Tag Archives: Earth Sciences

Io’s Magma Ocean Provides a View into Earth’s Past

Posted on June 29, 2011 by rberkowitz

Magnetic field data collected by NASA’s Galileo contains evidence of the magma sea. Continue reading →

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EGU 2011: Geodetic and Inundation Models of the Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami

Posted on May 23, 2011 by rberkowitz

At the European Geosciences Union meeting in Vienna, Don Dingwell, the EGU president, introduced the session on the March 2011 Tohoku earthquake as the geoscientific community’s way of paying respect and expressing condolences to the victims of March’s seismic events. Continue reading →

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EGU 2011: An Outdoor Volcano Laboratory: Lots of Questions and a few Answers

Posted on April 28, 2011 by rberkowitz

The wealth of data on Stromboli, past and present, provided ample material for a discussion at the general assembly of the European Geosciences Union, which was held earlier this month in Vienna.
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EGU 2011: The Slippery Slope of Alpine Glaciers, Permafrost, and Newly-formed Lakes

Posted on April 13, 2011 by rberkowitz

At the general assembly of the European Geosciences Union, several experts spoke about climate change in alpine regions.
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