Current Events in Earth Science – Earth Science Articles

Current Events in Earth Science is a Macroevolution.net's listing of recent earth science articles covering earth science current events with a bearing on biology. This page sometimes links to interesting stories on other websites. Follow @Macroevo Earth's heat More than half of the Earth's heat comes from the radioactive decay of materials within it, says a recent international study. Full article → Giant dust storms in the Southwest Over the next couple of decades, researchers say, the American West will transition to an environment that may make the 1930s Dust Bowl seem mild and brief. Full article → A call for better world government In a press release environmental experts have called for a more effective planetary governance system to avert environmental disaster. Full article → Double acid whammy in northern Gulf A new study finds that high levels of fertilizer pollution from the Mississippi is combining with elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide levels from fossil fuels to kill shell-forming organisms in the Gulf of Mexico. Full article → Share/print this page: New fossil mammal from Argentina Cronopio dentiacutus, a newly discovered late Cretaceous South American mammal, provides for the first time the whole cranial morphology of a dryolestoid. Full article → Chesapeake Bay: Coming back to life Efforts to control pollutants have reduced the size of the dead zones in the United States' largest estuiary. Full article → US rivers and streams saturated with carbon According to Yale researchers, rivers and streams in the United States are releasing enough carbon into the atmosphere to fuel 3.4 million car trips to the moon. Full article → Sea level to go up Researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute are part of a team that has calculated the long-term outlook for rising sea levels in relation to the levels of greenhouse gases and pollution in the atmosphere using climate models. Full article → Current Events in Earth Science - © 2011, 2012 Macroevolution.net    Other news pages on Macroevolution.net: General interest biology news. Environmental news — Recent findings about the environment. Health current events — Medical news and current events. Animal News — Recent science articles about animals. Biotechnology current events — Recent advances in biotechnology. Molecular biology news — Recent developments in molecular biology. Astrobiology — Astronomy news with a bearing biology. Fossil news — News about recent fossil finds. Marine science current events — New findings in marine biology. Old, but well-liked — Popular stories now past their prime. Wasps in dinosaur eggs Well-preserved fossil insect cocoons have allowed researchers in Argentina to describe how wasps bred in rotting dinosaur eggs. Full article → Carcharocles megalodon strikes again! Paleontologists have found the traces of an ancient shark attack, probably by the huge Carcharocles megalodon, preserved in a fossil whale bone. Full article → Harvesting solar energy efficiently Solar power could be harvested more efficiently and transported over long distances using tiny molecular circuits, according to research inspired by new insights into natural photosynthesis. Full article → Looking for a story that used to be on this page? Check here → How will climate change impact leaf fall? USGS scientists are studying how autumn leaf fall may be impacted by climate change. Full article → White pox disease in coral caused by human pathogen According to a new study, sewage contamination is the cause of white pox, the disease responsible for putting elkhorn coral on the endangered species list. Full article → Non-news Articles from Current Events in Earth Science: Lake Agassiz Not that long ago there was a lake in northern North America that was larger than all the freshwater lakes of the world combined. Full article → William Smith One of the most famous geologists who ever lived. Full article → Current Events in Earth Science - © 2011, 2012 Macroevolution.net