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Sensors attached to an orange buoy on the deck of a research vessel

River Floods Can Trigger Powerful Underwater Landslides

by Carolyn Wilke 26 August 202214 March 2024

A record-length turbidity current triggered by river flooding has revealed a new link between the surface and the deep sea.

Logs, sticks, and branches that washed up on the shores of Iceland are piled on a beach.

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Melting Sea Ice May Mean the End of Driftwood in Iceland

by Richard J. Sima 25 August 202224 March 2023

Driftwood floats thousands of kilometers from Siberia to Iceland, but it may drift no longer by 2060 due to climate change.

Black-and-white satellite image of a pit crater on the Moon.

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Caves Offer Temperate Hope for Future Moon Exploration

by Stacy Kish 22 August 202224 March 2023

Large caves near the Moon’s equator maintain a temperate, stable daily temperature around 17°C.

Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, 2010

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Ninety Percent of the World’s Oil Slicks Are Caused by Humans, Not Nature

by Katharine Gammon 19 August 202224 March 2023

Researchers were surprised to find exactly how many oil slicks were due to human activity, highlighting the need for people to pay attention to runoff and leaks.

Two young people riding aboard a boat pick through mud with their hands in search of meteorites.

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Community Scientists Recover Micrometeorites from Lake Michigan

by Katherine Kornei 15 August 202224 March 2023

A team of scientists, educators, and teenagers discovered the objects, some of which may have been delivered by a fireball that streaked across the sky in 2017.

Cráteres en tierras deforestadas por minería ilegal en la tierra Indígena de Tenharim do Igarapé Preto, en el estado de Amazonas, Brasil.

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La minería amenaza a las poblaciones Indígenas aisladas del Amazonas

by Meghie Rodrigues 5 August 202224 March 2023

Un proyecto de ley en el Congreso Brasileño permitiría la expansión minera en territorios Indígenas. Una nueva investigación demuestra cómo esto podría afectar radicalmente a los pueblos aislados.

Scientists ride a boat on a lake in Greenland.

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Evidence of Drought Provides Clues to a Viking Mystery

by Korena Di Roma Howley 4 August 202224 March 2023

A persistent drying trend, not plunging temperatures, may have played a role in the unexplained disappearance of Norse settlers from Greenland, according to researchers.

Anesthesiologists can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions by replacing inhaled anesthetics with intravenous ones.

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Should Inhaled Anesthetics Be Swapped for IVs?

by Robin Donovan 29 July 202224 March 2023

Using intravenous anesthetics instead of volatile ones could help curb greenhouse gas emissions, but there are challenges to making the switch.

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The Career Issue: Change Is the Only Constant

by Editors 25 July 202226 August 2022

There’s no one way to be a geoscientist. Learn how more than a dozen professionals use Earth and space sciences as a wheelhouse for innovative and interesting careers.