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New research provides possible insights into the formation of Earth

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A new study, conducted by scientists at The University of New Mexico, found ancient, primordial helium-3 leaking from the Earth's core, suggesting the planet...

Photos of Fingal’s Cave, Scotland

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Fingal’s Cave is a sea cave on the uninhabited island of Staffa, in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, known for its natural acoustics. The...

What are sinkholes and causes them?

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A sinkhole, also known as a sink-hole, sink, swallow hole, shakehole, swallet or doline, is a natural depression or hole in the Earth’s surface...

Iraq sandstorm sends more than 1,000 to hospital

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More than 1,000 Iraqis were rushed to hospital with respiratory ailments on Thursday due to a sandstorm, the seventh to hit the country in...

Report says Michigan 2020 dam failures were ‘preventable’

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The failure of two Michigan dams that forced evacuation of 10,000 people and destroyed 150 homes was "foreseeable and preventable," resulting from errors and...

Photos of Psychedelic Salt Mine, Russia

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Hundreds of feet below a Russian city is an abandoned salt mine which might as well be the inside of a rave. The walls are...

How rocks rusted on Earth and turned red

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How did rocks rust on Earth and turn red? A Rutgers-led study has shed new light on the important phenomenon and will help address...

How ancient microbes created massive ore deposits, set the stage for early life on Earth

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New research in Science Advances is uncovering the vital role that Precambrian-eon microbes may have played in two of the early Earth’s biggest mysteries. University...

How Giant’s Causeway and Devils Postpile were formed

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A new study by geoscientists at the University of Liverpool has identified the temperature at which cooling magma cracks to form geometric columns such...

Import tariffs: An alternative to a European energy embargo against Russia

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Tariffs on Russian energy imports could provide the EU with a lever to reduce Russia's financial gains from its oil and gas exports and...

Fossil fuel formation: Key to atmosphere’s oxygen?

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For the development of animals, nothing — with the exception of DNA — may be more important than oxygen in the atmosphere. Oxygen enables the...

A 520 million year old, five-eyed fossil reveals arthropod origin

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Arthropods have been among the most successful animals on Earth since the Cambrian Period, about 520 million years ago. They are the most familiar...
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