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Fossilized Micrometeorites Record Ancient CO2 Levels

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 28 August 202528 August 2025

A cadre of iron-rich extraterrestrial particles picked up faint whiffs of our planet’s atmosphere when they fell to Earth millions of years ago.

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Arctic Ice Shelf Theory Challenged by Ancient Algae

by Andrew Chapman 13 August 202513 August 2025

Chemical signatures of marine organisms reveal that seasonal sea ice, not a massive ice shelf, persisted in the southern Arctic Ocean for 750,000 years.

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Coral Cores Pinpoint Onset of Industrial Deforestation

by Grace van Deelen 7 August 20257 August 2025

Trace elements in coral reefs provide a timeline of how Borneo’s rainforests have been altered by industry.

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Whaling Records Can Help Improve Estimates of Sea Ice Extent

by Syris Valentine 15 July 202515 July 2025

The locations of humpback whale catches in the early 20th century indicate that most climate models overestimate the historic extent of sea ice in the Southern Ocean.

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Cave Deposit Links Greenland’s and Europe’s Climate Records with a German Volcano

by Bill Morris 21 February 202521 February 2025

Dating a late Pleistocene eruption has big implications for understanding the Younger Dryas—and current climate change.

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Arctic Hydrothermal Vents May Resemble Those on Enceladus

by Anna FitzGerald Guth 17 December 202417 December 2024

By studying hydrogen-rich vent sites on Earth, scientists could learn more about the hidden ocean of Saturn’s icy moon—one of our solar system’s likeliest candidates for harboring life beyond Earth.

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Bat Poop Records Fire History

by Rebecca Dzombak 31 October 20244 November 2024

Charcoal stored in preserved guano gives researchers a new way to reconstruct regional fire histories.

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Mega El Niño May Have Led to Major Mass Extinction 252 Million Years Ago

by Rebecca Owen 11 October 20244 August 2025

The extreme climate conditions wrought by a decades-long ENSO pattern could be the culprit in the Great Dying, which wiped out nearly 90% of life on Earth.

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Underwater Bridge Suggests a Surprising Date for First Migration to Mallorca

by Elise Cutts 8 October 20249 October 2024

A controversial study suggests that humans settled on the Spanish island 1,000 years earlier than archaeologists believe.

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哺乳动物的粪便保存了青藏高原的人类和气候历史

by Alka Tripathy-Lang 27 September 202427 September 2024

沉积物中的地球化学标记,包括来自人类和动物粪便的有机分子,帮助科学家们追寻吐蕃帝国的兴衰。

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