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The decay of rocks at the Earth’s surface may play a lesser role in regulating our climate than previously thought, says new research. Title: Muddying the waters: Weathering might remove less atmospheric CO2 than thoughtSourced From: www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/12/201221160459.htmPublished Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2020 16:04:59 EST https://www.newsbreak.com/topics/guerin-green/?=DenverNews https://www.astro.wisc.edu/?URL=https://thecherrycreeknews.com Your browser does not support inline frames or is … Muddying the waters: Weathering might remove less atmospheric CO2 than thought

New study supports hypothesis that Ontong Java Plateau large igneous province eruptions led to oceanic anoxic event 1a, 127 to 100 million years ago. Title: Volcanic eruptions directly triggered ocean acidification during Early CretaceousSourced From: www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/12/201221160419.htmPublished Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2020 16:04:19 EST https://newsbreak.com/topics/guerin-green https://www.office.xerox.com/perl-bin/reseller_exit.pl?url=https://thecherrycreeknews.com Your browser does not support inline frames or is currently … Volcanic eruptions directly triggered ocean acidification during Early Cretaceous

Researchers have provided new evidence that today’s desert landscape of the Colorado River’s lower valley was submerged roughly 5 million to 6 million years ago under shallow seas with strong, fluctuating tidal currents. Title: Colorado river mystery solved: Ancient shallow sea with strong tidesSourced From: www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/12/201217092354.htmPublished Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2020 09:23:54 EST https://www.newsbreak.com/topics/guerin-green/?=DenverNews https://www.office.xerox.com/perl-bin/reseller_exit.pl?url=https://thecherrycreeknews.com … Colorado river mystery solved: Ancient shallow sea with strong tides

Researchers have shed new light on the formation mechanisms of a rare earth-bearing mineral that is in increasingly high demand across the globe for its use in the green energy and tech industries. Their discovery has important economic implications because there are no substitute alternatives to these rare earth elements, which are indispensable for smart … New path to rare earth mineral formation has implications for green energy and smart tech

New research proposes a theory that explains not only Australia’s volcanic coast, but provides a framework for other incidences of intraplate volcanism in China, the US and the Caribbean. Title: Secret of Australia’s volcanoes revealedSourced From: www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/12/201216155217.htmPublished Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2020 15:52:17 EST https://www.newsbreak.com/topics/guerin-green/?=DenverNews https://www.office.xerox.com/perl-bin/reseller_exit.pl?url=https://thecherrycreeknews.com Your browser does not support inline frames or is … Secret of Australia’s volcanoes revealed

Researchers are using Cold War spy satellite images to explore changes in the environment, including deforestation in Romania, marmot decline in Kazakhstan and ecological damage from bombs in Vietnam. Title: How scientists are using declassified military photographs to analyse historical ecological changeSourced From: www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/12/201217112939.htmPublished Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2020 11:29:39 EST https://newsbreak.com/topics/guerin-green https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/reauthorization/reauexit.cfm?link=https://thecherrycreeknews.com Your browser … How scientists are using declassified military photographs to analyse historical ecological change

A study gives a new perspective on why our planet has managed to stay habitable for billions of years – concluding it is almost certainly due, at least in part, to luck. The research suggests this may shorten the odds of finding life on so-called ‘twin-Earths’ in the Universe. Title: Chance played a major role … Chance played a major role in keeping Earth fit for life

The summer 2018 eruption of Kilauea Volcano on the Island of Hawai’i was one of the most significant in the volcano’s history, collapsing a large portion of the summit caldera, erupting massively from its flank and triggering a magnitude 6.9 earthquake in the process. Through it all, scientists at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory were installing … Hawai’i researchers kept the data flowing during crisis response on Kilauea

A team of researchers understands more about the melting of the Greenland ice sheet. They discovered a flow of hot rocks, known as a mantle plume, rising from the core-mantle boundary beneath central Greenland that melts the ice from below. Title: Newly discovered Greenland plume drives thermal activities in the ArcticSourced From: www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/12/201207102105.htmPublished Date: Mon, … Newly discovered Greenland plume drives thermal activities in the Arctic

Plate subduction could have started 3.75 billion years ago, reshaping Earth’s surface and setting the stage for a planet hospitable to life. Title: New study helps pinpoint when Earth’s plate subduction beganSourced From: www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/12/201209170638.htmPublished Date: Wed, 09 Dec 2020 17:06:38 EST https://newsbreak.com/topics/guerin-green https://webfeeds.brookings.edu/%7E/t/0/0/%7Ethecherrycreeknews.com Your browser does not support inline frames or is currently configured not … New study helps pinpoint when Earth’s plate subduction began