How did trade prosper in Central Asia during a period of droughts and little rain?
sediments
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Antarctica Is Releasing Mercury Faster Than Ever Because of Climate Change
A new study shows melting glaciers are remobilizing pollutants.
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Late Campanian Arabia-Eastern Anatolia Collision
New sediment-provenance data date the closure of the southern Neotethys and the Arabia–Eastern Anatolia collision to 74–71 million years ago, at least 25 million years earlier than previously estimated.
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Kuwanna Dyer-Pietras: Running Through the Rock Record
A geologist who left academia found a new way to stay connected to Earth, one ultramarathon at a time.
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Pay Dirt: How Colonialism Left Its Mark on the Soil of the American Southwest
An alpine lake holds traces of how Spanish conquistadors kicked up dust as they colonized the Southwest.
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Warm Waters Disrupt Seagrasses’ Microbial Environment
Microbial communities in ocean sediments become imbalanced as water temperatures rise, harming seagrass growth, a new study suggests.
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In Bihar, Groundwater Treatment Units Were Installed in Regions That Didn’t Need Them
Some regions that did need systems to treat carcinogens such as arsenic went without.
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Small and Large Grains Move Differently in Water
A shift in perspective: flume experiments show that grain entrainment is far more complex than traditional models suggest.
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Gravity Waves Help Drive Sediment to the Deep Ocean
Laboratory experiments reveal that gravity wave-turbidity current interactions (combined flows) can enhance sediment transport to the deep ocean.
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Curiosity Stumbles Upon Evidence of Ancient Martian Winds
Researchers have found evidence of a sandstorm on Mars that occurred about 3.6 billion years ago.