Category: Earth Science
18 April 2013
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Superstorm Sandy Shook the Earth
Seismic vibrations could be used to assess long-term trends in ocean storminess
3 April 2013
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North America Grew by Scarfing Up Earth's Crust
Finding helps explain mountain building and lack of volcanic activity in the West
21 March 2013
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The Shaky Side of Landslides
Researchers can divine the size of major slumps from seismic data
17 March 2013
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ScienceShot: Earthquakes Deposit Gold in Fault Zones
Tons of the precious metal can be generated over thousands of years
14 February 2013
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How to Repel an Earthquake
Invisibility cloak technology can redirect seismic waves
7 February 2013
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ScienceShot: First Evidence of Life Under Antarctic Ice
U.S. team recovers microbes from sediment of Lake Whillans
4 February 2013
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ScienceShot: What Hoodoos Tell Us About Earthquakes
Fragile rock formations provide upper limit on ground motions during recent California temblors
1 February 2013
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California Irrigation Changing Weather Patterns in American Southwest
Billions of liters of water boosting rainfall and flooding
1 February 2013
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ScienceShot: Erosion in Flatland
More sediment produced in gently sloping areas than in mountains
7 December 2012
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Ticking Arctic Carbon Bomb May Be Bigger Than Thought
New field work, analyses raise alarm on thawing permafrost
5 December 2012
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Solving the Mystery of River Formation
New model explains how water carves rivers and their tributaries
4 December 2012
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Satellites Could Detect Nuclear Tests
Scientists look to the ionosphere to spot clandestine detonations
29 November 2012
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A Grand Old Canyon
A new study suggests an older age for the iconic gorge
14 November 2012
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Recent Drought Trends Not So Cut-and-Dried
A commonly used metric to assess dry spells can overestimate their effects
26 September 2012
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Indian Ocean Quakes Part of Slo-Mo Seafloor Breakup
April's massive quakes one more rip toward the formation of a new tectonic boundary
19 July 2012
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Probing Diversity's Complexity
By identifying all trees along an elevation from above 6000 meters to 180 meters, researchers hope to model the complexity of our planet's biodiversity
12 July 2012
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Rising Acidity Brings an Ocean of Trouble
Carbon dioxide emissions have changed the chemistry of oceans in ways that are harming shell-building organisms
5 July 2012
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LOL and a Touch of Science, Too
Cartoonist Jim Toomey finds ways to sneak marine conservation and science into his popular comic strip
30 May 2012
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Live Chat: Can Geoengineering Save the World?
Talk to experts about how tinkering with the planet could curb global warming
24 May 2012
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Will a Volcano Erupt? The Answer's in the Crystals
Chemical patterns of tiny magma crystals track changes in volcanic activity
10 May 2012
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Primeval Land Rises From the Ashes
A "vegetational Pompeii" buried in a coal deposit is shedding light on the Permian period
19 April 2012
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Trouble on the Yangtze
Upriver habitats are now at risk from a series of new projects
18 April 2012
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Live Chat: Human-Triggered Earthquakes
Talk to experts about the role we play in shaking up Mother Nature, including the indirect impacts of "fracking"
4 April 2012
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Did Melting Antarctic Permafrost Drive Ancient Global Warming?
An ice-free Antarctica may have supplied the greenhouse gases to heat the world
4 April 2012
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Greenhouse Gas Is No Weakling
New record of ancient climate pegs carbon dioxide as potent global warmer
4 April 2012
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ScienceShot: Can Haze Turn the Climate Tide?
Air pollution, not natural forces, may be the North Atlantic's climate pacemaker
14 March 2012
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Live Chat: Spring Forward--The Ecological Impact of Climate Change on the Seasons
Talk with experts about the science of unseasonably early spring
29 February 2012
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Live Chat: The Science of Avalanches
Talk with experts about research into these deadly events
18 February 2012
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Massive Energy Storage, Courtesy of West Ireland
Novel project plans to use region to generate three-quarters of the power of the Hoover Dam
17 February 2012
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Tropical Oceans Dried Out East Africa
Sea-surface temperatures may be responsible for expansion of grasslands
16 February 2012
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Mixed Verdict on Fracking
No evidence that hydraulic fracturing for gas contaminates groundwater, report finds, but problems exist at the surface
1 February 2012
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Live Chat: Peak Oil—Is the Well Running Dry?
Chat with experts about the world’s fuel future
18 January 2012
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Live Chat: Science in Antarctica
Talk with experts about the challenges and opportunities of conducting research on the frozen continent
5 January 2012
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Climate Machine: Steady as She Goes
Forecasters see the Atlantic's warm "conveyor belt" running steadily years into the future
16 November 2011
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Live Chat: The Science of Storm Chasing
Talk to experts about flying a retired warplane into the heart of a killer storm
23 October 2011
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Bleak Prospects for Avoiding Dangerous Global Warming
Only the boldest action taken now is sure to head off the destructive effects of global warming
5 October 2011
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Live Chat: Are We Entering a New Geological Age?
Experts answer your question on the coming of the Anthropocene
23 September 2011
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Podcast: Squid Mating Habits, a Dinosaur Extinction Controversy, and More
Listen to a roundup of some of our favorite stories from this week
26 April 2011
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Watching Climate Change Through a Farmer's Eyes
Satellite data back up impacts of global warming in Himalayan agricultural villages
11 April 2011
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ScienceShot: Yellowstone Gets a CT Scan
Technology provides an unprecedented view of a plume of hot, molten rock beneath the national park's basin
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