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At the end of the Earth there’s a record of sorts, preserved in layers of…
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Deep Antarctic waters hold geometric communities of fish nests
Scientists found thousands of patterned fish nests in Antarctica’s Weddell Sea, boosting calls for marine protected areas.
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6-Million-Year-Old Ice Found in Antarctica
Researchers have discovered 6-million-year-old-ice and air in shallow ice cores drilled in the Allan Hills region of East Antarctica. They speculate that this ancient ice reflects surface snowpack or permafrost that was preserved by the growth…
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Humanity Rises as Wildlife Recedes: Two Studies Show the Extent of Human Domination over Nature – Life Sciences | Weizmann Wonder Wander
Life on the move
Wolves roaming the Mongolian steppes cover more than 7,000 kilometers a year. The Arctic tern flies from pole to pole in its annual migration. Compared to these long-distance travelers of land, sea and sky, humans might seem like…
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Pink Boulders Reveal a Hidden Antarctic Giant
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Unlikely pink granite boulders perched high atop looming volcanic mountains in…
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New study shifts the dating of major Bronze Age events
A new study published in the journal PLOS ONE presents new evidence that the volcanic eruption of Minoan Thera (modern-day Santorini) occurred before the reign of Pharaoh Ahmose I, overturning long-held views of Bronze Age chronology.
The Minoan…
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The Trees That Remember the Pyramids
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Some trees alive today were young saplings when the Egyptian pyramids were still…
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The Hidden Landscape Holding Back the Sea
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The ice is melting. The seas, we know, will rise—slowly at first, and then…
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New wetsuit designs offer a layer of protection against shark bites
By weaving Kevlar or polyethylene nanofibers into standard neoprene in wetsuits, researchers found ways to limit injury during rare encounters with sharks.
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