ESA satellites have revealed the existence of a large agglomeration of fresh water in the Arctic Ocean that causes a bulging of the sea surface and that has formed over the last 15 years. If the wind direction changed, the water would pour into the Atlantic Ocean, cooling Europe.
An international study led by the Higher Council for Scientific Research, CSIC, concludes that the crystalline gypsum formations of the Mexican Naica mine grow at a rate equivalent to the thickness of a hair every 100 years. This is the slowest growth rate ever recorded, so much so that a special microscope has been required to measure it.
The Moon may not be as old as previously thought. Scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California calculated a new age for Earth's only satellite: 4.36 billion years, that is, approximately 200 million less than the figure managed so far.
Would you like to sail the depths of the Pacific Ocean without leaving your armchair? Do you want to visit the underwater enclave where the next tsunami could originate? Oceanographers at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University (USA) have made it possible.
The Icelandic Grímsvötn volcano in Iceland erupted on the night of May 21-22. According to volcanological observation teams, the Grímsvötn released ash up to seven kilometers high. A few hours after starting its activity, an immense cloud of smoke had already formed over the volcano 19 kilometers high.
A team of scientists has found krotite, considered one of the first minerals formed in our solar system, in the NWA 1934 meteorite, found in northwestern Africa. These objects, known as refractory encrustations, are believed to be the first planetary materials formed in our solar system, dating back to before the formation of Earth and other planets.
The southern part of the sub-Andean mountain range, an area inhabited by more than two million people, is exposed to a higher seismic risk than previously assumed by experts, as published this week by the journal 'Nature Geoscience'.
A group of geophysicists has discovered that the core of the Earth rotates much slower than previously believed in front of the rest of the planet, which affects our magnetic field, according to an article published in the latest issue of the journal 'Nature Geoscience' .
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
