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Shallow Origins

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 22, 2009 | 4.9 / 5 (13) | 2

In finding answers to the mystery of the origin of life, scientists may not have to dig too deep. New research is shedding light on shallower waters as a possible location for where life on Earth began.

Glacier melt adds ancient edibles to marine buffet

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 23, 2009 | 4.1 / 5 (12) | 8

Glaciers along the Gulf of Alaska are enriching stream and near shore marine ecosystems from a surprising source - ancient carbon contained in glacial runoff, researchers from four universities and the U.S. ...

Scientists say magma building up in Mayon volcano

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 26, 2009 | 4.4 / 5 (9) | 0

(AP) -- Fewer earthquakes have been recorded in the Philippines' lava-spilling Mayon volcano, but magma continues to build up inside and any lull in activity could be followed by a bigger eruption, scientists ...

Glider robot a sleek ocean explorer

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 27, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (8) | 1

The sea was heaving, the skies gray. The captain of the research ship was worried about the weather. About 120 miles off the coast of Spain, three Rutgers University scientists had a narrow window of opportunity to find and ...

Highlight: California, Nevada Lakes Warming Rapidly

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 21, 2009 | 3.9 / 5 (8) | 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new JPL study examines the impact recent variability in climate is having on the surface temperatures of large lakes in California and Nevada.

Philippine volcano gets louder, could erupt soon

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 21, 2009 | 5 / 5 (6) | 0

(AP) -- Philippine troops on Monday pressed the last 3,000 villagers who have refused to heed government warnings to leave the danger zone around a volcano that experts say is ready to erupt.

'Particle soup' discovery will improve climate predictions

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 21, 2009 | 4.1 / 5 (7) | 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research from scientists at The University of Manchester is set to improve predictions about climate and air quality - and make life easier for those suffering from respiratory problems.

As the World Churns

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

6 hours ago | 4.2 / 5 (5) | 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- "Terra firma." It's Latin for "solid Earth." Most of the time, at least from our perspective here on the ground, Earth seems to be just that: solid. Yet the Earth beneath our feet is actually ...

Cornellians build computer climate-change model

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 21, 2009 | 2.7 / 5 (7) | 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers are contributing to a new model of climate change that may give more accurate predictions of the amount of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in Earth's future.

Sun and moon trigger deep tremors on San Andreas Fault

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 23, 2009 | 3.6 / 5 (5) | 1

The faint tug of the sun and moon on the San Andreas Fault stimulates tremors deep underground, suggesting that the rock 15 miles below is lubricated with highly pressurized water that allows the rock to slip with little ...

Most of 47,000 Filipinos safe from raging volcano

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 22, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (3) | 0

(AP) -- Almost all of the 47,000 residents living on the slopes of a rumbling volcano in the central Philippines have moved to emergency shelters, and lava and earthquakes Tuesday heralded what officials ...

Volcanic Quakes Help Forecast Eruptions

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 22, 2009 | 2.6 / 5 (5) | 2

Monitoring the earthquakes caused from magma movements inside an active volcano could help to improve the accuracy of forecasting an eruption.

Formation of the Gulf of Corinth rift, Greece

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 22, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

A study of the structure and evolution of the Gulf of Corinth rift in central Greece will increase scientific understanding of rifted margin development and the tectonic mechanisms underlying seafloor spreading ...