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Biogeosciences

News 17 May 2019

Leaping Global Temperatures Make Frog Disease Deadlier

Climate change will shift the warmest months, when disease rates spike, into tadpole season, which could endanger the long-term survival of common frogs.

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Geology & Geophysics

GeoFIZZ 10 May 2019

Metal Asteroid Inspires Works of Art

Student artists explore a mysterious metallic world through acrylic, ceramic, LEDs, and even string.

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Ocean Sciences

News 3 May 2019

Marine Virus Survey Reveals Biodiversity Hot Spots

Ocean samples collected from around the world produced a twelvefold increase in the number of marine viruses known. A portion of the Arctic Ocean has “surprisingly high diversity.”

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Planetary Sciences

News 1 May 2019

First Analysis of Asteroid Water Reveals Earth-Like Makeup

Samples returned from the surface of an asteroid show that these small bodies may have more water than previously thought and could have delivered that water to Earth.

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Planetary Sciences

News 26 April 2019

First Possible Marsquake Detected

First earthquakes, then moonquakes, now marsquakes: a robotic lander comes through with the first detection of seismic activity on Mars.

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Planetary Sciences

News 24 April 2019

Titan’s Northern Lake District Has Hidden Depths

Radar and infrared data from flybys reveal new details about Titan’s northern lakes.

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Climate Change

News 23 April 2019

Atacama’s Past Rainfall Followed Pacific Sea Temperature

This is the first paleoclimate record of precipitation near Atacama’s hyperarid core and suggests that its moisture source is different from that of the Andes.

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Science Policy & Funding

News 18 April 2019

A United Europe Benefits Global Science, Say EU Geoscientists

“You are the stakeholders of European integration,” former Italian prime minister Mario Monti told an assembly of geoscientists.

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Planetary Sciences

News 11 April 2019

Israeli Spacecraft Will Land on Moon Today

Beresheet will be the first privately developed craft to attempt a soft landing on the Moon. The landing will be broadcast live.

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Ocean Sciences

News 11 April 2019

Island Building Alters Waters Leagues Away and for Years After

Quantifying the impacts of dredging through satellite remote sensing could serve as a valuable resource in future geopolitical disputes over contested waters.

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