Earth’s cryosphere shrank by 87,000 sq kms per year in last 37 years
Beijing, July 2
The global cryosphere -- all the areas with frozen water on Earth -- shrank by about…
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Auroras form when electrons from space ride waves in Earth’s magnetic field
By re-creating the conditions for an aurora in the lab, researchers have confirmed how these bright, shimmery curtains of light form.
The northern…
Sharks use Earth’s magnetic fields to guide them like a map
Sea turtles are known for relying on magnetic signatures to find their way across thousands of miles to the very beaches where they hatched. Now, researchers…
Understanding of invisible but mighty particles in Earth’s radiation belts
Tiny charged electrons and protons which can damage satellites and alter the ozone have revealed some of their mysteries to University of Otago scientists.…
A study of Earth’s crust hints that supernovas aren’t gold mines
A smattering of plutonium atoms embedded in Earth’s crust are helping to resolve the origins of nature’s heaviest elements.
Scientists had long…