Published on Aug 26, 2010
Dig a Little DEEPER: Hollow Earth/ Subterranean Worlds
Published on Aug 26, 2010
Dig a Little DEEPER: Hollow Earth/ Subterranean Worlds
Featured Image: Snail. SOURCE: Clker.com
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Published on Sep 16, 2013
Scientists have discovered a new species of snail living all by its lonesome in a cave. It has a clear shell, because it lives in a cave and has no one to impress.
Photo: Orange-colored area enclosed by dashed line denotes recently discovered magma layer. Credit: Scripps Institution of Oceanography. SOURCE Terra Daily.
From Terra Daily
by Staff Writers
Arlington VA (SPX) Mar 27, 2013
Scientists have discovered a layer of liquified molten rock in Earth’s mantle that may be responsible for the sliding motions of the planet’s massive tectonic plates. The finding may carry far-reaching implications, from understanding basic geologic functions of the planet to new insights into volcanism and earthquakes.
The research was funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), and is reported in this week’s issue of the journal Nature by Samer Naif, Kerry Key, and Steven Constable of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), and Rob Evans of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. . . . Read Complete Report
from Terra Daily
by Karen Jenvey and Rachel Hoover for Ames Research Center
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Dec 05, 2012
In one of the most remote lakes of Antarctica, nearly 65 feet beneath the icy surface, scientists from NASA, the Desert Research Institute (DRI) in Reno, Nev., the University of Illinois at Chicago, and nine other institutions, have uncovered a community of bacteria. This discovery of life existing in one of Earth’s darkest, saltiest and coldest habitats is significant because it helps increase our limited knowledge of how life can sustain itself in these extreme environments on our own planet and beyond.
Lake Vida, the largest of several unique lakes found in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, contains no oxygen, is mostly frozen and possesses the highest nitrous oxide levels of any natural water body on Earth. . . . Read Complete Report