This year looks like it will be a “major” one for floating seaweed, known as sargassum, researchers at the University of South Florida’s College of Marine Science say. And they’re honing in on what’s ...

Earth carries an invisible ocean “water level” called the geoid. If only gravity and rotation shaped the oceans, the surface would match that geoid everywhere. However, south of India, the geoid sinks ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Scientists found January’s devastating fires likely didn’t worsen the algae bloom that killed hundreds of marine ...

A UCSD fellow’s geodynamic model offers answers to stubborn questions about Venus’ surface. As a third-year Ph.D. student, Madeleine Kerr faced a critical decision. At the University of California San ...

The source of enigmatic circles on the surface of Earth’s closest relative in solar system revealed in new paper A research team led by geophysicists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of ...

Beneath the African continent, powerful plumes of molten rock are slowly reshaping the land from below. Scientists studying this massive geological event have uncovered new clues about what lies below ...

Their work reveals that powerful surges of molten rock, called mantle upwellings, pulse upward beneath a key region in East Africa. These pulses are reshaping the landscape, fueling volcanoes, and ...

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