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Q&A: What to know about the earthquakes near Santorini
An accumulation of weak to moderate earthquakes has been recorded around the Greek island of Santorini since 24 January. The seismic activity is concentrated in the area between the islands of Santorini and Amorgos, with ...
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Earth saw record-high greening in 2020: What's at the root?
As pandemic lockdowns forced humans into isolation, Earth's vegetation was thriving. The year 2020 was the greenest in modern satellite records from 2001 to 2020, according to a recent study published in Remote Sensing of ...
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Ice streams move due to tiny ice quakes: Dynamics of Greenland's ice decrypted
The great ice streams of the Antarctic and Greenland are like frozen rivers, carrying ice from the massive inland ice sheets to the sea—and a change in their dynamics will contribute significantly to sea-level rise.
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Drying and rewetting cycles substantially increase soil CO₂ release, study shows
The amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) released by microbial decomposition of soil organic carbon on a global scale is approximately five times greater than the amount of anthropogenic CO2 emissions. Thus, it is essential to ...
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Rivers flowing into the Great Barrier Reef are getting more polluted, raising serious concerns
Polluted runoff is still smothering the Great Barrier Reef, our first national assessment of water quality trends in Australian rivers has revealed. The problem on the reef is getting worse, not better, despite efforts to ...
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Experts underscore the value of explainable AI in geosciences
In a new paper published in Nature Geoscience, experts from Fraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz-Institut (HHI) advocate for the use of explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) methods in geoscience.
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Feb 5, 2025
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Asteroid impact simulation reveals climate and ecological disruptions
A new climate modeling study published in the journal Science Advances by researchers from the IBS Center for Climate Physics (ICCP) at Pusan National University in South Korea presents a new scenario of how climate and life ...
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Feb 5, 2025
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Clean air policies unintentionally drive up wetland methane emissions, study finds
Reducing sulfur in the air may inadvertently increase natural emissions of methane from wetlands such as peatlands and swamps, a new study has found.
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Feb 5, 2025
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How Japan's 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake shifted the landscape
Land topography is usually formed gradually over long periods of time, but sometimes a single event can dramatically change things. On New Year's Day in 2024, a devastating earthquake in the Noto Peninsula upended the region.
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Feb 5, 2025
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Sahara rainfall historically driven by tropical plumes not monsoons, study finds
Africa is often synonymous with its drylands that cover two-thirds of the continent. Relief is brought through rainfall during the monsoon season, which is vital to help replenish water reserves for communities and wildlife ...

How telecommunications cables can image the ground beneath us
When people think about fiber optic cables, it's usually about how they're used for telecommunications and accessing the internet. But fiber optic cables—strands of glass or plastic that allow for the transmission of light—can ...
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Feb 4, 2025
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Biochar's carbon storage potential undervalued due to outdated assessment methods, study finds
Biochar, a charcoal-like material derived from plant biomass, has long been hailed as a promising tool for carbon dioxide removal. However, a new study by Stanford researchers highlights a critical issue: current methods ...
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Feb 4, 2025
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Climate change is overhauling marine nutrient cycles, scientists say
Computer models reveal how human-driven climate change will dramatically overhaul critical nutrient cycles in the ocean. In the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, University of California, Irvine researchers ...
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Feb 4, 2025
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Ancient climate reconstruction sheds light on future ocean dynamics
The Pliocene epoch, which lasted from 5.3 million to 2.6 million years ago, was a consequential time in Earth's history. The Isthmus of Panama formed, connecting North and South America, and the accumulation of ice at the ...
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Feb 4, 2025
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The Greenland ice sheet is falling apart: New study
Observing Greenland from a helicopter, the main problem is one of comprehending scale. I have thought we were skimming low over the waves of a fjord, before noticing the tiny shadow of a seabird far below and realizing what ...
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Feb 4, 2025
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Discovery of water droplet freezing steps bridges atmospheric science and climate solutions
A University of Hawaii at Mānoa study on the freezing of water droplets suspended in air sheds light on a key process in Earth's water cycle: the transformation of supercooled water into ice.
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Feb 4, 2025
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Half a degree rise in global warming will triple area of Earth too hot for humans, scientists warn
An international group of scientists, led by King's College London, has revealed how continued global warming will lead to more parts of the planet becoming too hot for the human body over the coming decades.
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Feb 4, 2025
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Study debunks nuclear test misinformation following 2024 Iran earthquake
A new study debunks claims that a magnitude 4.5 earthquake in Iran was a covert nuclear weapons test, as widely alleged on social media and some mainstream news outlets in October 2024, a period of heightened geopolitical ...
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Feb 4, 2025
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Research identifies migration, housing quality as risk factors in earthquake deaths
The vast majority of earthquakes strike inside the Ring of Fire, a string of volcanoes and tectonic activity that wraps around the coastlines of the Pacific Ocean. But when an earthquake hits, the areas that experience the ...
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Feb 3, 2025
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Temperature, rainfall and tides speed glacier flow on a daily basis
Even though "glacial" is commonly used to describe extremely slow, steady movement, a new study has found that glaciers speed up and slow down on a daily—even hourly—basis in response to changes in air temperature, rainfall ...
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Feb 3, 2025
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Q&A: How rate of CO₂ rise can affect a global ocean current
