"Page 2" - Scientific Topics of Interest

Scientists determine source of world’s largest mud eruption : More than 11 years after it first erupted, researchers may have figured out why an Indonesian mudflow hasn't stopped.

NASA Missions Catch First Light from a Gravitational-Wave Event : For the first time, NASA scientists have detected light tied to a gravitational-wave event, thanks to two merging neutron stars in the galaxy NGC 4993, located about 130 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Hydra.

Scientists suggest significant scale of human impact on planet has changed course of Earth’s history — University of Leicester (New and Events, University of Leicester ; October 2, 2017) Selected Research Articles : The Working Group on the Anthropocene:  Summary of evidence and interim recommendations (ZALASIEWICZ et al. , 2017) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213305417300097# N. B. :  The ScienceDirect link to the aforementioned article featured in the ELSEVIER journal Anthropocene will remain available for download until the end of 2017 . A transparent framework for defining the Anthropocene Epoch (LEWIS and MASLIN, 2015) https://monoskop.org/images/b/b9/The_Anthropocene_Review_2_2.pdf#page=32 N. B. :  From the SAGE Journal The  Anthropocene Review , Vol. 2, Issue 2; August 2015. Stratigraphy of the Anthropocene (ZALASIEWICZ et al ., 2011) http://rsta.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/369/1938/1036.full.pdf Website : W...