News tagged with basalt rock
Reversals of Earth's Magnetic Field Explained by Small Core Fluctuations
Apr 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Based on studies of old volcanic basalt, scientists know that the Earth’s magnetic field reverses at irregular intervals, ranging from tens of thousands to millions of years. Volcanic basalt ...
Supercritical CO2 boosts super optimism in sequestering greenhouse gas
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 17, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists appear to have the rock-solid evidence that suggests carbon dioxide can be safely and permanently sequestered in deep, underground basalt rock formations, without risk of it eventually ...
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USC awarded $3.9M for lab under the sea
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 22, 2008 |
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Think of bacteria eating rock. Now think of bacteria eating rock below the ocean floor. How about experimenting on bacteria in that rock 15,000 feet underwater?
Undersea volcanic rocks offer vast repository for greenhouse gas, says study
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 14, 2008 |
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A group of scientists has used deep ocean-floor drilling and experiments to show that volcanic rocks off the West Coast and elsewhere might be used to securely imprison huge amounts of globe-warming carbon ...
New map hints at Venus's wet, volcanic past (w/ Video)
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Venus Express has charted the first map of Venus's southern hemisphere at infrared wavelengths. The new map hints that our neighbouring world may once have been more Earth-like, with both, ...
Volcanic eruption signals simulated in lab for first time
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 10, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, seismic signals that precede a volcanic eruption have been simulated and visualized in 3-D under controlled pressure conditions in a laboratory. The ability to conduct such simulations ...
Geologists map rocks to soak CO2 from air
Mar 05, 2009 |
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A new report by scientists at Columbia University's Earth Institute and the US Geological Survey points to an abundant supply of carbon-trapping rock in the US that could be used to help stabilize global warming. ...
Banded rocks reveal early Earth conditions, changes
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 11, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The strikingly banded rocks scattered across the upper Midwest and elsewhere throughout the world are actually ambassadors from the past, offering clues to the environment of the early Earth ...
French find puts humans in Europe 200,000 years earlier
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Dec 15, 2009 |
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Experts on prehistoric man are rethinking their dates after a find in a southern French valley suggested our ancestors may have reached Europe 1.57 million years ago: 200,000 years earlier than we thought.
The minerals on Mars influence the measuring of its temperature
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 14, 2009 |
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A team of researchers from the CSIC-INTA Astrobiology Centre in Madrid has confirmed that the type of mineralogical composition on the surface of Mars influences the measuring of its temperature. The study ...
'Barren' seafloor teeming with microbial life
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May 28, 2008 |
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Once considered a barren plain with the odd hydrothermal vent, the seafloor appears to be teeming with microbial life, according to a paper being published May 29 in Nature. “A 60,000 kilometer seam of bas ...
'Vicious' Giant Python Invading Florida
Sep 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New studies suggest a 20 foot snake, the African rock python, is making its home in Florida and could soon invade the Everglades National Park.
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