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The image shows a thermokarst lake in Alaska. Thermokarst lakes form in the Arctic when permafrost thaws. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

NASA flights detect millions of Arctic methane hotspots

February 15, 2020

Rapid decline of Arctic sea ice a combination of climate change and natural variability

When the Arctic coast retreats, life in the shallow water areas drastically changes

Lazarus ice

Insights into biogeochemical cycles based on glacial meltwater chemistry

High-Arctic Heat Tops 1,800-Year High, Says Study

October 3, 2012

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New study finds mammals during age of dinosaurs packed a powerful...

December 9, 2016

Constraining the composition of Earth’s interior with mineral elasticity

June 8, 2016

Dimitri Laurent explores a typical gallery in the Nébélé Cave, which was formed by sulfuric acid speleogenesis. You can see a deep notch that indicates the former presence of a river, and sodium sulfate on the left that is produced from weathering by sulfuric acid. Credit: Christophe Durlet

Unearthing the sources of cave-forming sulfuric acid

January 27, 2023

Stray gases found in water wells near shale gas sites

June 25, 2013

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The Dipping Moho is a sign of one continent being thrust over another. Credit: IGG

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