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Geosciences: Geosciences is studying the geology and geochemistry of the natural world, physical and human geography, and challenges faced by communities and cities and their solutions. Geoscience provides the tools that can help us learn to live sustainably with our environment, and appreciate our place within the vastness of Earth history.
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JUN 16, 2024Earth & The Environment
A new study has determined that they inner core of our planet is slowing down, or backtracking, relative to the surface ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 29, 2024Earth & The Environment
The climate is changing, and the average temperature of the planet continues to get warmer. Parts of 2023 were about 1.5 ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 19, 2024Earth & The Environment
Scientists are using dinosaur tracks found in rock formations in Northwestern Alaska to learn more about the climate of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 22, 2024Space & Astronomy
How much water on ancient Mars fell into aquifers to refill groundwater? This is what a recent study published in Icarus ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 27, 2024Earth & The Environment
Ice core samples are a powerful tool that helps scientists understand the history of the planet's climate. But one site ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 04, 2024Earth & The Environment
New research has found that cities on the Atlantic coast of the United States are sinking as much as five millimeters ev ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 20, 2023Earth & The Environment
On Monday, December 18,2023 a volcano erupted about four kilometers (2.5 miles) away from a town called Grindavik in sou ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 15, 2023Earth & The Environment
Several new research studies have highlighted the increasing risk of wildfires, and the many problems they are causing t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 08, 2023Earth & The Environment
Most people who have swum in the ocean know that waves are nothing to trifle with, and some pack enormous power. The rel ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 03, 2023Earth & The Environment
Labroots has a rich history of publishing recent news and events in the realm of the Earth and its environment, includin ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 26, 2023Earth & The Environment
On January 15, 2022, the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano erupted, triggering a massive sonic boom and a tsunami ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 23, 2023Earth & The Environment
Unusual measurements of a rare helium isoptope in a new study have suggested that the Earth's core may be leaking.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 05, 2023Earth & The Environment
Scientists have found that deep under the earth's crust, there is an ocean of water. Three dimensional seismic imagi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 04, 2023Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in Nature Geoscience examines how the caves located beneath the Grand Canyon could help scienti ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 03, 2023Earth & The Environment
Superbolts of lightning are rare; they only make up about 1% of all lightning strikes. But they are incredibly strong co ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 29, 2023Earth & The Environment
Mara Nutt (they/them/theirs) is a Hydrology Master’s Degree student in the Graduate Program of Hydrologic Sciences ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 28, 2023Earth & The Environment
Earthquakes happen on faults, areas where two blocks of rock are fractured, and which allow movement to occur between th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 27, 2023Earth & The Environment
The outermost layer of the Earth is the crust. The continents sits on continental crust, which covers about 41 percent o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 01, 2023Earth & The Environment
Landslides are a serious geologic hazard, causing extensive damage when they occur, including fatality, injury, property ...Written By: Amelia RhodelandJUN 28, 2023Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in Nature Geoscience examines how seafloor mountains and volcanoes—also known as seamount ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUN 13, 2023Earth & The Environment
For decades, scientists have accepted a particular theory regarding the evolution Earth’s plate tectonics, but a r ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 27, 2023Earth & The Environment
A team of researchers led by the University of Arizona (UArizona) conducted a radar "body scan" of Alaska's Malaspina Gl ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 18, 2023Space & Astronomy
A new study published in Nature Geoscience shows that volcanic activity is actively resurfacing the planet Venus. This n ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.MAR 03, 2023Earth & The Environment
Earthquakes are one of the most well-known natural disasters on Earth, and range in size from small tremors that might k ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 16, 2024
Earth & The Environment
A new study has determined that they inner core of our planet is slowing down, or backtracking, relative to the surface
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 29, 2024
Earth & The Environment
The climate is changing, and the average temperature of the planet continues to get warmer. Parts of 2023 were about 1.5
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 19, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Scientists are using dinosaur tracks found in rock formations in Northwestern Alaska to learn more about the climate of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 22, 2024
Space & Astronomy
How much water on ancient Mars fell into aquifers to refill groundwater? This is what a recent study published in Icarus
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 27, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Ice core samples are a powerful tool that helps scientists understand the history of the planet's climate. But one site
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 04, 2024
Earth & The Environment
New research has found that cities on the Atlantic coast of the United States are sinking as much as five millimeters ev
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 20, 2023
Earth & The Environment
On Monday, December 18,2023 a volcano erupted about four kilometers (2.5 miles) away from a town called Grindavik in sou
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 15, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Several new research studies have highlighted the increasing risk of wildfires, and the many problems they are causing t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 08, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Most people who have swum in the ocean know that waves are nothing to trifle with, and some pack enormous power. The rel
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 03, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Labroots has a rich history of publishing recent news and events in the realm of the Earth and its environment, includin
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 26, 2023
Earth & The Environment
On January 15, 2022, the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano erupted, triggering a massive sonic boom and a tsunami
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 23, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Unusual measurements of a rare helium isoptope in a new study have suggested that the Earth's core may be leaking.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 05, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Scientists have found that deep under the earth's crust, there is an ocean of water. Three dimensional seismic imagi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 04, 2023
Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in Nature Geoscience examines how the caves located beneath the Grand Canyon could help scienti
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 03, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Superbolts of lightning are rare; they only make up about 1% of all lightning strikes. But they are incredibly strong co
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 29, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Mara Nutt (they/them/theirs) is a Hydrology Master’s Degree student in the Graduate Program of Hydrologic Sciences
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 28, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Earthquakes happen on faults, areas where two blocks of rock are fractured, and which allow movement to occur between th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 27, 2023
Earth & The Environment
The outermost layer of the Earth is the crust. The continents sits on continental crust, which covers about 41 percent o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 01, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Landslides are a serious geologic hazard, causing extensive damage when they occur, including fatality, injury, property
...
Written By:
Amelia Rhodeland
JUN 28, 2023
Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in Nature Geoscience examines how seafloor mountains and volcanoes—also known as seamount
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 13, 2023
Earth & The Environment
For decades, scientists have accepted a particular theory regarding the evolution Earth’s plate tectonics, but a r
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 27, 2023
Earth & The Environment
A team of researchers led by the University of Arizona (UArizona) conducted a radar "body scan" of Alaska's Malaspina Gl
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 18, 2023
Space & Astronomy
A new study published in Nature Geoscience shows that volcanic activity is actively resurfacing the planet Venus. This n
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
MAR 03, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Earthquakes are one of the most well-known natural disasters on Earth, and range in size from small tremors that might k
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc