A study in Scientific Reports has brought a hidden water puzzle beneath Utah’s Great Salt Lake into sharper view. Researchers led by University of Utah geophysicists used airborne instruments to detect signs of a potentially vast freshwater reservoir buried below one of North America’s saltiest landscapes. The finding matters because the Great Salt Lake is…
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Researchers led by the University of the Sunshine Coast have identified a new species of walking shark from shallow reefs in southeastern Papua New Guinea, according to a study published in the Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation. The shark, named Hemiscyllium dudgeonae, adds a tenth known species to a rare group of small reef…
Researchers at Penn State are recreating Arctic permafrost inside a Pennsylvania lab to learn how frozen soil responds to microwave signals. Their work could help scientists read satellite and drone data more accurately, giving climate models a clearer view of thawing ground in some of the most remote regions on Earth. The project begins with…
Researchers analyzing NASA’s Webb observations have watched the giant exoplanet HD 80606 b heat up as its stretched orbit carried it close to a Sun-like star. The planet is about four times the mass of Jupiter and its path around its star creates one of the most dramatic atmospheric tests astronomers can observe beyond our…
