Linum bienne is the closest relative to cultivated flax. Credit: University of Portsmouth Scientists from the University of Portsmouth and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, have…
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Flensburg meteorite with black fusion crust: Parts of the fusion crust were lost during the flight through the atmosphere. The small fragment, weighing 24,5 grams,…
A randomly selected 3,000-year segment of the physics-based simulated catalog of earthquakes in California, created on Frontera. Credit: Kevin Milner, University of Southern California Supercomputer-powered…
Soil on a chip experiments conducted by Princeton researchers mimic the interactions between soils, carbon compounds and soil bacteria, producing new evidence that large carbon…
Left: (a) Collection location of the sclerosponge specimen LSI?4 (Lee Stocking Island, The Bahamas). (b) Slab of the sclerosponge analyzed with the shaded region indicating…
Plastic pollution is ubiquitous today, with microplastic particles from disposable goods found in natural environments throughout the globe, including Antarctica. But how those particles move…
Flinders University forensic DNA technology research associate Dr. Jennifer Young. Credit: Flinders University Forensic science experts at Flinders University are refining an innovative counter-terrorism technique…
The quantitative model used in the study explains the enigmatic melt degrees and layered structures observed in most cratons on Earth. Monash University geologists have…
Kevin Gardner, an earth sciences doctoral student at the University of Oregon, stands in a riverbed in the Palo Verde Mountains, about nine miles southeast…
October 27, 2020. Click image for high-resolution view. The Sea of Galilee in northern Israel—one of the lowest-lying bodies of water in the world—has long…
Dead tree trunk in Peru rainforest. Credit: Roel Brienen For the first time scientists have provided clear evidence that tropical tree lifespan decreases above a…
Jackson School Assistant Professor Daniella Rempe (in white hat) and colleagues from the Eel River Critical Zone Observatory and Ben Gurion University install specialized sampling…
Geoscientists have long known that some parts of the continents formed in the Earth’s deep past, but the speed in which land rose above global…
A new study helps explain how and why columns of methane gas can stream out of seafloor formations known as methane hydrates. Credit: Image courtesy…
August 16, 2020. (Click image for high-resolution view.) Within an expanse of boreal forest in northwestern Alaska, two treeless stretches of sand stand out—the Great…
Almond trees are at full bloom in late February. Most almond fields have two or more varieties within the field and require cross pollination by…
Aerial view of the active vent and gas plume of Manam volcano, Papua New Guinea, from a fixed-wing drone at 2300 m altitude. Credit: Emma…
Changes in the region’s ecosystem, driven by heatwaves and drought, could be devastating for large herbivores, such as wild sheep, antelope and camels. Credit: Usukhbayar…
Analysis of an ancient meteorite from Mars suggests that the mineral zircon may be abundant on the surface of the red planet. By determining the…
Oblique view of Gale Crater, Mars, with vertical exaggeration. The image combines elevation data from the High Resolution Stereo Camera on the European Space Agency’s…