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The Martian South Pole

12 February 2019

Study Suggests Prospect of Recent Underground Volcanism on Mars

Researchers argue there needs to be an underground source of heat for liquid water to exist underneath the planet’s south polar ice cap, as predicted by a previous study.
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11 February 2019

New Research Finds Possible Second Impact Crater Hiding Under Greenland Ice

The new, 22-mile-wide site is only 114 miles from a crater under Hiawatha Glacier, reported in November 2018, but is unlikely to have formed at the same time.
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Space Science & Space Physics
Aurora borealis, the northern lights, seen from Andøya in Norway

5 February 2019

New Study Explains Differences in Southern and Northern Lights

The new research finds the differences in aurora are likely caused by squeezing of Earth’s magnetotail by the solar wind and the Sun’s magnetic field.
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Planetary Sciences
Titan, the largest of Saturn’s moons

5 February 2019

New Study Finds Changing Seasons, Rain on Titan’s North Pole

The rainfall would be the first indication of the start of a summer season in the moon’s northern hemisphere.
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Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Volcanology
Intense reaction after water is injected into molten rock

5 February 2019

Scientists Brew Lava to Better Understand Volcanoes

The first results are published from experiments that aim to illuminate the physics of lava-water interactions, which can sometimes make eruptions more dangerous
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Biogeosciences
Thawing permafrost bog in Alaska

5 February 2019

Early Spring Rain Boosts Methane from Thawing Permafrost

In Alaskan bogs, warming early spring rainfall promotes the growth of plants and methane-producing microbes.
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Atmospheric Sciences
Figure showing a trail of heightened precipitation (yellow streak at left) on aircraft approach path to Helsinki-Vantaa airport

1 February 2019

Passing Aircraft Wring Extra Snow and Rain out of Clouds

Cooling in the wake of aircraft wings and propellers freezes water droplets in supercooled clouds to tiny ice particles. The falling particles can seed heightened precipitation in underlying clouds.
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Ocean Sciences

29 November 2018

Whale Songs’ Pitch May Change Due to Population, Climate Changes

Blue whale calls have been mysteriously dropping pitch for decades. A new study describes the same trend in fin whales and suggests the global pitch drop may be a side effect of singing less loudly.
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Atmospheric Sciences
Soybeans show the effect of the drought near Navasota, Texas, on 21 August 2013.

27 November 2018

Extreme Heat Increasing in Both Summer and Winter

New research shows that there are more extremely hot days during the summer and more days that are considered extremely hot for the time of year, like abnormally warm days in the winter.
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Atmospheric Sciences
Umbrella on a rainy day

16 November 2018

Half of the World’s Annual Precipitation Falls in Just 12 Days

Climate change is likely to make global precipitation more uneven, according to new research.
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