earth sciences
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Soufriere Volcano’s ‘Explosive Eruption’ Rocks St. Vincent
On Friday, the small Caribbean island of St. Vincent became the epicenter of the seismic world when La Soufriere volcano…
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Methane Has Never Risen This Fast in the Atmosphere
Flaring during oil and gas production is a big source of methane.Photo: Matthew Brown (AP) There’s more methane in the…
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Hundreds of Glacial Rivers Are Pouring Into Greenland’s Ice
A stream of meltwater flowing into a moulin on the Greenland Ice sheetScreenshot: NASA Goddard on Youtube (Other) We use…
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New Research Exposes Weird ‘Meteotsunamis’ Caused by Gravity Waves
Water rolling off a breakwall in the April 2018 meteotsunami event.Photo: Debbie Maglothin (Other) On April 13, 2018, a huge…
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National Weather Service Digital Infrastructure Is a Disaster
The aftermath of a tornado south of Birmingham, Alabama on March 25, when forecasters were urging that nobody but emergency…
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Scientists Cook Hot Dogs in Lava From Iceland’s Erupting Volcano
Scientists on-site at Iceland’s erupting volcano near the capitol city of Reykjavik cooked up some hot dogs on Sunday. What…
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Australia Engulfed by Once-in-a-Century Floods
Residents commute on a boat in a flooded residential area near Windsor, Australia.Photo: Saeed Khan/AFP (Getty Images) The setup up…
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Why Rainbows Look Different in Hawaii
Rainbow over Honolulu Harbor.Image: Minghue Chen Rain and sunlight are the key ingredients of rainbows, but many other environmental factors…
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Greenland’s Rocks Contain Hints of a Magma Ocean on Baby Earth
The ancient Isua rock in Greenland.Photo: Hanika Rizo Billions of years ago, parts of Greenland were a molten sea, a…
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ROV Making Incredibly Detailed Maps of Seafloor Off California
A deep-sea crab sits atop a bubblegum coral on Sur Ridge.Image: © 2013 MBARI About 20 miles (32 kilometers) off…
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