As our climate warms, scientists are looking to ancient climate events to predict future changes. One such event is the Miocene Climate Optimum (MCO), which occurred between 17 and 15 million years ago. The MCO is associated with significant volcanic activity, particularly the Columbia River Basalts in the Northwestern US, which released large amounts of …
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Artificial intelligence (AI) and digital technologies are revolutionizing our understanding of the oceans, with the EU-funded Digital Twin of the Ocean project playing a key role in this transformation. By creating a digital replica of the ocean, the project integrates vast amounts of data from various sources, providing a powerful tool for researchers, policymakers, and …
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A study published in Nature Geoscience has revealed that lavas from volcanic hotspots such as Hawaii, Samoa, and Iceland come from a chemically uniform reservoir in Earth’s mantle composition, challenging prior assumptions about its diversity. Led by Dr. Matthijs Smit of the University of British Columbia and co-authored by Dr. Kooijman from the Swedish Museum …
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A groundbreaking study by Társilo Girona, a research assistant professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) Geophysical Institute, suggests that advance notice of major earthquakes could be possible by detecting precursory seismicity—low-level tectonic activity occurring days to months before significant quakes. This study, published in Nature Communications and co-authored by geologist Kyriaki Drymoni of …
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As the need to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions becomes increasingly urgent, there is also a consensus on the necessity of removing CO2 already present in the atmosphere. Given the ocean’s immense capacity for carbon storage, it is a critical area of focus for marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR). One promising method is OIF (ocean …
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Researchers at Sakana.AI have introduced an advanced artificial intelligence (AI) model, dubbed the “AI Scientist”, that has the potential to revolutionize the scientific research process. This AI system can autonomously tackle various stages of research, including identifying problems, developing hypotheses, conducting experiments, analyzing results, and writing reports. In addition to the core AI, a secondary …
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After more than five decades since it was first proposed, scientists have finally detected the polar wind, an invisible force influencing how Earth’s atmosphere escapes from the poles. This significant breakthrough was achieved by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center’s principal investigator Glyn Collinson and his team, validating a phenomenon as fundamental to our planet as …
Deep beneath Earth’s surface, at a depth of about 2,890 kilometers, lies the liquid metal core, a critical component of our planet responsible for generating the magnetic field that shields life from harmful solar winds. Scientists use seismic waves produced by earthquakes to probe the structure of this core, functioning much like an ultrasound, to …
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