Despite decades of investigation, Tibet’s ancient topography and its role in climatic and biotic evolution remain speculative due to a paucity of quantitative surface height measurements through time and space, and sparse fossil records.
During…
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Inouye Solar Telescope Releases First Image of a Sunspot
The world’s largest solar observatory, the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope, just released its first image of a sunspot.
Although the telescope is still in the final phases of completion, the image is an…
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Crystals May Help Reveal Hidden Kilauea Volcano Behaviour
Scientists striving to understand how and when volcanoes might erupt face a challenge: many of the processes take place deep underground in lava tubes churning with dangerous molten Earth. Upon eruption, any subterranean markers that could have…
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Voyager Spacecraft Detect New Type of Solar Electron Burst
More than 40 years since they launched, the Voyager spacecraft are still making discoveries.
In a new study, a team of physicists led by the University of Iowa report the first detection of bursts of cosmic ray electrons accelerated by shock waves…
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Cluster of Alaskan Islands Could be a Super Volcano
Scientists suggest that a small group of volcanic islands in Alaska’s Aleutian chain might be part of a single, undiscovered giant volcano.
If the researchers’ suspicions are correct, the newfound volcanic caldera would belong to the same…
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Cahokia Study Reveals Impacts of Climate Change on Human History
Water and air are highly mutable resources that exist in a myriad of physical states and dimensions, and due to their affectivity, these entities participate in a multitude of interactions capable of sustaining life, transforming environments,…
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Geoscientists Use Zircon to Trace Origin of Earth’s Continents
Geoscientists have long known that some parts of the continents formed in the Earth’s deep past, but the speed in which land rose above global seas — and the exact shapes that land masses formed — have so far eluded experts.
But now, through…
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Archipelago in Ancient Doggerland Survived Storegga Tsunami 8,000-Years-Ago
Doggerland, dubbed “Britain’s Atlantis” is a submerged landmass beneath what is now the North Sea, that once connected Britain to continental Europe.
The landscape was a diverse mix of gentle hills, marshes, wooded valleys, and swamps,…
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Field Geology at Mars’ Equator Points to Ancient Megaflood
Floods of unimaginable magnitude once washed through Gale Crater on Mars’ equator around 4 billion years ago – a finding that hints at the possibility that life may have existed there, according to data collected by NASA’s Curiosity rover…
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Transition to Feudal Living in 14th Century Impacted Local Ecosystems
The transition from tribal to feudal living, which occurred throughout the 14th century in Lagow, Poland had a significant impact on the local ecosystem, according to a study published in Scientific Reports.
The findings demonstrate how…
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