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Marine Geology
Marine Geology: the study of the history and structure of the ocean floor. It involves geophysical, geochemical, sedimentological and paleontological investigations of the ocean floor and coastal zone. Marine geology has strong ties to geophysics and to physical oceanography. The oceans cover more than 70% of Earth, and water obscures a wealth of information about the rocks and sediments (particles of rock, sand, and other material) in the ocean basins. Marine geologists rely mainly on physical techniques to uncover the features and processes of the seafloor. The ocean basins hold keys to understanding the two most important theories of geological science: plate tectonics and the sedimentary record of geologic history.
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FEB 14, 2022Space & Astronomy
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Microplastics—the often microscopic plastic particles resulting from the breakdown of large plastic items or mater ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAPR 24, 2020Earth & The Environment
The trigger mechanism that caused the 2018 Kilauea volcano eruption on Hawaii island has eluded scientists. However, a n ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAPR 05, 2020Microbiology
Single-celled microbes that live beneath the floor of the ocean have provided insight into how scientists might be able ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 16, 2020Plants & Animals
The animal world is chock-full of critters that do seemingly odd or unusual things. The decorator crab is one such examp ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 05, 2020Earth & The Environment
A study published earlier this week in Nature Climate Change reports that effective climate action is needed to prevent ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJAN 23, 2020Earth & The Environment
Fifteen years ago, an international cohort of scientists and policy experts introduced the idea of assessing ecosystems ...Written By: Tiffany DazetDEC 19, 2019Earth & The Environment
A century’s worth of microscopic shells has revealed that ocean acidification is occurring in California waters at ...Written By: Tiffany DazetOCT 22, 2019Earth & The Environment
Scientists from Yale University have solved a mystery that has plagued scientists for decades. It’s well establish ...Written By: Tiffany DazetOCT 20, 2019Plants & Animals
The ocean floor can be a lifeless and desolate place to be; so much so that marine animals have taken notice. It’s ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 16, 2019Earth & The Environment
Researchers have discovered a new geophysical occurrence—the “stormquake.” A stormquake occurs when a ...Written By: Tiffany Dazet
FEB 14, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Recently, we explored our history of wonder for Mars and humanity’s fascination with the Red Planet dating back to
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 28, 2022
Microbiology
Most geobiological research is done on land, so there is a lot we don't know about the microbial life that lives in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 29, 2021
Cardiology
Human activities such as burning fossil fuels have been the primary driver of climate change over the past two centuries
...
Written By:
Christopher DiMaio
AUG 03, 2021
Microbiology
Our atmosphere is about 20 percent oxygen, which life on our planet needs to survive. It's thought that billions of year
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 28, 2021
Earth & The Environment
While we typically consider global warming to have detrimental impacts on biodiversity and ecosystems, new research publ
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 14, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Recent research involving ancient marine animals shows how humans and other animals still carry some of those animals' c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 18, 2021
Plants & Animals
In a discovery touted as a "fortunate accident," scientists from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) stumbled u
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
FEB 03, 2021
Space & Astronomy
NASA's Perseverance Rover will be reaching Mars soon and it will have to go through a seven minute descent before we kno
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 21, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Scientists from Northwestern have published new findings on the factors that triggered the oceanic anoxic event (OA
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 07, 2020
Microbiology
There are some very extreme environments on our planet, and it seems that microbes have been able to colonize many of th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 28, 2020
Microbiology
It has been said that we know more about the moon than we do about the bottom of the ocean, though explorers and researc
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 17, 2020
Microbiology
Researchers at Caltech have serendipitously found microbes that consume manganese for energy.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 16, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Plastics and microplastics are certainly not recent developments in ocean pollution. However, scientists continue to inv
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JUN 08, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Today is World Oceans Day! According to the United Nations, World Oceans Day has been celebrated since 1992 and was desi
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
APR 30, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Microplastics—the often microscopic plastic particles resulting from the breakdown of large plastic items or mater
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
APR 24, 2020
Earth & The Environment
The trigger mechanism that caused the 2018 Kilauea volcano eruption on Hawaii island has eluded scientists. However, a n
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
APR 05, 2020
Microbiology
Single-celled microbes that live beneath the floor of the ocean have provided insight into how scientists might be able
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 16, 2020
Plants & Animals
The animal world is chock-full of critters that do seemingly odd or unusual things. The decorator crab is one such examp
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 05, 2020
Earth & The Environment
A study published earlier this week in Nature Climate Change reports that effective climate action is needed to prevent
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JAN 23, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Fifteen years ago, an international cohort of scientists and policy experts introduced the idea of assessing ecosystems
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
DEC 19, 2019
Earth & The Environment
A century’s worth of microscopic shells has revealed that ocean acidification is occurring in California waters at
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
OCT 22, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Scientists from Yale University have solved a mystery that has plagued scientists for decades. It’s well establish
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
OCT 20, 2019
Plants & Animals
The ocean floor can be a lifeless and desolate place to be; so much so that marine animals have taken notice. It’s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 16, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Researchers have discovered a new geophysical occurrence—the “stormquake.” A stormquake occurs when a
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet