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California’s Ongoing Drought Is Its Worst in 1,200 Years
Tree ring records unveil the severity of California’s drought
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The Science of the Red Sea’s Parting
It is physically and scientifically possible for a body of water to part
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This New Video of the Earth Is the Best Ever Made
The video was made with images taken by a Russian satellite
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City-Sized Landslides Happened in the Past And Can Happen Again
Utah has a new claim to fame: it was the site of the world’s largest known landslide
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The Philae Spacecraft Confirmed the Presence of Organic Molecules on the Comet it Landed On
Researchers hope the finding sheds light on how organic molecules might have first arrived on Earth
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Earth’s Soil Is Getting Too Salty for Crops to Grow
Buildup of salts on irrigated land has already degraded an area the size of France and is causing $27.3 billion annually in lost crops
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The Amazon Rainforest Disappeared Way More Quickly This Year
Widespread deforestation is even worse than you think
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Wind Power is Actually Cheaper Than Coal, Nuclear and Gas
Once you consider the downstream consequences, coal becomes a lot more expensive
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Giant Icebergs Used to Ram Up Against Florida
21,000 years ago, icebergs carved up the ocean floor off the Miami coast
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Here’s One Very Good Reason to Drill Deep Into an Active Fault
Scienctists hope to install instruments at the fault to observe changes in the earth at depth
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Why Is Antarctic Sea Ice at a 35-Year High?
Nobody really knows, but they have some thoughts
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10 Weird Things Humans Have Sent Into the Stratosphere
Tied to high-altitude balloons, bacon and LEGO figures have reached heights nearing 100,000 feet
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See How Humans Have Reshaped the Globe With This Interactive Atlas
Zoomable maps reveal the scope of humanity’s influence on Earth—and the innovations aiming to create a more sustainable future
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Satellite Observations Revealed Thousands of New Mountains Right Here on Earth
There are thousands of mountains dotting the sea floor
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The Man in the Moon Was Made By Radioactivity, Not Meteors
Differential cooling caused by radioactive material in the crust caused one of the Moon’s most distinctive features
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How Climate Change May Have Shaped Human Evolution
Evidence is building that past climate change may have forged some of the defining traits of humanity
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Have Humans Really Created a New Geologic Age?
We are living in the Anthropocene. But no one can agree when it started or how human activity will be preserved
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Travel Through Deep Time With This Interactive Earth
Explore key moments in Earth’s transformative history as continents drift and climate fluctuates over 4.6 billion years
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