Ed Miliband has been urged to dispose of Britain’s nuclear waste by drilling boreholes up to five kilometres deep into the Earth’s crust. It comes after the National Audit Office warned operations at Sellafield – the Cumbrian facility where most of the UK’s radioactive materials are currently stored – were not “achieving value for money”. At the moment, the Government’s …
Most ancient continents, including the Singhbhum Craton, are made of granites, which formed through the melting of pre-existing rocks at the base of the crust. We conclude that the first large continents were making their way above sea level around 3 billion years ago – much earlier than the 2.5 billion years estimated by previous research. In our research, we …
As the leaders of the free world meet in Scotland's Glasgow this month, they will have a big challenge to steer the planet's survival as global warming and climate change unleash extreme events across the world. A new study shows how the continuous melting of the polar caps is leading to change in the shape of the planet in a …
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Plumes of water vapour that may be venting into space from Jupiter’s moon Europa could come from within the icy crust itself, according to new research. “Understanding where these water plumes are coming from is very important for knowing whether future Europa explorers could have a chance to actually detect life from space without probing Europa’s ocean,” said lead author …