi...
Friday, September 11, 2026

What Is: El Niño, La Niña, and a Climate in Flux (Revised)

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Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : El Niño-Southern Oscillation The Core Concept : The El Niño-Southern Oscill...
Thursday, September 10, 2026

The Permanent Loss of Canada's Last Epishelf Lake Explained

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A former channel beneath the Milne Ice Shelf, exposed after the ice broke apart. The channel carried freshwater from the epishelf lake to th...
Tuesday, September 8, 2026

S-DEIM: Fast & Accurate Sea Surface Temp Modeling

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A new method, S-DEIM, improves the estimation of global sea surface temperatures from scarce observational data. Image Credit: Mohammad Fara...

Resource Inequality: Food and Energy Access by 2050

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Caption: A new study focuses on forecasting future access to food, water, and energy in 2050. Image Credit: MIT News; iStock ( CC BY-NC-ND 3...
Thursday, August 27, 2026

Ice Acts as Geochemical Reactor for Iron Minerals

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Glacier at Briksdal, Norway Photo Credit: Rob Barber Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Ice as a Geochemical R...
Wednesday, August 26, 2026

Enhanced Weathering Falls Short on CO2 Removal

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Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Enhanced Weathering and Carbon Dioxide Removal The Core Concept : Spreading...
Monday, August 24, 2026

Paleoecology: In-Depth Description

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Paleoecology is the scientific study of interactions between organisms and their environments across geologic timescales. By analyzing fossi...
Saturday, August 22, 2026

Thunderquakes: Using Thunder for Subsurface Seismic Imaging

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Seismic waves produced by thunderstorms, called thunderquakes, can be used as a novel source for seismic imaging, according to a new study l...
Thursday, August 20, 2026

Icelandic Ice Sheet Altered North Atlantic Seawater Chemistry

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Sediment core from the Northeast Atlantic, drilled in 1995 aboard the research vessel JOIDES Resolution. | Bathymetry: ETOPO 2022, NOAA Nati...
Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Antarctic Ice Gain Traced to Natural Climate Variability

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Aerial view of the Totten Ice Shelf during the 61st Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition in late 2019. Totten contributes to ice loss in E...
Monday, August 17, 2026

AMOC Currents: The Planetary Heat Valve

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Photo Credit:  Matt Palmer Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMO...

Ice Age Methane: Permafrost Feedback Loop

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UC Professor Thomas Algeo pulls out a chest of rock cores in his geosciences lab. Photo Credit: Andrew Higley/UC Scientific Frontline: Exten...

Labrador Sea Pumps Essential Oxygen to Deep North Atlantic

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Image Credit: Laila Milevski/Cornell University Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Deep-Sea Oxygenation in the...
Sunday, August 16, 2026

Martian Meteorite Water Discovery via Tomography

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“Black Beauty,” the Martian meteorite weighs approximately 11 ounces (320 grams). Photo Credit: NASA Scientific Frontline: Extended "At...
Sunday, August 9, 2026

Ancient Rocks Upend Global Carbon Cycle Theory

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These pyrobitumen-rich Karelian rocks contain an unusual carbon-isotope signal. Photo Credit: Aivo Lepland Scientific Frontline: Extended ...
Thursday, July 30, 2026

Fossils Link Ocean Acidification to Mass Extinction

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Jonathan Chen, the study's lead author, examines foraminifera fossils under a microscope. Photo Credit: Northwestern University Scientif...