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Core samples from Greenland’s seabed provide first historical overview of plastic pollution

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By coring the seabed at 850 m water depth in Disko Bay off Greenland's west coast, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have obtained the first historical record of plastic pollution in Greenland. The new data...

How wide are faults? Earthquake study reveals fault zones are sprawling networks, not single strands

EARTHQUAKES
At the Seismological Society of America's Annual Meeting, researchers posed a seemingly simple question: how wide are faults? Using data compiled from single earthquakes across the world, Christie Rowe of the Nevada Seismological Laboratory at the University...

Earthquake strikes under Indian Ocean far off Australian coast, but no tsunami warning issued

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A 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck far off southwest Australia on Wednesday, but no tsunami warning was issued. The epicenter was in the Indian Ocean 2,069 kilometers (1,283 miles) southwest of Albany on the southwest tip of Western Australia state at...

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NASA and ESA want to bring Martian rocks to Earth. Here’s what will happen to the samples once they get here

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A mission will deliver rock and soil from Mars to laboratories on Earth in the 2030s. Mars Sample Return (MSR) is led by NASA with participation from the European Space Agency (ESA). The mission will allow...

Lake deposits reveal directional shaking during devastating 1976 Guatemala earthquake

EARTHQUAKES
Sediment cores drawn from four lakes in Guatemala record the distinct direction that ground shaking traveled during a 1976 magnitude 7.5 earthquake that devastated the country, according to researchers at the Seismological Society of America's Annual...

How wide are faults? Earthquake study reveals fault zones are sprawling networks, not single strands

EARTHQUAKES
At the Seismological Society of America's Annual Meeting, researchers posed a seemingly simple question: how wide are faults? Using data compiled from single earthquakes across the world, Christie Rowe of the Nevada Seismological Laboratory at the University...

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Tiny cut marks on animal bone fossils reveal that human ancestors were in Romania 1.95 million years ago

PALEONTOLOGY
Looking again through the magnifying lens at the fossil's surface, one of us, Sabrina Curran, took a deep breath. Illuminated by a strong light positioned nearly parallel to the surface of the bone, the V-shaped lines...

Lake deposits reveal directional shaking during devastating 1976 Guatemala earthquake

EARTHQUAKES
Sediment cores drawn from four lakes in Guatemala record the distinct direction that ground shaking traveled during a 1976 magnitude 7.5 earthquake that devastated the country, according to researchers at the Seismological Society of America's Annual...

How wide are faults? Earthquake study reveals fault zones are sprawling networks, not single strands

EARTHQUAKES
At the Seismological Society of America's Annual Meeting, researchers posed a seemingly simple question: how wide are faults? Using data compiled from single earthquakes across the world, Christie Rowe of the Nevada Seismological Laboratory at the University...

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Tiny cut marks on animal bone fossils reveal that human ancestors were in Romania 1.95 million years ago

PALEONTOLOGY
Looking again through the magnifying lens at the fossil's surface, one of us, Sabrina Curran, took a deep breath. Illuminated by a strong light...

Lake deposits reveal directional shaking during devastating 1976 Guatemala earthquake

EARTHQUAKES
Sediment cores drawn from four lakes in Guatemala record the distinct direction that ground shaking traveled during a 1976 magnitude 7.5 earthquake that devastated...

How wide are faults? Earthquake study reveals fault zones are sprawling networks, not single strands

EARTHQUAKES
At the Seismological Society of America's Annual Meeting, researchers posed a seemingly simple question: how wide are faults? Using data compiled from single earthquakes across...

Earthquake strikes under Indian Ocean far off Australian coast, but no tsunami warning issued

EARTHQUAKES
A 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck far off southwest Australia on Wednesday, but no tsunami warning was issued. The epicenter was in the Indian Ocean 2,069 kilometers (1,283 miles)...

Ancient rocks reveal how water helped shape the world

ASTRONOMY
New Curtin-led research has revealed that water played a far bigger role than previously thought in shaping Earth's first continents, transforming the planet's early...

A strong solar storm heads to Earth. Here’s what to know about northern lights

ASTRONOMY
A strong solar storm headed to Earth could produce colorful aurora displays across more U.S. states than usual Tuesday night. The sun earlier this week...
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