A new model shows that the Intertropical Convergence Zone wasn't always a single band around the equator, which had drastic effects on climate.
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"Sunken City" Was Really Made by Microbes
What scientists thought was a sunken Greek city turns out to be the fossils of an ancient hydrocarbon seep from several million years ago.
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Martian Carbonates Spotted by the Orbiter
The minerals identified by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter provide more evidence that the planet may have once been habitable.
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Cave "Breathing" Affects Mineral Growth and Climate Clues
A new global model suggests how and where air flow in caves affects the growth of cave mineral deposits that scientists use to reconstruct ancient climates.
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Reading History From Afar
A look at the sedimentary record in northern Ethiopia tells the story of oceans past—and maybe future.