Wet and stormy weather lashed California coast... 8,200 years ago
The weather report for California 8,200 years ago was exceptionally wet and stormy.
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Dawn maps Ceres craters where ice can accumulate
Scientists with NASA's Dawn mission have identified permanently shadowed regions on the dwarf planet Ceres. Most of these areas likely have been cold enough to trap water ice for a billion years, suggesting that ice deposits ...
Space Exploration
Jul 8, 2016
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Gully patterns document Martian climate cycles
Geologists from Brown University have found new evidence that glacier-like ice deposits advanced and retreated multiple times in the midlatitude regions of Mars in the relatively recent past.
Space Exploration
Jan 28, 2015
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Glaciers: Fossil fuel signature found in Alaskan ice
New clues as to how the Earth's remote ecosystems have been influenced by the industrial revolution are locked, frozen in the ice of glaciers. That is the finding of a group of scientists, including Robert Spencer of the ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 19, 2012
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Out of thin Martian air
A wet Mars is just a memory, but where did the water go?
Space Exploration
Aug 23, 2011
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Springtime at Mars' south pole
(PhysOrg.com) -- ESA's Mars Express celebrates eight years in space with a new view of ice in the southern polar region of Mars. The poles are closely linked to the planet’s climate and constantly change with the seasons. ...
Space Exploration
Jun 8, 2011
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Retreating glaciers reveal new pastures for conservationists
Water surged through a desolate canyon of gray rock into a blue-gray lake, an ancient landscape only revealed to humanity in recent decades because France's glaciers have retreated so far.
Environment
Oct 19, 2023
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NASA spots new Moon crater, likely caused by crashed Russian probe
NASA has spotted a small new crater on the Moon that was likely caused by a Russian probe crash landing on the surface around two weeks ago.
Space Exploration
Sep 3, 2023
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Mini radar could scan the moon for water and habitable tunnels
A miniature device that scans deep below ground is being developed to identify ice deposits and hollow lava tubes on the moon for possible human settlement.
Space Exploration
Jul 23, 2021
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Spring on Pluto: An analysis over 30 years
Whenever it passes in front of a star, Pluto provides precious information about its atmosphere, precious because occultations by Pluto are rare. The survey achieved by researchers from Paris Observatory over several decades ...
Space Exploration
May 14, 2019
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