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Resolving a Cordilleran Conundrum
A novel geophysical technique documents the existence of a “missing” fault, along which major displacement could have occurred during the Cretaceous on North America’s northwest margin.
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Probing the Origin of a New Celestial Phenomenon
The first statistical study of STEVE events suggests that the appearance of these narrow ribbons of light is closely correlated with violent disturbances in Earth’s magnetosphere.
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New Antenna Design Could Improve Satellite Communications
A novel antenna design promises to improve bandwidth and allow for better communication between Earth stations and satellites.
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New Global Crustal Model Built as Foundation for Future Studies
A new global crustal model and its corresponding uncertainty were obtained using minimum a priori information and a geostatistical approach.
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A Step Closer to Quantifying Global Photosynthesis in Real Time
High spatial and temporal resolutions of a data set on a proxy for plant photosynthesis, as well as contiguous global coverage, have great utility for a variety of applications.
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Local Heat Source Needed to Form Liquid Water Lake on Mars
Thermal modeling suggests that active magmatism in the past few hundred thousand years could account for the presence of a large lake previously hypothesized beneath the Red Planet’s southern ice cap.
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Explaining the Genesis of Superdeep Diamonds
Real-time tracking during diamond anvil cell experiments indicates reaction rates may control the unusual depth distribution of the extremely rare diamonds that form deep within Earth’s mantle.
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Tracking Regional Climate Change from Pole to Pole
8th Third Pole Environment Workshop; Gothenburg, Sweden, 24–26 September 2018
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Scientists, Explorers Keen to Locate Water-Bearing Asteroids
Hydrated minerals on near-Earth asteroids offer both scientific revelations and economic incentives for companies looking to refuel satellites with material from nearby space.