Tag: Earth Science

Google DeepMind’s AI Weather Forecaster Handily Beats a Global Standard

In September, researchers at Google’s DeepMind AI unit in London were paying unusual attention to the weather across the pond. Hurricane Lee was at...

The Secret of How Cells Make ‘Dark Oxygen’ Without Light

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.Scientists have come to realize that in the soil and rocks beneath our feet there...

Musk says inactive Twitter accounts being purged

Elon Musk on Monday announced that Twitter is canceling accounts that haven't been used for a long time. The move comes as Musk tries to...

Covid-19 found in raccoon dogs in China, strengthens natural origin theory: Report – Times of India

NEW YORK: A new analysis of genetic samples collected from a seafood market in central China's Wuhan city shows the presence of the SARS-CoV-2...

Researchers take a step towards turning interactions that normally ruin quantum information into a way of protecting it: A new method for predicting the...

Researchers have found a way to predict the behavior of many-body quantum systems coupled to their environment. The work represents a way to protect...

The Tonga Eruption Is Still Revealing New Volcanic Dangers

It’s clear that Hunga involved an unusually explosive recipe that may not be easily replicated. For about a month, the eruption had progressed as...

Spotting Objects From Space Is Easy. This Challenge Is Harder

This spring, when the teams submitted their results to IARPA, evaluator teams graded how well each one did. In June, the teams learned who...

How Ants Inspired a New Way to Measure Snow With Space Lasers

Ants, as a group, are creatures of habit. While an individual’s path isn’t certain, biologists who have spent a lot of time watching the...

Extreme Heat in the Oceans Is Out of Control

Ocean depth plays a big role in how regions are affected. While the depth of the middle of the Pacific Ocean allows cooler waters...

The Dark Asteroid Ryugu Finally Comes Into the Light

Hayabusa2 also provided the researchers with unique opportunities to observe the asteroid at multiple angles, including hard-to-get images taken at “opposition.” This involved maneuvering...

Ancient Rocks Reveal When Earth’s Plate Tectonics Began

Tusch and Münker developed a powerful new method for extracting tiny traces of tungsten from ancient rocks. Then they went looking for the rocks.First...

Border Disputes Threaten Climate Science in the Himalayas

Molden recalls how bad blood almost thwarted a key program involving the sharing of water data. In that instance, he says, an international team...

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