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Earth’s magnetosphere: The origin of bifurcated current sheets explained

A research team has identified the origin of bifurcated current sheets, considered one of the most unsolved mysteries in the Earth’s magnetosphere and in magnetized plasma physics. Title: Earth’s magnetosphere: The origin of bifurcated current sheets explainedSourced From: www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/07/210720114327.htmPublished Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2021 11:43:27 EDT News…. browse around here check it out Your browser Earth’s magnetosphere: The origin of bifurcated current sheets explained

Climate regulation changed with the proliferation of marine animals and terrestrial plants

Earth’s climate was relatively stable for a long period of time. For three billion years, temperatures were mostly warm and carbon dioxide levels high – until a shift occurred about 400 million years ago. A new study suggests that the change at this time was accompanied by a fundamental alteration to the carbon-silicon cycle. Title: Climate regulation changed with the proliferation of marine animals and terrestrial plants

Solar radio signals could be used to monitor melting ice sheets

A new method for seeing through ice sheets using radio signals from the sun could enable cheap, low-power and widespread monitoring of ice sheet evolution and contribution to sea-level rise. Title: Solar radio signals could be used to monitor melting ice sheetsSourced From: www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/07/210714110351.htmPublished Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2021 11:03:51 EDT News…. browse around here Solar radio signals could be used to monitor melting ice sheets

New study helps explain ‘silent earthquakes’ along New Zealand’s North Island

The Hikurangi Margin, located off the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand, is partly responsible for the more than 15,000 earthquakes the region experiences each year. Scientists have been working to understand why this plate boundary produces both imperceptible silent earthquakes, but also potentially major ones. A study offers new perspective and New study helps explain ‘silent earthquakes’ along New Zealand’s North Island

Like a molten pancake

Why magma flowed along a curved pathway during the 2018 eruption of a Galapagos volcano is explained by a new model. Title: Like a molten pancakeSourced From: www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/07/210707112402.htmPublished Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2021 11:24:02 EDT News…. browse around here check out your url Your browser does not support inline frames or is currently configured not Like a molten pancake

Supervolcano fed from Earth’s mantle caused crustal plates to rotate

The plates of the Earth’s crust perform complicated movements that can be attributed to quite simple mechanisms. That is the short version of the explanation of a rift that began to tear the world apart over a length of several thousand kilometers 105 million years ago. Title: Supervolcano fed from Earth’s mantle caused crustal plates Supervolcano fed from Earth’s mantle caused crustal plates to rotate

Wastewater did not significantly alter seismic stress direction in southern Kansas, study finds

Although wastewater disposal has been the primary driving force behind increased earthquake activity in southern Kansas since 2013, a new study concludes that the disposal has not significantly changed the orientation of stress in the Earth’s crust in the region. Title: Wastewater did not significantly alter seismic stress direction in southern Kansas, study findsSourced From: Wastewater did not significantly alter seismic stress direction in southern Kansas, study finds

Methane in plumes of Saturn’s moon Enceladus: Possible signs of life?

A study concludes that known geochemical processes can’t explain the levels of methane measured by the Cassini spacecraft on Saturn’s icy moon. While the paper by no means suggests that life exists on Enceladus, the results would be consistent with microbial activity similar to that known to occur at hydrothermal vents in Earth’s oceans.  Title: Methane in plumes of Saturn’s moon Enceladus: Possible signs of life?