Lithosphere

Pavlof volcano, seen from the southwest. In the background is the Pavlof Sister. Image: David Fee / Alaska Volcano Observatory / University of Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute The USGS has issued an ORANGE code and a WATCH alert for three volcanoes and a YELLOW code and ADVISORY alert for three volcanoes …

Maureen Long Maureen Long, an expert in deep Earth structure and dynamics, has been appointed Bruce D. Alexander ’65 Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, effective immediately. She is a member of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Long is an observational …

The study of the orogenic effects of the uprising of the Tibetan plateau on the global climate during the Cenozoic has focused almost exclusively on the India-Asia collision zone, the Himalayas. Heavy erosion in the Himalayas was believed to be the main driver of atmospheric CO in the Cenozoic2 decline …

Credit: CC0 Public domain The study of the orogenic effects of the uprising of the Tibetan plateau on the global climate during the Cenozoic has focused almost exclusively on the India-Asia collision zone, the Himalayas. Heavy erosion in the Himalayas was believed to be the main driver of atmospheric CO …

SEATTLE, August 3, 2021 / PRNewswire / – The future is here and it has arrived in the form of Lithosphere’s native token, Litho (LITHO). Litho’s initial DEX offering will be available on two IDO platforms: DxSale, and Unicrypt start August 9, 2021 at 12:00 UCT until August 16, 2021. …

Neuroimmunology The meninges consist of three membranes that surround and protect the central nervous system (CNS). Recent studies have noted the existence of myeloid cells residing there, but little is known about their ontogenesis and function, and it is not known whether other populations of meningeal immune cells play an …

Cloudy and yellowish “fibrous diamonds” are too unsightly for most jewelers. But for scientists, their crystal structure holds precious secrets dating back a billion years or more. Yaakov Weiss, an Earth scientist at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and his colleagues crushed portions of South African fibrous diamonds to extract …

Sarah Lambart, assistant professor of geology and geophysics, has been invited to sail as a petrologist on the upcoming International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) expedition. World famous research vessel JOIDES Resolution (JR) to leave Reykjavik port, Iceland on August 6e and sail for two full months on the Norwegian coast. …

Reading time: 4 minutes Rod Smith, a geologist at the Geological Survey of Canada, says the collaboration with the University of Alberta brings together different geological disciplines, helping to boost resource exploration in Alberta and the Arctic. (Photo: Supplied) In the early 2000s, one of the large islands that make …

In the early 2000s, one of the large islands that make up the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Banks Island, buzzed as teams from the world’s largest diamond companies scoured the barren tundra for evidence of diamonds. One organization encountered a sufficiently large clue of what might lie below the fact that …