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Ancient, Acidic Lakes May Have Harbored Life

by R. Kemeny 30 March 202125 March 2022

A new analysis of South African sediments hints that acidic lakes may have leached minerals necessary for biotic life.

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Red Rocks: Using Color to Understand Climate Change

by R. Mazumdar 30 March 20213 January 2023

A recent study on hematite formation during the Triassic may help predict the effects of climate change on contemporary monsoonal environments.

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The Difficulty of Defining the Anthropocene

by Alka Tripathy-Lang 29 March 202122 August 2023

Humans may be in a new geologic epoch—the Anthropocene—but different groups define its start at varied times. When should the Anthropocene have begun?

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Arctic Lightning Up 300% in One 11-Year Study

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 26 March 20212 September 2022

The increase may be due to climate change, researchers suggest, but the trend hasn’t been observed in other lightning data sets.

A group of researchers attend to seismic instruments at Sierra Negra in the Galápagos.
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Observing a Galápagos Volcano from Buildup to Eruption

Sarah Derouin, Science Writer by Sarah Derouin 26 March 202127 October 2021

Insights from a 13-year monitoring program of Sierra Negra—one of the many volcanoes that dot the Galápagos Islands—shed light on the volcanic evolution of basaltic eruption.

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A Global Monitoring System Could Change the Future of Climatology

by Saima May Sidik 26 March 20218 March 2022

Researchers hope that a network of highly consistent climate-observing sites will resolve long-standing issues with climatological data.

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Flying Saucers Could One Day Probe the Mesosphere

Damond Benningfield, Science Writer by Damond Benningfield 25 March 20212 September 2022

Researchers have created thin, levitating disks that could be used to study the mesosphere, a layer of Earth’s atmosphere that’s difficult to reach with conventional flyers.

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A Dip in Atmospheric Carbon May Have Facilitated Dinosaur Dispersal

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 23 March 20212 September 2022

Herbivorous dinosaurs migrated north across Pangea beginning about 214 million years ago, coincident with a downturn in atmospheric carbon dioxide levels.

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Rocket Mission Conjures a Ghostly Noctilucent Cloud

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 23 March 202118 October 2022

Night-shining clouds can be diagnostic tools to better understand how human activity is changing the meteorology of the mesosphere.

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Cold Curriculum for a Hot Topic

by Nancy Averett 22 March 20212 September 2022

Educators at ice core labs teach students hands-on lessons about climate change.

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