Hacker News with Generative AI: Earth Science

Dataviz: Wildfires and Climate Change (nasa.gov)
Earth's warming climate is amplifying wildland fire activity, particularly in northern and temperate forests.
Climate Change, Wildfires, Data Visualization, Earth Science
4 points by ohjeez 10 days ago | 0 comments
Increased crevassing across accelerating Greenland Ice Sheet margins (nature.com)
Surface crevassing on the Greenland Ice Sheet is a large source of uncertainty in processes controlling mass loss due to a lack of comprehensive observations of their location and evolution through time.
Greenland, Climate Change, Glaciers, Science, Earth Science
12 points by rntn 11 days ago | 0 comments
Earth's inner core may have changed shape, say scientists (bbc.co.uk)
The inner core of Earth may have changed shape in the past 20 years, according to a group of scientists.
Earth Science, Geology, Research, Inner Core, Planet Earth
52 points by neversaydie 11 days ago | 36 comments
Radiation belts detected around Earth after solar storm (sciencealert.com)
In May 2024, an epic solar storm rattled Earth so powerfully that its effects were felt even at the bottom of the ocean.
Space Weather, Earth Science, Solar Storms
146 points by jandrewrogers 14 days ago | 60 comments
Creation of an Atmosphere for the Moon (1969) (rand.org)
The description of a method for creating a lunar atmosphere similar to that of the earth. If the lunar crust were deliberately and methodically broken, simulating earthquake and volcanic activity on the planets, some of the stored gases and vapors could be released to form a lunar atmosphere.
Space Exploration, Lunar Science, Science Fiction, Earth Science
10 points by appleorchard46 30 days ago | 1 comments
Giant, Mysterious Spires Ruled the Earth Long Before Trees Did (smithsonianmag.com)
When land plants were still the relatively new kids on the evolutionary block and the world’s tallest trees reached only a few feet in height, giant spires of life poked from the Earth.
Paleontology, Earth Science, Ancient Life, Evolution
20 points by Brajeshwar 30 days ago | 4 comments
Earth's magnetic North Pole is on the move, scientists just updated its position (cnn.com)
Earth Science, Geomagnetism, Climate Change
18 points by LinuxBender 31 days ago | 14 comments
The deeper under the Earth's surface, the more species you can find (arstechnica.com)
No matter how deep we dig, we keep finding life.
Biology, Earth Science, Discovery, Scientific Research
46 points by pseudolus 32 days ago | 20 comments
Why did a frozen Earth coincide with an evolutionary spurt? (colorado.edu)
CU Boulder geologists Lizzy Trower and Carl Simpson win $1 million in support from W.M. Keck Foundation to try to solve an evolutionary puzzle and to extend Earth’s temperature record by 2 billion years
Earth Science, Evolution, Geology, Research Funding
4 points by isaacfrond 39 days ago | 3 comments
Climate Models Can't Explain What's Happening to Earth (theatlantic.com)
Fifty years into the project of modeling Earth’s future climate, we still don’t really know what’s coming.
Climate Change, Science, Earth Science, Modeling
8 points by howard941 46 days ago | 2 comments
NASA Is Watching a Growing Anomaly in Earth's Magnetic Field (sciencealert.com)
NASA has been monitoring a strange anomaly in Earth's magnetic field: a giant region of lower magnetic intensity in the skies above the planet, stretching out between South America and southwest Africa.
Space Exploration, Earth Science, Magnetic Fields, Geomagnetism
9 points by rayrey 52 days ago | 3 comments
Thermodynamic model identifies how gold reaches Earth's surface (phys.org)
A research team including a University of Michigan scientist has discovered a new gold-sulfur complex that helps researchers understand how gold deposits are formed.
Geology, Chemistry, Gold, Earth Science, Scientific Research
70 points by wglb 57 days ago | 8 comments
Three-quarters of the land is drying out, 'redefining life on Earth' (grist.org)
As Earth grows warmer, its ground is becoming drier and saltier, with profound consequences for the planet’s 8 billion inhabitants — nearly a third of whom already live in places where water is increasingly scarce and the ability to raise crops and livestock is increasingly difficult.
Climate Change, Water Scarcity, Agriculture, Environmental Impacts, Earth Science
146 points by rntn 58 days ago | 105 comments
Earth's subsurface may hold up to 5.6 × 10⁶ million metric tons of hydrogen (phys.org)
A pair of geologists with the U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, has created a model that shows Earth's subsurface may hold up to 5.6 × 106 million metric tons of natural hydrogen.
Earth Science, Geology, Natural Resources
57 points by wglb 60 days ago | 71 comments
Tiny Black Holes Could Have Left Tunnels Inside Earth's Rocks (gizmodo.com)
A pair of imaginative cosmologists have great news for everyone: If a primordial black hole tunnels through your body, you probably won’t die.
Black Holes, Physics, Earth Science, Cosmology
24 points by rbanffy 67 days ago | 11 comments
Searching for small primordial black holes in planets, asteroids, here on Earth (sciencedirect.com)
Small primordial black holes could be captured by rocky planets or asteroids, consume their liquid cores from inside and leave hollow structures.
Black Holes, Astronomy, Earth Science, Planets, Asteroids
10 points by rntn 68 days ago | 5 comments
GPS constellation as a way to image the ionosphere (2011) (blogspot.com)
GPS, Ionosphere, Space, Technology, Earth Science
29 points by pizza 76 days ago | 4 comments
Bacterial World (ox.ac.uk)
Bacteria survive, thrive, fight and die by the trillion every moment. They swim using nanoscopic motors, and battle with spears. They sense, communicate, remember. And as scientists discover more about these tiny organisms, it is becoming clear that bacteria wield huge influence over us, shaping Earth’s past, our present and the future for us all. We have only recently realised how much our lives are inextricably linked with the lives of bacteria. We really are living in a bacterial world.
Microbiology, Science, Biology, Earth Science
22 points by tobr 79 days ago | 6 comments
A better approach to gravity: how we made EGM2008 faster (elodin.systems)
For the last month we've been hard at work adding a new feature to Elodin, an ultra-high-speed implementation of EGM2008. EGM2008 – or Earth Gravitational Model 2008 for those acronym phobic readers – a high precision model of Earth's gravitational field.. What once required significant computational resources can now run in milliseconds, unlocking new possibilities for satellite missions, constellation management, and more.
Space Exploration, Software, Earth Science, Optimization
88 points by sphw 81 days ago | 23 comments
The hunt for heat: Drilling the deepest holes on Earth (bbc.com)
Beneath our feet is an almost limitless source of energy, but while a few lucky locations have geothermal heat close to the surface, the rest of the world will need to dig a lot deeper. The challenge is how to get deep enough.
Geothermal Energy, Energy, Climate Change, Engineering, Earth Science
5 points by rmason 81 days ago | 0 comments
Collapse of Earth's ocean circulation system is already happening (earth.com)
Climate Change, Oceanography, Earth Science
27 points by colinprince 88 days ago | 1 comments
the Earth has tilted 31.5 inches because of human activity (msn.com)
Climate Change, Earth Science, Human Impact
8 points by cainxinth 89 days ago | 0 comments
The dent in Earth's gravitational field created by the death of an ancient ocean (livescience.com)
Earth Science, Geology, Astronomy, History
6 points by Brajeshwar 90 days ago | 0 comments
Effect of a giant meteorite impact on Paleoarchean environment and life (chemistryworld.com)
A giant meteorite that slammed into Earth over 3 billion years ago devastated early microbial life in the oceans, but also freed up a nutrient bonanza.
Paleontology, Earth Science, Microbiology, Meteorites
133 points by kristianp 97 days ago | 53 comments
Magnetic North Pole moves closer to Russia in way never seen before (independent.co.uk)
Scientists have detected unexpected activity in the high Arctic as the magnetic North Pole heads towards Russia in a way that has never been seen before.
Science, Geography, Climate Change, Earth Science
8 points by chris_overseas 97 days ago | 1 comments
Mapping the Ionosphere with Phones (nature.com)
The ionosphere is a layer of weakly ionized plasma bathed in Earth’s geomagnetic field extending about 50–1,500 kilometres above Earth1. The ionospheric total electron content varies in response to Earth’s space environment, interfering with Global Satellite Navigation System (GNSS) signals, resulting in one of the largest sources of error for position, navigation and timing services2.
Science, Space, Technology, Earth Science
96 points by gnabgib 100 days ago | 15 comments
Earth endured over one million years of rain in the "Carnian Pluvial Event" (earth.com)
A period known as the Carnian Pluvial Event, which occurred about 232 million years ago, marked a dramatic turn in Earth’s climate history.
Earth Science, Paleontology, Climate Change, Geology
24 points by febed 109 days ago | 5 comments
Hear the sounds of Earth's magnetic field from 41,000 years ago (usatoday.com)
The Earth's magnetic field is essential to life as we know it. But it’s something we can never see – or hear, until now.
Science, Earth Science, Magnetic Field, Audio, History
27 points by thunderbong 118 days ago | 7 comments
Scientists Say Our Water Cycle Has Started Breaking Down (popularmechanics.com)
The water cycle is the vital Earth process that moves freshwater and moisture around the planet, and for the first time in human history, that system is breaking down.
Climate Change, Environment, Science, Earth Science
38 points by interpol_p 121 days ago | 41 comments
Giant meteorite boiled the oceans 3.2B years ago a 'fertilizer bomb' for life (cnn.com)
Science, Astronomy, Earth Science, Biology, History
23 points by laurex 122 days ago | 2 comments