In a new paper, Jordan Jensen and Alexis Ault introduce a new forensic tool designed to enhance our understanding of how ...

For example it takes almost 1 million years for Th-230 to reach ... inadvertently ingest some of the loose friable uranium oxides formed through weathering of the surface of the penetrators. With time ...

One of the main environmental problems associated with coal mining and sulphide deposits is acid mine drainage (AMD), resulting from the natural oxidation of minerals ... when exposed to the natural ...

Geologists have long struggled to understand massive time gaps in Earth’s rock record, where millions—sometimes billions—of ...

A surprise heat wave hit Central Asia in March, a new study published Friday showed, putting in danger crops and water supply in a largely rural region already heavily affected by the impacts of ...

Phosphorus is, in fact, an essential nutrient for all forms of life - it is an integral constituent of nucleic acids (the building blocks of genetic material), many other essential biochemicals (for ...

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis, California 95616, United States ...