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Asteroids vs comets vs meteorites/meteoroids/meteors

Updated: 2024-01-26 15:00:00

A handy guide to help tease apart the differences between asteroids, comets, meteors, meteorites, and meteoroids. e

Unexpected biodiversity on the ocean floor

Updated: 2024-01-25 19:59:14

Hydrothermal vents and manganese nodule fields in the deep oceans contain more biodiversity than expected.

Records of cometary dust hitting the asteroid Ryugu

Updated: 2024-01-23 05:22:43

The Hayabusa2 mission that collected samples from the asteroid Ryugu has provided a treasure trove of insights into our solar system. After analyzing samples further, a team of researchers have unearthed evidence that cometary organic matter was transported from space to the near-Earth region.

Planetary Commons: Fostering global cooperation to safeguard critical Earth system functions

Updated: 2024-01-22 23:28:28

Tipping elements of the Earth system should be considered global commons, researchers argue. Global commons cannot -- as they currently do -- only include the parts of the planet outside of national borders, like the high seas or Antarctica. They must also include all the environmental systems that regulate the functioning and state of the planet, namely all systems on Earth we all depend on, irrespective on where in the world we live. This calls for a new level of transnational cooperation, leading experts in legal, social and Earth system sciences say. To limit risks for human societies and secure critical Earth system functions they propose a new framework of planetary commons to guide governance of the planet.

Kīlauea

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Haleakalā

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Hualālai

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Mammoth Mountain

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Mauna Kea

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Mount Shasta

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Key factors in human-made earthquakes

Updated: 2024-01-18 05:21:48

Researchers report that the roughness of pre-existing faults and associated stress heterogeneity in geological reservoirs play a key role for causing human-made earthquakes, so-called runaway events. The study combines novel fluid injection experiments under acoustic monitoring performed in GFZ's geomechanical laboratory with numerical modelling results.

Casting Shadows: Solar and Lunar Eclipses with The Planetary Society

Updated: 2024-01-16 18:15:00

Announcing the first in a new series of kids books from The Planetary Society and Lerner Publishing Group.

Study uncovers potential origins of life in ancient hot springs

Updated: 2024-01-12 16:47:22

A research team investigated how the emergence of the first living systems from inert geological materials happened on the Earth, more than 3.5 billion years ago. Scientists found that by mixing hydrogen, bicarbonate, and iron-rich magnetite under conditions mimicking relatively mild hydrothermal vent results in the formation of a spectrum of organic molecules, most notably including fatty acids stretching up to 18 carbon atoms in length.

An Analysis of Clinopyroxene Reaction Rims as Assimilation Chronometers at Cinder Cone Volcano, Lassen National Volcanic Park, California

Updated: 2024-01-11 07:17:21

Home Search Browse Collections My Account About Digital Commons Networkâ¢ Skip to main content CEDAR Home About Western Libraries FAQ My Account Western CEDAR Previous Next Home WWU Graduate and Undergraduate Scholarship Honors Projects 766 WWU Honors College Senior Projects An Analysis of Clinopyroxene Reaction Rims as Assimilation Chronometers at Cinder Cone Volcano , Lassen National Volcanic Park , California Authors Annabelle Carozza Senior Project Advisor Kristina Walowski Document Type Project Publication Date Fall 2023 Keywords Volcano , Eruption , Cinder Cone , Reaction Rim , Geology Abstract Cinder Cone is a monogenetic cinder cone volcano located in Lassen National Volcanic Park , California . It erupted in 1666 CE and had three eruptive phases , each producing tephra and lava

USGS South Atlantic Water Science Center

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USGS Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units

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USGS Science in Nevada Carson City NV

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Online courses

Updated: 2024-01-09 17:08:00

An overview of the online courses available to Planetary Society members.

Meteorite analysis shows Earth's building blocks contained water

Updated: 2024-01-09 05:11:33

Analysis of iron meteorites from the earliest years of the solar system indicate that the planetary 'seeds' that ultimately formed Earth contained water.