Late Cretaceous dinosaurs may have cut back vegetation, creating large floodplains. When the asteroid hit, those floodplains became forests, a new study argues.
Earth science
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Trio of Space Weather Satellites Take Flight
These three satellites will that study the solar wind and its impacts.
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Major Droughts Coincided with Classic Maya Collapse
Understanding how individual cities responded to climate stress will help create holistic pictures of how these societies functioned.
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Free-Roaming Bison Graze Life into Grasslands
A new study suggests that Yellowstone’s herd of bison accelerates nutrient cycling, offering a glimpse into the North American plains of yesteryear.
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“Passion Project” Reveals Auckland’s Hidden Urban Faults
An innovative analysis has identified 10 likely and 25 possible faults in the region.
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How Glacial Forebulges Shape the Seas and Shake the Earth
A glacial forebulge is a bending-related upheaval of the lithosphere that has a strong effect on the sea level change pattern and on lithospheric stresses, which can induce intraplate earthquakes.
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Volcanic Eruptions in One Hemisphere Linked to Floods in the Opposite One
Asymmetric volcanic plumes may shift equatorial weather patterns and increase tropical stream flow, according to new simulations.
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Submerged Crater near Europe Tied to an Impact
New subsurface imaging and rock samples suggest that Silverpit Crater formed from an impact that occurred roughly 45 million years ago.
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Tracing Iron’s Invisible Transformations Just Beneath Our Feet
A new method that adds synthetic iron minerals to soils sheds light on hard-to-observe soil and sediment processes and may have a host of other applications in the Earth sciences and beyond.