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The Tonga Eruption Is Still Revealing New Volcanic Dangers
It’s clear that Hunga involved an unusually explosive recipe that may not be easily replicated. For about a month, the…
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The Mystery of Nevada’s Ancient Reptilian Boneyard
Berlin, Nevada, is a treasure chest for paleontologists. Just down the road from now-abandoned gold and silver mines, a rockbound…
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See the Launch of a New NASA Satellite to Map the World’s Oceans, Lakes and Rivers
A U.S.-French satellite that will map almost all of the world’s oceans, lakes and rivers rocketed into orbit Friday. The…
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A New NASA Satellite Will Map Earth’s Rising Seas
SWOT could turn out to be a major improvement over measurements by previous satellites. “Instead of a ‘pencil beam’ moving…
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The Extraordinary Shelf Life of the Deep Sea Sandwiches
In the late 1960s, a submersible named Alvin suffered a mishap off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard. The bulbous white vessel,…
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The Mystery of Alaska’s Disappearing Whales
This story originally appeared in Undark and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. When Roswell Schaeffer Sr. was 8…
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NASA’s Viking 1 may have landed at the site of an ancient Martian megatsunami | CNN
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The Geological Fluke That’s Protecting Sea Life in the Galapagos
This story originally appeared in Hakai Magazine and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Pushed by climate change, almost…
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A Caustic Shift Is Coming for the Arctic Ocean
Imagine, for a moment, that you are standing on a pier by the sea, grasping, somewhat inexplicably, a bowling ball.…
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The Mediterranean Sea Is So Hot, It’s Forming Carbonate Crystals
It’s also worth noting that the Mediterranean Sea is one of the most microplastic-polluted water bodies in the world: In…
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