Earth Sciences

Accurately modeling gross primary productivity (GPP) and evapotranspiration (ET) in terrestrial ecosystems is essential for understanding and predicting the global carbon and water cycles. However, current models face considerable uncertainties and limitations when estimating these […]

An international research team led by the University of Bremen has investigated what influenced the expansion of the Patagonian ice sheet during the last ice age. The scientists found evidence that the advances and retreats […]

A new study has challenged the long-standing assumption that global warming will inevitably turn humid subtropical forests into carbon sources, revealing these ecosystems may instead continue accumulating soil carbon under moderate temperature rises. The study […]

Magnetotelluric (MT) data, which contain measurements of electric and magnetic field variations at Earth’s surface, provide insights into the electrical resistivity of Earth’s crust and upper mantle. Changes in resistivity, or the ability to conduct […]

How do volcanoes work? What happens beneath their surface? What causes the vibrations—known as tremor—that occur when magma or gases move upward through a volcano’s conduits? Professor Dr. Miriam Christina Reiss, a volcano seismologist at […]

According to a study by the Department of Physics and the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB), the Mar Menor saltwater lagoon in Murcia, Spain, the largest in […]

Heat waves in the UK have led to unseasonable drying of vegetation bypassing natural ecological processes that limit the spread of wildfires, a new study has found.This post was originally published on this site

Greenland is melting, the Alps are melting and the Himalayas are melting—yet in one vast mountain region, huge glaciers have remained stable, or even gained mass, in recent decades. Can it last?This post was originally […]

A new fossil fuel site approved for development off Western Australia’s coast is estimated to contribute 876 million tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions over the course of its lifetime, according to new research led […]

The world faces a “new reality” as we have reached the first of many Earth system tipping points that will cause catastrophic harm unless humanity takes urgent action, according to a report released by the […]