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.

Shifts in deep geologic structure may have magnified great 2011 Japan tsunami

On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9 earthquake struck under the seabed off Japan–the most powerful quake to hit the country in modern times, and the fourth most…

Digital Tools for Agriculture

Germany is getting a lot of rain in these days of March. Farmers who want to cultivate their fields are therefore faced with an important question: How wet is…

Computer model solves mystery of how gas bubbles build big methane hydrate deposits

The research used a computer model of gas bubbles flowing through hydrate deposits, a common phenomenon which according to existing models, should not be…

World-first system forecasts warming of lakes globally

A groundbreaking study will enable scientists to better predict future warming of the world's lakes due to climate change, and the potential threat to…

FAU palaeobiologists investigate shrinking fossilised cephalopods

The extinction of the dinosaurs was not the first clear indication that changes in the environment and the climate have considerable effects on the biosphere….

New study reveals the secret of magmatic rocks consisting of only one mineral

Geologists from Wits University in Johannesburg, South Africa, have come up with an original explanation of how nature may produce an intriguing class of…

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