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Many of the World’s Cities Have Gotten Wetter

by Carolyn Wilke 17 October 202417 October 2024

Dense populations, aerosols, and cities’ tendency to raise temperatures contribute to higher levels of precipitation in urban areas than surrounding rural areas.

A photo depicts a landscape with three large hills in the background and rocks and shrubs in the foreground.
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Here’s Why Resolution Copper Wants to Mine Oak Flat

by Grace van Deelen 16 October 202419 December 2024

Southeastern Arizona’s “Copper Triangle” is a hot spot for high-grade deposits, thanks to ancient magmatic activity.

A satellite image shows miles-wide blooms of green phytoplankton in the ocean.
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Microbe Preferences Drive Ocean Carbon Pump

by Grace van Deelen 15 October 202415 October 2024

New research offers insight into how certain bacteria degrade organic matter in Earth’s oceans.

Spacecraft with large solar panels flies in front of Jupiter
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Clipper Sets Sail for an Ocean Millions of Miles Away

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 11 October 202415 October 2024

Europa Clipper will assess whether Jupiter’s moon has the right ingredients to host life, and could illuminate the mysteries of icy worlds throughout the solar system.

Layers of rock visible in a cliff in Nanliang, Shanxi, China.
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Mega El Niño May Have Led to Major Mass Extinction 252 Million Years Ago

by Rebecca Owen 11 October 20244 August 2025

The extreme climate conditions wrought by a decades-long ENSO pattern could be the culprit in the Great Dying, which wiped out nearly 90% of life on Earth.

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ALMA Watches the Surface of a Star “Boil”

Damond Benningfield, Science Writer by Damond Benningfield 10 October 202410 October 2024

Observations of R Doradus, a nearby red giant, provide the first timescale for convection on the surface of any star other than the Sun.

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Finding the Frequency of a Fjord

by J. Besl 9 October 202415 October 2024

A massive tsunami churned up a mysterious 9-day noise in East Greenland. As the climate warms, more fjords may start singing.

An underwater picture of a scientist wearing red and black waterproof pants and boots standing in thigh-high water on an ancient underwater bridge.
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Underwater Bridge Suggests a Surprising Date for First Migration to Mallorca

by Elise Cutts 8 October 20249 October 2024

A controversial study suggests that humans settled on the Spanish island 1,000 years earlier than archaeologists believe.

Gold specks on quartz
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Earthquakes May Lace Quartz Veins with Gold

by Carolyn Wilke 8 October 202419 December 2024

Seismic activity may kick off chemical reactions that seed nuggets of gold.

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Putting Accessibility on the Map

Rachel Crowell, Science Writer by Rachel Crowell 7 October 20247 October 2024

New research demonstrates how to make radar maps more easily interpretable for people with color vision deficiency.

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