Geology

Antarctic Volcano Role In Warming Was Understated

There is additional evidence a mantle plume, basically a geothermal heat source such as a volcano, is below Antarctica's Marie Byrd Land and it explains a substantial amount of the melting that creates lakes and rivers under the ice sheet.  Mantle plu ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 7 2017 - 6:35pm

Earth's Magnetic Field Is Not Reversing

The South Atlantic Anomaly has people concerned, but if Earth's magnetic field of the past is any indication, and it is, the anomaly is not a precursor of a switching of the poles. What is the South Atlantic Anomaly? ...

Article - News Staff - May 1 2018 - 1:58pm

After The Trans Mountain Court Ruling, Is The Canadian Energy Sector Doomed?

The Federal Court of Appeal decision that halted construction on the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion has thrown Canada into a tizzy. While British Columbia First Nations and environmentalists are celebrating a rare court victory on this project, industr ...

Article - The Conversation - Sep 1 2018 - 1:35pm

What Super Volcanos In The Taupo Volcanic Zone Can Teach Us About Supereruption-Feeding Magma Systems

Where does magma gather in the earth's crust? And for how long?   With worldwide poverty in decline, plentiful food thanks to science, and life expectancies increasing each year, we can turn to more remote worries- and learn some new things in the pro ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 11 2018 - 3:20pm

Campi Flegrei Is Not Ready To Collapse- Thousands Of Years Into The Future Most Likely- Also Not Quite A Supervolcano

There are many sensationalist stories today about this research. But they were looking at the past history of this volcano. Not the present. It is not ready to collapse right now and is closely monitored. Likely to be centuries to millennia before a colla ...

Article - Robert Walker - Dec 16 2018 - 9:57pm

Akkadia: How Climate Change Doomed The World’s First Empire

Gol-e-Zard Cave lies in the shadow of Mount Damavand, which at more than 5,000 metres dominates the landscape of northern Iran. In this cave, stalagmites and stalactites are growing slowly over millennia and preserve in them clues about past climate event ...

Article - The Conversation - Jan 7 2019 - 7:05pm

A Methane Spike On Mars Has Been Detected

Methane detection in the Martian atmosphere haa been a source of debate because methane means a greater possibility for habitability and may even be a signature of life., but spacecraft and telescopic observations from Earth reported no detections of metha ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 1 2019 - 5:45pm

It Is Rocket Science: Here's How We Could Move Our Planet

In the Chinese science fiction film The Wandering Earth, recently released on Netflix, humanity attempts to change the Earth’s orbit using enormous thrusters in order to escape the expanding sun – and prevent a collision with Jupiter. The scenario may one ...

Article - The Conversation - May 17 2019 - 3:57pm

Fracking Will Not Cause Axial Volcano To Erupt, But Low Tides Might

There are lots of paradoxes in nature but one- how earthquakes along mid-ocean ridges are linked with low tides- may have revealed a mechanism. The mechanism is the magma below the mid-ocean ridges. "It's the magma chamber breathing, expanding an ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 7 2019 - 10:44am

Haida Gwaii: Birthing Wrangellia

“When the tide is out, the table is set.” This wisdom from those who call Haida Gwaii home is still true today. The enormous difference between high and low tide in Haida Gwaii – up to twenty three vertical feet – means that twice a day, vast swathes of s ...

Article - Heidi Henderson - Jul 29 2019 - 12:55am