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Earth Sciences - 11.12.2018 
Volcano expert to become STEM superstar
A volcanologist researching ways to better understand eruptions has been named a STEM Superstar for inspiring women to get involved in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Earth Sciences - 11.12.2018 
Volcano and venom experts are STEM superstars
A volcanologist researching ways to better understand eruptions and a structural biologist and toxicologist studying venom-peptides, have been named STEM Superstars for inspiring women to get involved in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Environment - Earth Sciences - 05.12.2018 
Arctic ice model upgrade to benefit polar research, industry and military
An update for an internationally vital sea-ice computer model, called CICE version 6.0, is being released this week, a timely tool that supports more accurate forecasting of ice occurrence and global climate modeling.
Environment - Earth Sciences - 28.11.2018
Earth Sciences - Environment - 28.11.2018 
Three Los Alamos scientists named Fellows by AAAS
Manvendra Dubey, David Janecky and Greg Swift honored for their lasting impacts in climate, oceanic and thermoacoustic science Becoming an AAAS fellow is a tremendous honor.
Environment - Earth Sciences - 23.11.2018
Astronomy / Space Science - Earth Sciences - 22.11.2018 
Shaping the surface of Mars with water, wind and ice
ESA ESA Science Mars Express ESA's Mars Express has imaged an intriguing part of the Red Planet's surface: a rocky, fragmented, furrowed escarpment lying at the boundary of the northern and southern hemisphere.
Earth Sciences - 22.11.2018
Environment - Earth Sciences - 20.11.2018
Earth Sciences - Environment - 20.11.2018
Astronomy / Space Science - Earth Sciences - 19.11.2018
Earth Sciences - 16.11.2018
Earth Sciences - 16.11.2018 
Tiny raptor tracks lead to big discovery
Tracks made by dinosaurs the size of sparrows have been discovered in South Korea by an international team of palaeontologists. University of Queensland researcher Dr Anthony Romilio was part of the team which described the tracks, which were originally found by Professor Kyung Soo Kim from Chinju National University of Education, South Korea.
Environment - Earth Sciences - 14.11.2018 
New resources support tribes in preparing for climate change
Which Pacific Northwest streams will warm the most in the next 50 years, and where would restoration work make a difference for salmon?
Environment - Earth Sciences - 13.11.2018
Earth Sciences - 13.11.2018
Earth Sciences - 07.11.2018 
Latino voter surge holds lessons for 2020
By Lisa Garcia Bedolla Latino turnout surged in the midterms, early signs show. There are 27.3 million eligible Latino voters in the United States, according to the Pew Research Center - 12 percent of the electorate.
Life Sciences - Earth Sciences - 07.11.2018 
Tiny crustacean had a heart more than 400 million years ago
An Imperial researcher is part of an international team that has discovered a rare and exceptionally well-preserved crustacean. The fossil is a new species of ostracod, a relative of crabs and shrimps, and is just a few millimetres long. Exceptional preservation This particular fossil preserves not just the animal's hard shell, but also its limbs, eyes, gut and gills - soft parts that are extremely rarely preserved.
Earth Sciences - 06.11.2018
Environment - Earth Sciences - 01.11.2018
Earth Sciences - 31.10.2018
Earth Sciences - Law / Forensics - 26.10.2018
Earth Sciences - Palaeontology - 25.10.2018 
Q&A: Provost Mark Richards’ welcome lecture asks: ‘What really killed the dinosaurs’’
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Astronomy / Space Science - Earth Sciences - 25.10.2018 
Mars Express keeps an eye on curious cloud
ESA ESA Science Mars Express 25 October 2018 Since 13 September, ESA's Mars Express has been observing the evolution of an elongated cloud formation hovering in the vicinity of the 20 km-high Arsia Mons volcano, close to the planet's equator.
Earth Sciences - Environment - 24.10.2018 
Copernicus Sentinel-5P reveals new nasties
ESA Observing the Earth Copernicus Sentinel-5P 24 October 2018 With air quality a serious environmental health problem, the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite is tasked with mapping air pollutants around the entire globe every day.
Environment - Earth Sciences - 23.10.2018
Earth Sciences - Astronomy / Space Science - 22.10.2018
Earth Sciences - 19.10.2018 
150 years after last big East Bay quake, what have we learned?
Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window) Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Click to print (Opens in new window) October 21, 1868 - 150 years ago this Sunday - a walloping earthqua
Astronomy / Space Science - Earth Sciences - 19.10.2018
Chemistry - Earth Sciences - 18.10.2018
Earth Sciences - Astronomy / Space Science - 17.10.2018 
UW atmospheric scientists to study most extreme storms on Earth, up close
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Earth Sciences - 17.10.2018 
Prioritising help for the poorest hit by deadly natural disasters
17 October 2018 A new statistical tool to help target resources following deadly natural disasters has been created by the University of Bristol, allowing governments to prioritise getting aid to the most vulnerable people.
Earth Sciences - Administration - 17.10.2018 
ShakeAlert No Longer Just a Prototype
Government officials and Caltech scientists gathered at the Caltech Seismological Laboratory on October 17 to declare ShakeAlert-an earthquake early warning system for the three states along the West Coast-"open for business.
Earth Sciences - Environment - 11.10.2018 
The evolution of earthquake science
It's a scene of post-mayhem disaster. In front of the Acacia residential building on the west end of the UCLA campus.
Earth Sciences - 05.10.2018 
Sentinel-2 maps Indonesia earthquake
ESA Observing the Earth Copernicus Sentinel-2 5 October 2018 A 7.5-magnitude earthquake and tsunami hit Indonesia on 28 September, destroying homes and hundreds of lives.
Earth Sciences - Careers / Employment - 05.10.2018
Earth Sciences - Social Sciences - 03.10.2018 
Jacques Lévy wins the 2018 Vautrin-Lud Prize
Jacques Lévy has been awarded the 2018 Vautrin-Lud Prize, a geography award modeled on the Nobel Prize.
Earth Sciences - Environment - 27.09.2018 
Beach sand ripples can be fingerprints for ancient weather conditions
Experiments show shifting ripple patterns can signal times of environmental flux. These same undulating patterns can also be seen in ancient, petrified seabeds that have been exposed in various parts of the world and preserved for millions or even billions of years. Geologists look to ancient sand ripples for clues to the environmental conditions in which they formed.
Earth Sciences - Administration - 26.09.2018
Astronomy / Space Science - Earth Sciences - 20.09.2018 
Recent tectonics on Mars
ESA ESA Science Mars Express These prominent trenches were formed by faults that pulled the planet's surface apart less than 10 million years ago.
Environment - Earth Sciences - 19.09.2018
Earth Sciences - Environment - 19.09.2018 
NSF awards contract to carry OOI into the next decade and beyond
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Earth Sciences - 13.09.2018 
Imperial geologist tackles field trip mental health
Field trips help students and academics explore the environments they study - but some suffer mental health difficulties when out on excursions. Though field work is often seen as the highlight of studying or working in natural and earth sciences, the reality can be quite different.
Astronomy / Space Science - Earth Sciences - 10.09.2018 
UW polar scientists advised NASA on upcoming ICESat-2 satellite
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Astronomy / Space Science - Earth Sciences - 03.09.2018 
Making space exploration real - on Earth
ESA Human Spaceflight Caves You are on a rock speeding through space. On this rock called Earth every single mineral tells you something about planetary formation.
Environment - Earth Sciences - 29.08.2018
Environment - Earth Sciences - 28.08.2018
Environment - Earth Sciences - 27.08.2018
Environment - Earth Sciences - 22.08.2018 
Climate change has the Arctic seeing green
Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window) Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Click to print (Opens in new window) As temperatures in the Arctic rise in response to climate change, vegetation has invaded areas once too frigid to support plant life.
Astronomy / Space Science - Earth Sciences - 21.08.2018
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A volcanologist researching ways to better understand eruptions has been named a STEM Superstar for inspiring women to get involved in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
A volcanologist researching ways to better understand eruptions and a structural biologist and toxicologist studying venom-peptides, have been named STEM Superstars for inspiring women to get involved in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
An update for an internationally vital sea-ice computer model, called CICE version 6.0, is being released this week, a timely tool that supports more accurate forecasting of ice occurrence and global climate modeling.
Fire + water: Restoring natural fire to California’s mountains
Katya Rahkmatulina, a UC Berkeley environmental engineering Ph.D. student, studies fire and water in Yosemite National Park's Illilouette Basin.
Katya Rahkmatulina, a UC Berkeley environmental engineering Ph.D. student, studies fire and water in Yosemite National Park's Illilouette Basin.
Manvendra Dubey, David Janecky and Greg Swift honored for their lasting impacts in climate, oceanic and thermoacoustic science Becoming an AAAS fellow is a tremendous honor.
Spending Christmas in Antarctica
On 1 December, a team of glaciologists and climate researchers from ULB , UCLouvain and the University of Colorado will head for the Antarctic.
On 1 December, a team of glaciologists and climate researchers from ULB , UCLouvain and the University of Colorado will head for the Antarctic.
ESA ESA Science Mars Express ESA's Mars Express has imaged an intriguing part of the Red Planet's surface: a rocky, fragmented, furrowed escarpment lying at the boundary of the northern and southern hemisphere.
Alfonso Mucci awarded Prix Acfas Michel-Jurdant
By Fergus Grieve, Communications Strategist, Faculty of Science Alfonso presented with the Prix Acfas Michel-Jurdant in recognition of his outstanding work on the health of the St. Lawrence Es
By Fergus Grieve, Communications Strategist, Faculty of Science Alfonso presented with the Prix Acfas Michel-Jurdant in recognition of his outstanding work on the health of the St. Lawrence Es
Tracks made by dinosaurs the size of sparrows have been discovered in South Korea by an international team of palaeontologists. University of Queensland researcher Dr Anthony Romilio was part of the team which described the tracks, which were originally found by Professor Kyung Soo Kim from Chinju National University of Education, South Korea.
Which Pacific Northwest streams will warm the most in the next 50 years, and where would restoration work make a difference for salmon?
As California’s groundwater free-for-all ends, gauging what’s left
New rules and new technology are giving farmers and managers a better look at groundwater supplies. Photo Illustration - Original image by Chris Austin via Flickr By Felicity Barringer Most areas of California farm country have a significant lack of information about their groundwater use.
New rules and new technology are giving farmers and managers a better look at groundwater supplies. Photo Illustration - Original image by Chris Austin via Flickr By Felicity Barringer Most areas of California farm country have a significant lack of information about their groundwater use.
By Lisa Garcia Bedolla Latino turnout surged in the midterms, early signs show. There are 27.3 million eligible Latino voters in the United States, according to the Pew Research Center - 12 percent of the electorate.
An Imperial researcher is part of an international team that has discovered a rare and exceptionally well-preserved crustacean. The fossil is a new species of ostracod, a relative of crabs and shrimps, and is just a few millimetres long. Exceptional preservation This particular fossil preserves not just the animal's hard shell, but also its limbs, eyes, gut and gills - soft parts that are extremely rarely preserved.
Impact of mercury-controlling policies shrinks with every five-year delay
Toxin will accumulate in the environment, particularly in remote regions, as countries delay implementing emissions controls. Mercury is an incredibly stubborn toxin. Once it is emitted from the smokestacks of coal-fired power plants, among other sources, the gas can drift through the atmosphere for up to a year before settling into oceans and lakes.
Toxin will accumulate in the environment, particularly in remote regions, as countries delay implementing emissions controls. Mercury is an incredibly stubborn toxin. Once it is emitted from the smokestacks of coal-fired power plants, among other sources, the gas can drift through the atmosphere for up to a year before settling into oceans and lakes.
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ESA ESA Science Mars Express 25 October 2018 Since 13 September, ESA's Mars Express has been observing the evolution of an elongated cloud formation hovering in the vicinity of the 20 km-high Arsia Mons volcano, close to the planet's equator.
ESA Observing the Earth Copernicus Sentinel-5P 24 October 2018 With air quality a serious environmental health problem, the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite is tasked with mapping air pollutants around the entire globe every day.
The science of climate
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Texas A&M and Harvard Team Up On High-Flying, NASA-Funded Atmospheric Research
A research collaboration between Texas A&M University and Harvard University will receive $30 million from NASA's Earth Venture program to collect important atmospheric data from a high-altitude NASA aircraft.
A research collaboration between Texas A&M University and Harvard University will receive $30 million from NASA's Earth Venture program to collect important atmospheric data from a high-altitude NASA aircraft.
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UM alumnus discovered water on the moon
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A clearer path to clean air in China
For more than 15 years, the Chinese government has invested billions of dollars to clean up its deadly air pollution, focusing intensely on reducing emissions of sulfur dioxide from coal-burning power plants.
For more than 15 years, the Chinese government has invested billions of dollars to clean up its deadly air pollution, focusing intensely on reducing emissions of sulfur dioxide from coal-burning power plants.
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17 October 2018 A new statistical tool to help target resources following deadly natural disasters has been created by the University of Bristol, allowing governments to prioritise getting aid to the most vulnerable people.
Government officials and Caltech scientists gathered at the Caltech Seismological Laboratory on October 17 to declare ShakeAlert-an earthquake early warning system for the three states along the West Coast-"open for business.
It's a scene of post-mayhem disaster. In front of the Acacia residential building on the west end of the UCLA campus.
ESA Observing the Earth Copernicus Sentinel-2 5 October 2018 A 7.5-magnitude earthquake and tsunami hit Indonesia on 28 September, destroying homes and hundreds of lives.
BART tests earthquake early warning system as ShakeAlert becomes available to all Bay Area organizations
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Jacques Lévy has been awarded the 2018 Vautrin-Lud Prize, a geography award modeled on the Nobel Prize.
Experiments show shifting ripple patterns can signal times of environmental flux. These same undulating patterns can also be seen in ancient, petrified seabeds that have been exposed in various parts of the world and preserved for millions or even billions of years. Geologists look to ancient sand ripples for clues to the environmental conditions in which they formed.
ESA ESA Science Mars Express These prominent trenches were formed by faults that pulled the planet's surface apart less than 10 million years ago.
Scientists predict extinction risk for hard-to-track species
Species are going extinct all over the world: Scientists believe that Earth is losing between 200 and 2,000 species every year. That number is squishy, partly because there are so many species for which they lack good data-particularly those living in the oceans, which are difficult to track but still critically important to ecosystems and livelihoods.
Species are going extinct all over the world: Scientists believe that Earth is losing between 200 and 2,000 species every year. That number is squishy, partly because there are so many species for which they lack good data-particularly those living in the oceans, which are difficult to track but still critically important to ecosystems and livelihoods.
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Field trips help students and academics explore the environments they study - but some suffer mental health difficulties when out on excursions. Though field work is often seen as the highlight of studying or working in natural and earth sciences, the reality can be quite different.
Administrative affairs Arts and entertainment Buildings and grounds For UW employees Health and medicine Honors and awards Official notices Politics and government UW and the community NASA plans to
ESA Human Spaceflight Caves You are on a rock speeding through space. On this rock called Earth every single mineral tells you something about planetary formation.
A 60-day trip around Greenland to measure climate change
In the summer of 2019, the GreenLAnd Circumnavigation Expedition (GLACE) will make its way around the island of Greenland.
In the summer of 2019, the GreenLAnd Circumnavigation Expedition (GLACE) will make its way around the island of Greenland.
California Releases New Climate Science, Planning Tools to Prepare for Climate Change Impacts
The State of California today released California's Fourth Climate Change Assessment, which details new information on the impacts of climate change and provides planning tools to support the state's response.
The State of California today released California's Fourth Climate Change Assessment, which details new information on the impacts of climate change and provides planning tools to support the state's response.
Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window) Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Click to print (Opens in new window) As temperatures in the Arctic rise in response to climate change, vegetation has invaded areas once too frigid to support plant life.
