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Under a clear blue sky, a field strewn with brown volcanic rocks contains a pile of black basalt that rises like a giant anthill, with several people on the right edge for scale.
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Geochemical Data from Polynesian Artifacts Pack Pofatu Database

by Alka Tripathy-Lang 7 March 20221 November 2022

A new resource may help match artifacts with their original stone sources—“a really a niche part of archaeology that requires geological expertise.”

Lofted dust layers over the Andes mountains
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Iodine-Laden Desert Dust Is Eating at Ozone Pollution

by Jackie Rocheleau 28 February 202228 February 2022

In a happy accident, scientists found a potential solution to an atmospheric chemistry mystery. Their findings could be a missing piece in the iodine cycle and in atmospheric models.

Argon plasma
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Innovators Tackle Toxic “Forever Chemicals”

Hannah Thomasy, Science Writer by Hannah Thomasy 24 February 202216 April 2024

New technologies seek to remove and destroy dangerous PFAS chemicals in contaminated water.

Satellite image of sea ice in the southwestern Labrador Sea.
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Oxygen Levels Measured in a Lung of the Deep Ocean

by James Dacey 23 February 202223 February 2022

The Labrador Sea “inhales” oxygen and supplies it to deep-sea life across the world. But its breath could be threatened by climate change.

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Tecnología de punta, serendipia y los secretos del Stonehenge

Richard Sima, freelance science writer by Richard J. Sima 15 February 20221 March 2022

El primer análisis exhaustivo de lo qué están hechas las piedras sarsen se produjo con nueva tecnología y buena suerte a la antigua.

A wide and flat rock sample with a gray exterior sits on a lighter gray background. Green crystals inside the rock are exposed on the side of the rock facing forward. The crystals are small and uniform in size and light green to dark green in shade.
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Good News: Rocks Crack Under Pressure from Mineral CO2 Storage

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 3 February 20221 June 2023

When carbon mineralizes in stone, each new fracture exposes more surfaces that can react with and trap CO2, enhancing a rock’s storage capacity.

Martian meteorite ALH84001 shown with a 1-centimeter cube for scale
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A New Explanation for Organics on a Mars Rock That Fell to Earth

by Derek Smith 26 January 20228 March 2022

Organic molecules on a Martian meteorite have fueled nearly 30 years of scientific debate. New evidence suggests they were formed by Martian processes, offering more support for a once habitable environment on the Red Planet.

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What Conditions Accompanied the Late Ordovician Mass Extinction?

by Susan Trumbore 20 January 202217 February 2023

The second-largest mass extinction in Earth’s history took place in a period of stresses from non-sulfidic anoxia in shelf areas, together with glacioeustatic sea-level change and climatic cooling.

A GEOTRACES research vessel in the Arctic Ocean
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Diurnal Oxidation for Manganese Minerals in the Arctic Ocean

by Morgan Rehnberg 13 January 202213 January 2022

The relative abundance of different oxidation states for this important micronutrient varies on the basis of how much available sunlight there is.

A chat, or waste, pile near the Tar Creek Superfund site in Oklahoma.
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Community Input Drives Superfund Research

by Robin Donovan 14 December 202125 October 2022

Researchers identified geochemical tracers for lead and investigated Oklahomans’ concerns at the Tar Creek Superfund site.

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