Environment
Mexican Lake Bears Witness To Ancient Impact
[/caption] Exotic sediments found beneath the floor of Lake Cuitzeo in central Mexico support theories of a major cosmic impact…
NASA’s Going Green
[/caption] NASA announced yesterday that it’s looking for new technology proposals using environmentally friendly fuels to launch payload. The space…
Ancient Antarctic Ice Sampled In Lake Vostok Drill
[/caption] Sealed off for millions of years beneath an almost impenetrable layer of ice, Lake Vostok has kept a vast…
How Plants May Have Helped Create Earth’s Unique Landscapes
[/caption] According to conventional thinking, plant life first took hold on Earth after oceans and rivers formed; the soil produced…
New Study Reveals Little Ice Age Triggered By Volcanism
[/caption] In a study led by the University of Colorado Boulder with co-authors at the National Center for Atmospheric Research…
The Van Allen Belts and the Great Electron Escape
[/caption] During the 1950s and just before the great "Space Race" began, scientists like Kristian Birkeland, Carl Stormer, and Nicholas…
Earth’s “Missing Energy”
[/caption] Like many of us, Earth works on a budget - an energy budget. However, this energy isn't the type…
Citizen Science: GLOBE at Night
[/caption]Are you a fan of Citizen Science? Do you enjoy participating in projects that help researchers and possibly the environment?…
Earth’s Magnetic Pole Reversal – Don’t “Flip Out”!
[/caption] Have you heard or read stories about how Earth will some day reverse its magnetic poles? If you have,…
Ancient Zircons Help Reveal Early Earth Atmosphere
[/caption] Roughly 2.4 billion years ago, Earth's atmosphere underwent a huge change known as the "Great Oxidation Event". This switch…