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Dr Peter Wynn, Lancaster University, taking a sample in Iceland. Credit: Dr Hugh Tuffen
Glaciers

Volcanoes and glaciers combine as powerful methane producers

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Planktonic foraminifera, such as these collected in the Gulf of Mexico, form the base of many marine and aquatic food chains.
climate

Climate, life and the movement of continents: New connections

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Map of the bedrock topography beneath the ice sheet and the ice-free land surrounding the Hiawatha impact crater.
Crater

Huge Crater Discovered in Greenland

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Ocean
Earth

Seismic study reveals huge amount of water dragged into Earth’s interior

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Artist depiction of the MMS spacecraft that provided the first view of magnetic reconnection. Credit: NASA/GSFC
Earth

Scientists Help Provide First-Ever Views of Elusive Energy Explosion

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The experiment on La Palma: The laser beam (yellow) generates an artificial guide star in the mesosphere. This light is collected in the receiver telescope (front left). The laser source and the receiver telescope are eight meters away from each other. Credit: Copyright Felipe Pedreros Bustos
Earth

Earth’s magnetic field measured using artificial stars at 90 kilometers altitude

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The Indus civilization was the largest—but least known—of the first great urban cultures that also included Egypt and Mesopotamia. Named for one of their largest cities, the Harappans relied on river floods to fuel their agricultural surpluses. Today, numerous remains of the Harappan settlements are located in a vast desert region far from any flowing river.
climate

Climate change likely caused migration, demise of ancient Indus Valley civilization

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A reconstruction of the Eocene of Turkey, where the small marsupial was found. Besides the marsupials, the fauna includes embrithopods (the rhino-like animals of the background, more related to elephants and sea cows), pleuraspidotheriids (primitive ungulates with a deer/dog look), a group of primates called omomyids, bats, tortoises and crocodiles. Credit: Oscar Sanisidro | University of Kansas
Fossils

Deep-time evolution of animal life on islands

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Lijinganthus revoluta
Fossils

Ancient flower fossil points to core eudicot boom 99 million years...

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Reconstruction of a living Mirarce eatoni perched on the horns of the ceratopsian dinosaur
Fossils

Rare fossil bird deepens mystery of avian extinctions

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