Earth Sciences (also referred to as Geosciences), which deals with basic issues surrounding our planet, plays a vital role in the area of energy and raw materials supply.
Earth Sciences comprises subjects such as geology, geography, geological informatics, paleontology, mineralogy, petrography, crystallography, geophysics, geodesy, glaciology, cartography, photogrammetry, meteorology and seismology, early-warning systems, earthquake research and polar research.
This has been confirmed by researchers from the Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC) after producing sea salinity data obtained from measurements by the SMOS satellite, which were later incorporated…
With steep walls and deep valleys, the Grand Canyon in the western United States or the massive gorges that saw through the margins of the Tibetan Plateau are some of…
NASA is launching a prototype instrument that could make it easier to monitor volcanic activity and air quality. Perched aboard a CubeSat about 300 miles (480 kilometers) above Earth’s surface, the “Nanosat…
University of Tübingen team finds parallels with Martian environment in investigation of Spain’s heavy-metal polluted Rio Tinto estuary. At the mouth of the Rio Tinto in southwestern Spain, acidic river…
Rock properties are hard to measure under extreme pressure. Scientists present a simple solution for a very challenging problem. Researchers led by Sergey Lobanov from the GFZ German Research Centre…
ageAWI experts confirm the delayed spread of the ice sheet 35 million years ago. Roughly 35 million years ago, Earth cooled rapidly. At roughly the same time, the Drake Passage…