Researchers used a dense seismometer network to monitor a combination of natural and truck-generated seismic signals and identify two regions of subsurface magma storage.
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Where Did Formaldehyde Rain Down on Mars? Almost Everywhere.
More formaldehyde rained down in places that were already wet and favorable for prebiotic chemistry.
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Breaking Data Scarcity Loops in Mountainous Regions
Living labs foster codesigned landscape and hydrological monitoring efforts and tools, thereby improving the reliability and adoption of satellite products and models in decisionmaking.
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Mapping Childhood Lead Exposure Risk in the United States, Neighborhood by Neighborhood
A researcher uses housing and poverty data to identify locations where children are more likely to be exposed to lead.
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The “Eternity Glaciers” Are Almost Gone
The equatorial glaciers atop Puncak Jaya, Oceania’s tallest peak, have shrunk by about 95% since 2002, according to a new photogrammetry mapping effort.
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How Einstein’s Lost Theory Could Help Us Find Minerals
New claims challenge inconsistencies in one of the foundational principles of physics. What could this mean for geophysics and Earth science applications?
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Tree Lines Are Migrating. Some Up, Some Down.
Between 2000 and 2020, 42% of tree lines around the world crept upward, largely because of climate change. But 25% moved downhill, seemingly because of factors such as land use changes and wildfires.
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This Arctic Atlas Shows Where Oil and Gas Activities Overlap with Wildlife and Indigenous Communities
To slow climate change, the world must keep its fossil fuels in the ground. New maps of Arctic activities show where resources should stay put.
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New USGS Tool Fills in the Gaps on U.S. Water Supply
The National Water Availability Assessment Data Companion is the first tool that integrates information about water availability in individual watersheds at a national scale.
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Scientists Remap Earth’s Gravity
An uncommon way of looking at the world reveals the evolution of a deep gravity hole beneath Antarctica.