Earth Sciences

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.

“Blue Blob” near Iceland could slow glacial melting

Chilly seawater may slow ice loss on the island until 2050, then warming and melting may accelerate. A region of cooling water in the North Atlantic Ocean near Iceland, nicknamed…

Advanced computer simulations shed intriguing new light on magma deep below Earth’s surface

Using latest advances in computer modelling, an international team of researchers has shed new light on the properties and behavior of magma found several hundreds of kilometers deep within the…

Hidden magnitude-8.2 earthquake source of mysterious 2021 global tsunami

Researchers uncover why a complex earthquake in the south Atlantic sent an unexpected tsunami around the world in 2021. Highlights A 47 km-deep, magnitude 7.5 earthquake that struck the south…

Ocean eddies could explain Antarctic sea-ice paradox

AWI study provides the basis for reliable projections of the impacts of climate change in the Antarctic. Despite global warming and the sea-ice loss in the Arctic, the Antarctic sea-ice…

Thawing permafrost can accelerate global warming

Insufficiently considered carbon stocks in very old sediments are released as greenhouse gases / publication in ‘Frontiers in Earth Science’. Thawing permafrost in the Arctic could be emitting greenhouse gases…

Robotic exploration of uncharted, underwater glacial walls set for 2023

It’s the front line of climate change and could hold the key to predicting global sea level rise, but what goes on at the underwater face of Greenland’s glaciers is…

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