September 10, 2018
Pluto's surprising dunes
Images and data sent back by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft during its flyby mission to Pluto (and beyond) show a series of regularly spaced …
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September 10, 2018
Methane emissions offset some blue carbon burial benefits
Wetlands are prolific sinks for atmospheric carbon. They pull carbon dioxide out of the air and sequester the carbon in plants, soils and …
July 3, 2018
Red Planet Roundup: August 2018
With two rovers patrolling the surface of Mars, six spacecraft orbiting above it, and scientists here on Earth studying the Red Planet from …
May 23, 2018
Down to Earth With: Peter Brewer
Whether through deep-sea gas hydrate experiments, lasers or asphyxiating squid, Peter Brewer is always seeking new ways to understand the …
May 1, 2018
Comment: Could NASA find evidence of extraterrestrial life by 2050?
by Jacob Haqq-Misra Exoplanet discoveries are featured almost weekly in the news. With ground-based observations supplementing the Kepler Space …
January 12, 2018
Red Planet Roundup: February 2018
With two rovers patrolling the surface of Mars, six spacecraft orbiting above it, and scientists here on Earth studying the Red Planet from afar, …
August 15, 2017
Reconstructing ancient oxidant levels and their climatic effects
Oxidants in the troposphere, such as ozone and hydroxyl radicals, influence the life spans of other atmospheric components, including pollutants …
October 23, 2015
Red Planet Roundup: November 2015
With two rovers patrolling the surface of Mars, five spacecraft orbiting above it, and scientists here on Earth studying the Red Planet from …
March 9, 2015
One-two punch of past warming may hold lessons
Geologists are fond of the saying, “The past is key to the future.” Unfortunately, the past has been a poor guide when it comes to understanding …
March 9, 2015
Methane be dammed!
Beavers were nearly killed off in the 19th century as trappers hunted them for their soft pelts. A successful conservation effort over the past …
February 2, 2015
Red Planet Roundup: March 2015
With two rovers patrolling the surface of Mars, five spacecraft in orbit above it, and scientists back here on Earth studying the Red Planet from …
October 31, 2014
Hundreds of methane seeps discovered along the U.S. East Coast
The release of methane from seafloor sediments may have a significant influence on global climate, but the ubiquity and stability of such pockets …
September 2, 2014
Methane lingered after Gulf blowout
Between April 20, 2010, when BP’s Macondo oil well blew out, and July 15, when the well was finally capped, more than 4 million barrels of oil …
May 15, 2014
Subarctic lakes belch more methane on brighter days
Each summer, frozen ground in Arctic and subarctic regions, called permafrost, thaws and releases accumulated methane. For years, scientists have …
March 3, 2014
Sudden gas eruption shakes the ground near Rome's airport
On Aug. 24, 2013, visitors arriving at Rome’s Leonardo da Vinci International Airport, located in the Fiumicino municipality, flew over a …
February 23, 2012
Listening for gas bubbles
Passive acoustic technology detects natural gas leaks and seeps In recent decades, active acoustic surveys have been used to detect methane seeps …
January 23, 2012
Source code: the methane race
Ten years ago, John Eiler couldn’t convince anyone to build him his dream machine. He wanted a mass spectrometer that could measure the mass of …
January 5, 2012
USGS finds giant gas hydrate deposits on North Slope
Buried beneath Alaska's North Slope are about 85.4 trillion cubic feet of technically recoverable natural gas hydrates, according to a new U.S. …
January 5, 2012
Testing methane's potential on the North Slope
Buried beneath the gigantic swath of desolate tundra that forms Alaska’s North Slope are some of the nation’s biggest hydrocarbon resources. For …
January 5, 2012
Still in a haze: What we don't know about black carbon
Black carbon — fine particles of soot in the atmosphere produced from the burning of fossil fuels or biomass — has been known to be a health …