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The volcano Chimborazo, Ecuador, that Alexander von Humboldt surveyed in 1802. Photo: Spyros Theodoridis/CMEC
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Why is Earth so biologically diverse? Mountains hold the answer

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Earth's mantle (dark red) lies below the crust (brown layer near the surface) and above the outer core (bright red).
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Earth’s fingerprint hints at finding habitable planets beyond the solar system

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An example of a Pallasite meteorite (from the Esquel fall) on display in the Vale Inco Limited Gallery of Minerals at the Royal Ontario Museum.
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Meteorite strikes made life on Earth possible

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Depictions of large asteroids striking Earth, which, during parts of its early history, would have had a much thicker atmosphere than it does today. Credits: NASA with modifications by Stephen Mojzsis
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A new timeline of Earth’s cataclysmic past

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A diagrammatic representation of the Earth in the Archaean showing subducted ocean floor carrying its chemical signature into the deep mantle. The signature which includes water and chlorine is preserved in melt inclusions contained within olivine and carried back up to surface within komatiite lava flows.
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Ancient drop of water rewrites Earth’s history

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Study co-author Rob Coe and Trevor Duarte orienting cores from a lava flow site recording the Matuyama-Brunhes magnetic polarity reversal in Haleakala National Park, Hawaii, in 2015
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Earth’s last magnetic field reversal took far longer than once thought

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Groundwater well drilling equipment in California's Central Valley. Photo Credit: Chad Ress
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Drilling Deeper : A new study shows Americans are drilling deeper...

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The floormen (in yellow jackets) and drillers (in white booths in background) of Expedition 383 retrieve core barrels and sediment cores around the clock. Credit: Jenny Middleton/Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
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How a drilling ship pulls cores from 2.5 miles below the...

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Zermatt in the Western Alps.
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More ‘reactive’ land surfaces cooled the Earth down

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Building blocks of the Earth

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Canadian Rocky Mountains
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Study provides new insight into origin of Canadian Rockies

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The comet 46P/Wirtanen on January 3, 2019.
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A family of comets reopens the debate about the origin of...

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The rising Earth from the perspective of the moon.
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Formation of the moon brought water to Earth

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Ammonium fertilized early life on Earth

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A mineral map of a cumulate mineral sample.
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How Earth’s mantle is like a Jackson Pollock painting

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Bermuda has a unique volcanic past. About 30 million years ago, a disturbance in the mantle’s transition zone supplied the magma to form the now-dormant volcanic foundation on which the island sits.
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From Earth’s deep mantle, scientists find a new way volcanoes form

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Subsidence in Tuscany
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Monitoring Earth’s shifting land

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Credit: Density values from LithoRef18 (Afonso et al.) and gravity gradients from Bouman et al. (2016)
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3D Earth in the making

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How life on Earth affected its inner workings

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A laser-heated diamond anvil cell is used to simulate the pressure and temperature conditions of Earth's core.
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What does Earth’s core have in common with salad dressing?

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