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Carbon Dating Reveals the Timing of Puerto Rican Cave Art
New dates from cave art pigment add to evidence that Indigenous Puerto Ricans inhabited the island for millennia.
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Revolucionando la ciencia de los terremotos en Cascadia
Un nuevo centro reunirá a científicos de sismos para estudiar la zona de subducción de Cascadia y aclarar los peligros sísmicos.
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Did These Curious Rock Formations Inspire the Great Sphinx?
New research says it’s plausible the Great Sphinx started life as a geomorphological oddity known as a yardang.
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Rates of Groundwater Depletion in India Could Triple by Midcentury
Climate change is contributing to crop stress associated with a growing demand for freshwater.
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Shaking Up Earthquake Science in Cascadia
A new center will bring together earthquake scientists to study the Cascadia Subduction Zone and clarify seismic hazards.
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La exportación ilegal de fósiles es más que un Irritator para el Sur Global
Más de 2,000 investigadores han firmado una carta abierta solicitando la repatriación del fósil de dinosaurio a Brasil. Algunos afirman que el caso pone de manifiesto un modelo de colonialismo científico en la paleontología.
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How You Make Money Matters When It Comes to Carbon Emissions
Investment income is associated with more carbon emissions in the United States.
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Hurricane Harvey Filled Houston with Sediment
The storm’s record-setting rains moved an equally impressive amount of sediment and elevated the risk and expense of absorbing all that muck.
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Bird Biodiversity Reports Reflect Cities’ Redlined Past
The lack of bird records in formerly redlined areas creates an inaccurate picture of urban biodiversity, leading to gaps in conservation efforts.