New research from Earth and Space Sciences' Fang-Zhen Teng shows that a common type of volcano isn't just spewing molten rock from the mantle, but contains elements suggesting something more complicated is drawing material out of the Earth's crust.
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A new study out of Earth and Space Sciences finds that warmer temperatures don't necessarily equal more snowfall in Antarctica after all.
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Global carbon dioxide emissions are triggering troubling changes to ocean chemistry along the West Coast that require immediate, decisive actions to combat through a coordinated regional approach, a panel of scientific experts has unanimously concluded. A failure to adequately respond to this fundamental change in seawater chemistry, known as ocean acidification, is anticipated to have devastating ecological consequences for the West Coast in the decades to come, the 20-member West Coast Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia (OAH) Science Panel warned in a comprehensive report unveiled April 4.
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“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.” —Albert Einstein Curiosity-driven research is scholarship in which real world applications are not immediately apparent. Such fundamental research can be seen as a luxury in a time where the College is called on to address a panoply of environmental challenges. Far worse is the fact that fundamental research in the geosciences is under fire in Washington, D.C.
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Researchers from the College of the Environment recently developed a new, innovative approach to better understand the hydrology of Eastern Washington's wetlands. Their data will inform us about how these wetlands behalf seasonally and how they change as the climate warms.
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