Geoengineering is more than orbiting mirrors and stratospheric aerosols. Innovative modeling considers the impact of no-till farming and radical irrigation.Read More »Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Volcanology
Copper ores were long thought to form through purely chemical processes, but a recent study provides the strongest evidence yet that microbial metabolism drives mineral production.Read More »
While vast volumes of fresh groundwater are located offshore, pumping these reserves can also deplete on-shore aquifers and cause land subsidence.Read More »Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface
Glaciologists report in a new study that they suspect iron oxides in rock dust from Antarctica’s mainland are giving some icebergs an unusual color.Read More »Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Volcanology
The meteorite may have been blasted off of Earth during an impact, mixed with lunar rocks, and brought back to Earth 4 billion years later by astronauts.Read More »Natural Hazards
With Democrats controlling the House of Representatives beginning in January, advocates see an opportunity to try to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from oil and gas development.Read More »
Researchers use a new approach to assessing the world’s largest aquifers in hopes of improving groundwater management during drought periods.Read More »Biogeosciences
As spring snowmelt and fall rains inundate northern hardwood forests with moisture, soil bacteria get moving and increase carbon exports to the atmosphere and into nearby water bodies.Read More »
