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The Egyptian pyramids at Giza abut the bustling city of Cairo.
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5,000-Year-Old Copper Pollution Found near the Pyramids

by Evan Howell 23 August 202423 August 2024

New geoarchaeological research shows that metalworking in ancient Egypt led to significant contamination in a nearby port.

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南海微生物可能形成磁铁矿

Rachel Fritts, Science Writer by Rachel Fritts 23 August 202423 August 2024

研究人员对沉积物岩心进行了采样,发现磁铁矿丰富的地方也存在产甲烷细菌。

Aerial image of a small stingray in a wide area of open water
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Hungry Stingrays Shift Serious Amounts of Sediment

Adityarup Chakravorty, freelance science writer by Adityarup Chakravorty 14 August 202414 August 2024

While digging for food on estuary bottoms, rays push around literally tons of sediment, changing their habitat in profound ways.

A river flowing through a forest.
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As the River Flows the Colors Sparkle

by Marguerite A. Xenopoulos 6 August 20245 August 2024

Diving into the science behind river color and its relationship with flow.

Rocas grises bandeadas entre pasto verde y pequeñas flores blancas
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Sedimentos radiactivos podrían haber construido los cratones de la Tierra

Javier Barbuzano, Science Writer by Javier Barbuzano 2 August 20242 August 2024

La meteorización de los primeros continentes podría haber puesto en marcha la formación de cratones, las raíces inmutables de los continentes.

A black-and-white image from an electron microscope shows a gray substance made up of many smaller uneven balls of material (similar to Nerds Rope candy).
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Microbes Likely Form Magnetite in the South China Sea

Rachel Fritts, Science Writer by Rachel Fritts 22 July 202423 August 2024

Researchers sampled sediment cores and found that where magnetite was abundant, methane-producing bacteria were as well.

A screenshot of a video taken from a deep-sea remotely operated vehicle shows white ash settled on the seafloor near the Hunga eruption in Tongan waters.
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The Tonga Eruption Left Deep-Sea Life Buried in Ash

by Andrew Chapman 11 July 202411 July 2024

When Hunga erupted in 2022, ash “decimated” slow-moving species living on the seafloor. More mobile species were able to hoof it out of harm’s way.

Photomicrographs of minerals.
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Unlocking Earth’s Terrestrial Sedimentary Record with Paleosols

by Maria Giuditta Fellin 9 July 20241 July 2024

Harnessing the micro-stratigraphy of pedogenic carbonates, scientists have demonstrated that age determination of fossil soils is possible via uranium-lead dating.

Sediment cores from the seafloor off New Zealand
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Sedimentary Basins Tell Zealandia’s Ancient Story

by Kate Evans 24 June 202424 September 2024

New interpretations and mapping of all New Zealand’s offshore sedimentary basins offer clues about the evolution of Earth’s eighth continent.

A man holds a clear cylinder that is about 3 feet tall and holds ocean sediment and water.
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Toxic Metal on the Rise in the Baltic Sea

by Amy Mayer 17 June 202417 June 2024

Postwar reconstruction is likely the cause of elevated thallium levels, but low-oxygen, high-sulfide conditions keep the material, which is extremely dangerous to mammalian health, from moving into the human food chain.

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