Geology News

In a 34-year global analysis, researchers found that photosynthesis — an important process for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and storing it in soil — was controlled by extreme wet events nearly as often as droughts in certain locations. Title: Floods may be nearly as important as droughts for future carbon accountingSourced From: www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/06/210630125411.htmPublished … Floods may be nearly as important as droughts for future carbon accounting

Subsurface carbon sequestration — storing carbon in rocks deep underground — offers a partial solution for removing carbon from the atmosphere. Used alongside emissions reductions, geologic carbon sequestration could help mitigate anthropogenic climate change. But like other underground operations, it comes with risks — including earthquakes. Title: Storing carbon inn rocks underground: Old oil fields … Storing carbon inn rocks underground: Old oil fields may be less prone to induced earthquakes

Slow earthquakes are long-period earthquakes that are not so dangerous alone, but are able to trigger more destructive earthquakes. Their origins lie in tectonic plate boundaries where one plate subsides below another. Though the causal mechanism is already known, there has been a lack of data to accurately model the life cycle of slow earthquakes. … Data from boreholes in plate boundaries could explain slow earthquakes

All life on Earth 500 million years ago lived in the oceans, but scientists know little about how these animals and algae developed. A newly discovered fossil deposit near Kunming, China, may hold the keys to understanding how these organisms laid the foundations for life on land and at sea today, according to an international … Paleonursery offers rare, detailed glimpse at life 518 million years ago

A new analysis of known exoplanets has revealed that Earth-like conditions on potentially habitable planets may be much rarer than previously thought. The work focuses on the conditions required for oxygen-based photosynthesis to develop on a planet, which would enable complex biospheres of the type found on Earth. Title: Earth-like biospheres on other planets may … Earth-like biospheres on other planets may be rare

New research has found tiny amounts of gold can be trapped inside pyrite, commonly known as ‘fool’s gold,’ which would make it much more valuable than its name suggests. Title: ‘Fool’s gold’ not so foolish after allSourced From: www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/06/210625100529.htmPublished Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2021 10:05:29 EDT News…. browse around here Horrific story of the week: … ‘Fool’s gold’ not so foolish after all

Researchers have developed a new machine learning technique to holistically assess water quality data in order to detect groundwater samples likely impacted by recent methane leakage during oil and gas production. Using that model, the team concluded that unconventional drilling methods like hydraulic fracturing do not necessarily incur more environmental problems than conventional oil and … Environmental impact of hydrofracking vs. conventional gas/oil drilling: Research shows the differences may be minimal

Indonesia’s volcanoes are among the world’s most dangerous. Why? Through chemical analyses of tiny minerals in lava from Bali and Java, researchers have found new clues. They now understand better how the Earth’s mantle is composed in that particular region and how the magma changes before an eruption. Title: New knowledge of Earth’s mantle helps … New knowledge of Earth’s mantle helps to explain Indonesia’s explosive volcanoes

Temperature significantly increased and snowfall decreased in the iconic Greater Yellowstone Area since 1950 because of climate change, and these trends will likely continue through the rest of the century, according to a new climate report. Title: Greater Yellowstone area expected to become warmer, drierSourced From: www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/06/210623141630.htmPublished Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2021 14:16:30 EDT News…. … Greater Yellowstone area expected to become warmer, drier

Rare-earth elements are in many everyday products, such as smart phones, LED lights and batteries. However, only a few locations have large enough deposits worth mining, resulting in global supply chain tensions. So, there’s a push toward recycling them from non-traditional sources, such as waste from burning coal — fly ash. Now, researchers report a … Mining precious rare-earth elements from coal fly ash with a reusable ionic liquid