Earth scientists are in the business of backing into history -- extrapolating what happened millions of years ago based on what they can observe now. Using this method, a team of Cornell researchers has created a mathematical computer model of the formation of granulite, a fine-grained metamorphic rock, in the Earth's crust.
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Professor Edward Derbyshire, a Royal Holloway academic in the Geography Department’s Centre of Quaternary Research, is playing a leading role in the International Year of Planet Earth (IYPE). Jointly organised by UNESCO and the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS), the IYPE triennium running from 2007 to 2009 has, as its main goal, helping to build safer, healthier and wealthier societies around the globe by drawing from the knowledge accumulated by the world’s 400,000 Earth scientists.
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Be inspired by the possibility of a miracle to the crisis facing planet earth through the initiative of firethegrid.com (Fire The Grid).
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Researchers from the University of Leicester and the British Geological Survey (BGS) have proposed storing CO2 in huge underground reservoirs as a way of reducing emissions- and have even identified sites in Western Europe that would be suitable.
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Have you ever wanted to track natural events in progress, such as fires, floods and volcanic eruptions, or simply explore the planet through the eyes of a satellite? ESA has created a website, MIRAVI, which gives access to the most recently acquired images from the world's largest Earth Observation satellite, Envisat.
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