But while lifeless during that time, the planet was already covered by vast oceans dotted with hydrothermal vent systems that ...

New research from Portland State University focused on identifying signs of life—biosignatures—in extreme environments here ...

With an underlying universal theme of convection, a new textbook introduces upper-level geology, geophysics, physics, and engineering students to the geophysics behind the Earth System.

Researchers from the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel and MARUM -- Centre for Marine Environmental Sciences at the University ... journal Communications Earth and Environment.

This may have also played a role in the cloud's creation, according to the Earth Observatory. The ocean surface to the east (right) of the cloud ring appears to have a metallic shine. This is the ...

Everybody is on the bandwagon, everybody wants to do something,” said Adina Paytan, who teaches earth and ocean science at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Planetary, like most of the ...

Dipping into a repository of letters by Irish emigrants to North America – archived by the Imirce Project at University of Galway – is like stepping into the shoes of those desperate with ...

Mindelo/Kiel. Today, the German research vessel POLARSTERN sets sail from the subtropical Mindelo, Cabo Verde, on a special expedition. On board are 13 Master’s students from West Africa, who will ...

Everybody is on the bandwagon, everybody wants to do something,” said Adina Paytan, who teaches earth and ocean science at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Planetary, like most of the ...

A new ensemble of marine ecosystem models aims to improve understanding of how climate change will affect the waters ...

Earth and environmental sciences cover all aspects of Earth and ... glider show that meltwater from giant icebergs increases ocean stratification near the surface and mixing below, potentially ...