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.

New technology developed to improve forecasting of Earthquakes, Tsunamis

University of South Florida geoscientists have successfully developed and tested a new high-tech shallow water buoy that can detect the small movements and…

NASA space data can cut disaster response times, costs

In the first NASA study to calculate the value of using satellite data in disaster scenarios, researchers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt,…

Two million-year-old ice cores provide first direct observations of an ancient climate

Gas bubbles trapped in the cores — which are the oldest yet recovered — contain pristine samples of carbon dioxide, methane and other gases that serve as…

New findings on the largest natural sulfur source in the atmosphere

The new findings show that important steps in the Earth's sulfur cycle have not yet been properly understood, as they call into question the previously assumed…

Volcanoes under pressure

When will the next eruption take place?

Manganese nodules: project on environmental impact during deep sea mining

Manganese nodules, which are about the size of potatoes, are found on large parts of the ocean floor at a depth of several kilometers. Huge fields of these…

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