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New study says we’re unlikely to find liquid water on Mars anytime soon

More than a hundred years ago, astronomer Percival Lowell made the case for the existence of canals on Mars designed to redistribute water from...

Mountain permafrost is warming across Europe, study shows

Permafrost temperatures in Europe's mountain regions are rising steadily, in some cases by more than 1°C over the last decade. The results of a...

Minerals in hot springs performed a key chemical reaction for early life on Earth, new study confirms

One of the biggest scientific mysteries is where life on Earth started. Research has often focused on the role of deep-sea hydrothermal vents—those towering structures...

Each glacier has a unique organic matter composition, study reveals

Melting glaciers release more than just water. Organic matter once trapped in ice can run into streams and rivers, where it becomes food for...

Study determines when and how pterosaurs went from tiny tree-climbers to towering terrestrial titans

The evolutionary adaptations that allowed ancient pterosaurs to grow to enormous sizes have been pinpointed for the first time by paleontologists in the Center...

Study uncovers first evidence of a volcanic spatter cone on Mars

While working under Erika Rader, an assistant professor in the Department of Earth and Spatial Sciences at University of Idaho, a postdoctoral researcher identified...

Study shows that ancient reef-building stromatoporoids dodged extinction—at least temporarily

Will modern coral reefs go extinct? The answer is uncertain, but some of their ancient counterparts managed to dodge a bullet—for a while, at...

Complex life on Earth began around 1.5 billion years earlier than previously thought, new study claims

Environmental evidence of the very first experiments in the evolution of complex life on Earth, has been uncovered by an international team of scientists. Until...

New study disputes Hunga Tonga volcano’s role in 2023–24 global warm-up

New research from a collaborative team featuring Texas A&M University atmospheric scientist Dr. Andrew Dessler is exploring the climate impact of the 2022 Hunga...

Study detects the largest methane leak ever recorded in an oil well

An international team of scientists led by Dr. Luis Guanter, UPV professor and head of the LARS Group of the Institute of Water and...

How old are South African fossils like the Taung Child? Study offers an answer

One hundred years ago, the discovery of a skull in South Africa's North West province altered our understanding of human evolution. The juvenile skull...

Fossil insects help to reconstruct the past—how I ended up studying them (and you can too)

When I tell people that I study fossils, many assume I am talking about dinosaurs or some equally impressive extinct creatures. But there's far...

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