Can cold-loving bacteria help to clean up oil spills?
For several decades scientists have been interested in the ability of psychrophilic (cold- loving) microbial communities to degrade the…
Category: Earth Systems
These articles summarize studies that are all about how the planet Earth works!
Massive tectonic event may have triggered explosion of animal life
A new analysis of geologic history may help solve the riddle of the “Cambrian explosion,” the rapid diversification of animal…
Geothermal heating increases the habitability of planets orbiting red dwarfs
Small red stars, known by astronomers as “M-dwarfs”, are the most abundant type of star in the sky and are also the most long-lived of…
Deciduous trees flourished after dinosaur-killing meteor impact
Some 66 million years ago, a 10-km diameter chunk of rock hit the Yukatan peninsula near the site of the small town of Chicxulub with the…
Will climate change eliminate the ice age cycle?
Long-term patterns in Earth’s climate show glacial cycles that correspond to variations in Earth’s orbital geometry and affect the…
Long-term effects of climate change facilitated by studying climate relicts
Climate relicts may help researchers understand climate change While hiking through the Ozarks’ characteristic oak and hickory forests…
Expansion of Mediterranean hermit crabs into the North Sea thanks to climate change
Long-term studies conducted by scientists at the institute “Senckenberg am Meer” and the Senckenberg Research Institute in Frankfurt…
Deep ocean communities impacted by changing climate
Animals living on the abyssal plains, miles below the ocean surface, don’t usually get much to eat. Their main source of food is…
Study reveals opposite patterns of ancient climate change in temperate areas
Korean research team revealed conflicting climate change patterns between the middle latitude areas of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres…
If all human-related deforestation of the tropics were to stop, the forests could absorb the equivalent of one-fifth of global emissions
Reducing deforestation in the tropics would significantly cut the amount of carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere – by as much as…