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How Ancient Indigenous Societies Made Today’s Amazon More Resilient

by Sofia Moutinho 18 December 202518 December 2025

Portions of the forest managed by pre-Columbian populations hold higher biomass and are more able to withstand climate change.

The upper left image shows a clay pot. The lower part of the image is a chart showing age on the x axis and field intensity on the y axis. From about 1050 BCE until 700 BCE, the field intensity is high and has four spikes. After that, it falls until it reaches a low at about 200 CE before rising slightly and falling again at about 1800 CE. The spiky high is circled and labeled “Levantine Iron Age Anomaly” in red. The low from about 1800 to 2000 CE is circled in blue and labeled “Modern field.” A green line of the field intensity of the pot intersects the modern field. In the upper right corner is a large “FAKE” stamp.
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Credible or Counterfeit: How Paleomagnetism Can Help Archaeologists Find Frauds

by Alka Tripathy-Lang 16 December 202516 December 2025

Duplicating artifacts that preserve records from biblical times is a lucrative business. A method used for both dating artifacts and reconstructing Earth’s history could identify phony pieces.

Daniel James instala un monitor de tasa de goteo en una estalagmita de flujo en la cueva Grutas Tzabnah en el estado de Yucatán, México, como parte de una campaña de monitoreo de cuevas.
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Grandes Sequias Coincidieron con el Colapso Maya Clásico

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 17 November 202517 November 2025

El entendimiento de cómo las ciudades individuales respondieron al estrés climático ayudará a crear imágenes holísticas de cómo estas sociedades funcionaban.

A researcher in a hard hat sits in a backlit cave with a small metal instrument.
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Major Droughts Coincided with Classic Maya Collapse

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 24 September 202524 September 2025

Understanding how individual cities responded to climate stress will help create holistic pictures of how these societies functioned.

Shallow blue waters with green land in the foreground and distant background.
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Ancient Greeks and Romans Laced the Aegean with Lead

by Elise Cutts 4 March 20254 March 2025

Lead pollution in and around the Aegean Sea dates back to the Bronze Age and shows a strong spike associated with Roman expansion.

Rich soil is visible through green blades of grass.
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O Legado Rico em Nutrientes nas Terras Pretas da Amazônia

by Kate Evans 7 November 20247 November 2024

Os solos férteis de terra preta foram criados através de séculos de uso da terra cuidadosamente administrado. Os cientistas estão colhendo referências desses solos para remover o carbono e melhorar o solo para a agricultura.

Gravura em cobre de Lisboa, Portugal, durante o terramoto de 1755.
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Sedimentos Caribenhos Rastreados até o Terremoto e Tsunami Português de 1755

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 29 October 202429 October 2024

Arqueólogos escavando na Martinica encontraram por acaso o primeiro depósito de tsunami do terremoto encontrado no Novo Mundo. Ao que parece, o tsunami deixou um forte rastro, pois a onda passou por cima de um rio.

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.

Las pirámides egipcias de Guiza colindan con la bulliciosa ciudad de El Cairo.
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Encuentran contaminación por cobre de 5,000 años de antigüedad cerca de las pirámides

by Evan Howell 30 September 20244 October 2024

Una nueva investigación geoarqueológica demuestra que la metalurgia en el antiguo Egipto provocó una importante contaminación en un puerto cercano.

The Egyptian pyramids at Giza abut the bustling city of Cairo.
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5,000-Year-Old Copper Pollution Found near the Pyramids

by Evan Howell 23 August 202423 August 2024

New geoarchaeological research shows that metalworking in ancient Egypt led to significant contamination in a nearby port.

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