Marine organisms evolving in response to ocean acidification
Researchers at Plymouth University have found that polychaete worms living in acidified waters exhibit a tendency to nurture their offspring…
Could heat from a Martian volcano create a habitable environment?
The slopes of a giant Martian volcano, once covered in glacial ice, may have been home to one of the…
Unusual gem find provides evidence for vast underground oceans
The chance discovery of a sample of a mineral called ringwoodite provides strong evidence for scientific theories about vast volumes…
Volcanoes keeping a lid on global warming
Climatologists in the U.S. say that dozens of active volcanoes spewing sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere have been offsetting about…
Double whammy dinosaur extinction theory
Widely credited to have wiped out the dinosaurs, the giant asteroid that smashed into the Yucatán Peninsula 65 million years…
Satellite Provides Spectacular New Volcanic Images
Montagu Island, part of the South Sandwich Islands about 2000 kilometers from mainland Antarctica, is home to a newly erupting…
New Slant On Volcanic Climate Change
Scientists have known for some time that airborne volcanic particles (aerosols) can reflect the Sun’s rays back out into space…