What makes the ocean glow? Revealing the 400-year mystery of “Milky Seas”
Colorado State University researchers have compiled a database of sightings of the phenomenon over the last 400 years.
Belize’s Great Blue Hole reveals 5,700-year storm archive
30-metre sediment core from the “Great Blue Hole” in Belize provides longest ever recorded storm frequency data for the Atlantic.
How climate change is altering the Earth’s rotation
Researchers at ETH Zurich in Switzerland have found that climate change is affecting Earth’s rotation and length of day due to melting polar ice shifting mass towards the equator.
The rotation of Earth’s inner core has slowed
University of Southern California scientists have measured that the Earth’s inner core is backtracking — slowing down — in relation to the planet’s surface, using seismic data.
Earth’s mysterious D” layer: A relic of ancient oceans and planetary collisions
Researchers from Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research, China, have proposed that the D” layer beneath Earth’s mantle may be remnants from a colossal impact during the planet’s formation.