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New method helps scientists better predict when volcanos will erupt

Cornell researchers have unearthed precise, microscopic clues to where magma is stored, offering scientists—and government officials in populated areas—a way to better assess the...

Scientists detect molten rock layer hidden under Earth’s tectonic plates

Scientists have discovered a new layer of partly molten rock under the Earth's crust that might help settle a long-standing debate about how tectonic...

Flashes on the sun could help scientists predict solar flares

In the blazing upper atmosphere of the Sun, a team of scientists have found new clues that could help predict when and where the...

Scientists unveil a unified theory for rocky planet formation

A new theory for how rocky planets form could explain the origin of so-called "super-Earths"—a class of exoplanets a few times more massive than...

Scientists investigate potential regolith origin on Uranus’ moon Miranda

In a recent study published in The Planetary Science Journal, a pair of researchers led by The Carl Sagan Center at the SETI Institute...

Scientists: Atmospheric carbon might turn lakes more acidic

The Great Lakes have endured a lot the past century, from supersized algae blobs to invasive mussels and bloodsucking sea lamprey that nearly wiped...

Scientists map heat beneath Antarctica’s icesheets

Researchers from the ARC Center for Excellence in Antarctic Science (ACEAS) at the University of Tasmania are helping predict future sea level rise by...

Scientists declare 2 Hawaii volcanoes have stopped erupting

U.S. scientists declared Tuesday that two active Hawaii volcanoes—one where lava destroyed hundreds of homes in 2018 and another where lava recently stalled before...

Scientists say eruption of Hawaii volcano continues to ease

The eruption of the Mauna Loa volcano on Hawaii's Big Island continues to ease, scientists said Sunday, reinforcing an earlier pronouncement that the mountain's...

Scientists reveal controlling factors of water and heat exchanges over the Zoige wetland

The Tibetan Plateau (QTP) is composed of complex and diverse topographic features, as well as many significant differences in water, heat, and momentum flux...

Scientists develop a new way to verify forecasts of where typhoons will hit land

Landfalling typhoons can cause widespread damage, so accurately forecasting them is crucial. More specifically, the errors associated with a typhoon's landfall position are often...

NASA scientists map global salt marsh losses and their carbon impact

According to a new NASA-led study, the world has lost 561 square miles (1,453 square kilometers) of salt marshes over the past 20 years....

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