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By meticulously examining sediments in China's Yellow River, a Swedish-Chinese research group are showing that the history of tectonic and climate evolution on Earth may need to be rewritten. Their findings are published today in the highly reputed journal Nature Communications.
En un estudio publicado hoy en la revista Cambio Climático Natural (Nature Climate Change), los científicos de tres universidades demuestran que la compra de un producto fabricado en China hace que las emisiones dióxido de carbono sean significativamente más altas que comprar el mismo producto hecho en otras partes. El estudio, titulado "Oportunidades Dirigidas a hacer frente al dilema clima-comercio de China", está disponible aquí.
Un pre-histórico colapso repentino de uno de los volcanes oceánicos más altos y más activos en la Tierra, el Fogo en las islas de Cabo Verde, provocó un mega-tsunami con olas que impactaron a 220 metros (721 pies) sobre el nivel del mar actual, dando lugar a consecuencias catastróficas, según un nuevo estudio de la Universidad de Bristol publicado en la revista Avances de la Ciencia (Science Advances)
El estudio, dirigido por el Dr. Ricardo Ramalho de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Tierra de Bristol, ofrece nueva evidencia de la Isla Santiago, la más grande del archipiélago de Cabo Verde, para confirmar un largo debate de que los colapsos laterales de la isla volcánica pueden ocurrir catastróficamente y desencadenar tsunamis gigantes.
A new study from the team behind NASA's Mars Science Laboratory/Curiosity has confirmed that Mars was once, billions of years ago, capable of storing water in lakes over an extended period of time.
Using data from the Curiosity rover, the team has determined that, long ago, water helped deposit sediment into Gale Crater, where the rover landed more than three years ago. The sediment deposited as layers that formed the foundation for Mount Sharp, the mountain found in the middle of the crater today.
When you think of Chernobyl you probably think along the lines of “nuclear disaster” and a “no-go” area, but new research shows that with humans now absent from the region, several mammal species including wild boar and wolves, are increasing in number in this most unlikely nature reserve.
Why elephants rarely get cancer is a mystery that has stumped scientists for decades. A study led by researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah and Arizona State University, and including researchers from the Ringling Bros. Center for Elephant Conservation, may have found the answer.
