Earth Science
You’d think it would be easy to use seismic waves to find tunnels dug by smugglers of drugs, weapons or people but that's not the case.
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The planet’s two largest ice sheets have been losing ice faster during the past decade, causing widespread confusion and concern. A new international study provides a firmer read on the state of continental ice sheets and how much they are contributing to sea-level rise.
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Shedding light on the limits of life in extreme environments, scientists have discovered abundant and diverse metabolically active bacteria in the brine of an Antarctic lake sealed under more than 65 feet of ice.
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"Dark Energy": Life Beneath the Seafloor Discussed at Upcoming American Geophysical Union Conference
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U-M Launches $9M Effort to Strengthen Great Lakes Restoration While Advancing Research and Education
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The study of materials at extreme conditions took a giant leap forward with the discovery of a way to generate super high pressures without using shock waves whose accompanying heat turns solids to liquid.
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Anthrax has the unexpected ability to grow and reproduce while lurking in soil – increasing the deadly bacteria’s chances to infect cattle and other mammals, researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have discovered.
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Researchers have analyzed chemical residues in prehistoric Native American ceramic vessels that are believed to offer the earliest known evidence for black drink consumption.
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Scientists are setting sail on August 25 to study ocean acidification in the Arctic and what this means for the future survival of marine and terrestrial organisms.
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Massive explosions on the sun unleash radiation that could kill astronauts in space. Now, researchers have developed a warning system capable of forecasting the radiation from these violent solar storms nearly three hours (166 minutes) in advance.
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Scripps researchers, NOAA and TE SubCom agree to pursue science ports on transcontinental fiber optic cable lines to help monitor earthquakes, tsunamis and other forces.
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Equipped with specialized lasers and GPS technology, scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research are working with colleagues to solve a critical wintertime weather mystery: how to accurately measure the amount of snow on the ground.
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