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8/20/2007 University of Massachusetts Amherst
The 2 billion years of Earth history exposed in the rock walls of the Grand Canyon are being brought to life by a team of scientists who are creating the world’s largest geosciences exhibit on the canyon’s southern rim. The 2.8 mile “Trail of Time” will teach some of the Canyon’s nearly 5 million annual visitors about geology and geologic time.
8/17/2007 University of Utah
The University of Utah Seismograph Stations recorded a magnitude-1.6 seismic event at the time of a Thursday, Aug. 16 “bump” that killed and injured rescuers at a Utah coal mine where six miners were trapped by an Aug. 6 collapse.
8/15/2007 Michigan Technological University
Subtle shifts in the carbon content of the Earth's atmosphere are clearly writ in the bones of wolves, say scientists from Michigan Technological University.
8/15/2007 University of Delaware
Using a novel underwater robot, University of Delaware marine scientists will help reveal the mysteries of the Black Sea's geology and maritime history, including ages-old shipwrecks, during an international expedition that is now underway.
8/13/2007 University of Southern California
Heat loss from Earth’s interior varies greatly with time and depends on size and number of plates, says PNAS study.
8/6/2007 Iowa State University
Iowa State University researchers are part of an international project that will run computerized climate models to see how climate change may affect North America and even individual states.
8/1/2007 University of Toronto
A University of Toronto-led study has uncovered tiny zircon crystals in a meteorite originating from Vesta (a large asteroid between Mars and Jupiter) shedding light on the formation of planetesimals, small astronomical objects that form the basis of planets.
7/30/2007 Drexel University
The National Science Foundation has awarded a grant to Drexel University chemistry professor Dr. Alan Bandy to conduct research on Earth’s cooling system and how it affects climate change.
7/30/2007 University of Washington
Tremors rippled the landscape of Vancouver Island, the westernmost part of British Columbia, during a major Alaskan earthquake in 2002, and geoscientists at the University of Washington have found clear evidence that the two events were related.
7/25/2007 National Center for Atmospheric Research
About twice as many Atlantic hurricanes form each year on average than a century ago, according to a new statistical analysis. The study concludes that warmer sea surface temperatures and altered wind patterns associated with global climate change are fueling much of the increase.
7/25/2007 University of Chicago
The abundant diversity of characteristics within species likely helped fuel the proliferation and evolution of an odd-looking creature that emerged from an unprecedented explosion of life on Earth more than 500 million years ago.
7/20/2007 University of North Carolina Wilmington
By estimating the age of Adélie penguin remains using radiocarbon dating, University of North Carolina Wilmington Professor Steven D. Emslie has determined a history of penguin colony locations that spans the last 45,000 years, the longest record now known for any species of penguin. He has charted the ancient penguin colonies' population shifts with climate change data and sea-ice extent to create a new and reliable method of dating ice movement.
