The amazing science behind the search for Earth-like planetsEver since Carl Sagan first predicted that extraterrestrial civilizations must number in the millions, the search for life on other planets has gripped our imagination. Is Earth so rare that advanced life forms like us-…
We need a new philosophy of the earth. Geological time used to refer to slow and gradual processes, but today we are watching land sink into the sea and forests transform into deserts. We can even see the creation of new geological strata made of plastic, chicken bones, and othe…
"A history of the Flat Earth movement and a look at the recent boom in conspiratorial thinking in America"-- Since 2015, there has been a spectacular boom in a centuries-old delusion: that the earth is flat. Weill draws a direct line from today's conspiratorial moment, brimming…
We are active with our mobile devices; we play games, watch films, listen to music, check social media, and tap screens and keyboards while we are on the move. In Mood and Mobility, Richard Coyne argues that not only do we communicate, process information, and entertain ourselve…
As major conduits for both water and sediment, rivers are responsible for shaping much of Earth's surface. The river morphology we observe today is result of complex interaction between geology, tectonics, climate, and erosion over time, an evolution that is recorded in sediment…
The spatial and temporal coverage of geodetic data sets such as Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) and Global Positioning System (GPS) is increasing to the point where we can constrain many aspects of the deformation associated with earthquakes and volcanic eruptio…
This doctoral dissertation constitutes an integrated geophysical investigation of the lithospheric structure in the region of Libya. It is separated into three sections, each of which will be submitted to different scientific journals for publication. In the first part of the st…
The Dubai cadastral system was developed in late 1950's and early 1960's, primarily for land evaluation and construction purposes. The system provides a record of all transactions and developments, and consists of property maps and related records of owners, together with site p…