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Sweeping study of 7,000 years of monuments in South Arabia shows how pastoralists adapted to change

New research brings together 7,000 years of history in South Arabia to show how ancient pastoralists changed placement and construction of monuments over time...

Earth is heading for 2.7°C warming this century—we may avoid the worst climate scenarios, but the outlook is dire

Is climate action a lost cause? The United States is withdrawing from the Paris Agreement for the second time, while heat records over land...

Tornadoes kill more than 20 in south-central US

Severe storms swept through the US states of Missouri and Kentucky, leaving at least 21 people dead, laying waste to local communities and cutting...

What keeps people from evacuating during a natural disaster?

When deciding whether to shelter in place during an emergency, social roles, environmental knowledge, economic status, and other factors weigh heavily over government information...

Researchers find elevated levels of mercury in Colorado mountain wetlands

Climate change is melting glaciers and permafrost in the mountains outside of Boulder, Colorado, exposing rocks and freeing up minerals containing sulfate, a form...

Ancient ocean sediments link changes in currents to cooling of Northern Hemisphere 3.6 million years ago

New research from an international group looking at ancient sediment cores in the North Atlantic has for the first time shown a strong correlation...

First machine learning model developed to calculate the volume of all glaciers on Earth

A team of researchers led by Niccolò Maffezzoli, "Marie Curie" fellow at Ca' Foscari University of Venice and the University of California, Irvine, and...

Satellite data from ship captures landslide-generated tsunami for the first time

Landslide-generated tsunamis pose a serious risk to coastal communities, particularly within narrow fjords where tall cliffs can trap and amplify waves. Scientists rely heavily...

Scientists find evidence that challenges theories of the origin of water on Earth

A team of researchers at the University of Oxford have uncovered crucial evidence for the origin of water on Earth. Using a rare type...

Soil from the moon’s far side suggests drier conditions than the side facing Earth

Soil and rocks returned from the moon's mysterious far side suggest it may be drier than the side constantly facing Earth, Chinese scientists reported...

Rock diversity along rim of Jezero Crater offers a wide glimpse of Martian history

Scientists with NASA's Perseverance rover are exploring what they consider a veritable Martian cornucopia full of intriguing rocky outcrops on the rim of Jezero...

Sink or swim: The fate of sinking tectonic plates depends on their ancient tectonic histories

Newly published research has revealed that compositional rock anomalies within oceanic plates caused by ancient tectonics influence the trajectory and speed of the plates...

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