News articles tagged with 'geological'
Fish provide missing piece in the marine sediment jigsaw
— 22 Feb 2011 23:21 | EnvironmentResearch published today reveals the previously unidentified role that fish play in the production of sediments in the world's oceans, and specifically of the carbonate sediments that…
Cassini spots potential ice volcano on Titan
— 15 Dec 2010 18:08 | AstronomyNASA's Cassini spacecraft has found possible ice volcanoes on Saturn's moon Titan that are similar in shape to those on Earth that spew molten rock…
LIDAR applications in coastal morphology and hazard assessment
— 23 Nov 2010 18:32 | EnvironmentSouthampton scientists along with colleagues in New Zealand have used a sophisticated optical mapping technique to identify and accurately measure changes in coastal morphology following…
Darwin's theory of gradual evolution not supported by geological history
— 10 Nov 2010 15:10 | Geology and palaeontologyCharles Darwin's theory of gradual evolution is not supported by geological history, New York University Geologist Michael Rampino concludes in an essay in the journal Historical Biology.…
New evidence supports 'Snowball Earth' as trigger for early animal evolution
— 28 Oct 2010 15:51 | Geology and palaeontologyA team of scientists, led by biogeochemists at the University of California, Riverside, has found new evidence linking 'Snowball Earth' glacial events to the rise of early animals…
Tsunami risk higher in Los Angeles, other major cities
— 11 Oct 2010 10:48 | Geology and palaeontologyGeologists studying the Jan. 12 Haiti earthquake say the risk of destructive tsunamis is higher than expected in places such as Kingston, Istanbul, and Los Angeles…
Martian methane lasts less than a year
— 21 Sep 2010 12:48 | AstronomyMethane in the atmosphere of Mars lasts less than a year, according to a study by Italian scientists. Sergio Fonti (Universita del Salento) and Giuseppe Marzo (NASA Ames) have used…
Earth's highest coastal mountain on the move
— 21 Sep 2010 11:34 | Geology and palaeontologyThe rocks of Colombia's Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta - the highest coastal mountain on Earth - tell a fascinating tale: The mountain collides and then separates from former super-continents.…
Fossil find puts a face on early primates
— 15 Jul 2010 14:46 | Geology and palaeontologyWhen palaeontologist Iyad Zalmout went looking for fossil whales and dinosaurs in Saudi Arabia, he never expected to come face-to-face with a significant, early primate fossil…
Noninvasive probing of geological core samples
— 15 Jul 2010 14:43 | Geology and palaeontologyOil and natural gas companies rely upon geological core analyses to help them understand and evaluate oil and gas reserves. A rock sample can reveal myriad details about a geological…