Earth

International study shows asteroids as past, possible future water source

Published: February 8, 2021 | 4:23 pm

A Florida State University geochemist was part of an international team that published startling evidence that a type of meteorite — fragments […]

Published: October 15, 2019 | 9:15 am

A Florida State University researcher has uncovered a new geophysical phenomenon where a hurricane or other strong storm can spark […]

Published: September 11, 2019 | 2:25 pm

When Kīlauea Volcano erupted in 2018, it injected millions of cubic feet of molten lava into the nutrient-poor waters off […]

Published: September 10, 2019 | 1:31 pm

Golf ball-size clods of weathered crude oil originating from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon catastrophe could remain buried in sandy Gulf […]

Published: July 14, 2017 | 9:00 am

Scientists have long believed that the waters of the Central and Northeast Pacific Ocean were inhospitable to deep-sea scleractinian coral, […]

Published: June 21, 2017 | 10:58 am

For half a century, the Florida State University Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Institute (GFDI) has been a global leader in the […]

Published: January 23, 2017 | 3:36 pm

A Florida State University researcher is taking a deep dive into the carbon cycle and investigating how carbon moves from […]

Published: November 21, 2016 | 3:00 pm

Water covers about 70 percent of the Earth’s surface, but scientists also want to know how much lies inside the […]

Published: October 27, 2016 | 3:32 pm

Florida State University officials and the university’s Board of Trustees broke ground on a new building Thursday that will house […]

Published: October 13, 2016 | 9:07 am

A Florida State University geology researcher is going deep below the Earth’s surface to understand how some of the most […]

Published: August 30, 2016 | 12:40 pm

In the southern United States, an afternoon thunderstorm is part of a regular summer day. But new research shows those […]