Category: Geochemistry, Geophysics
19 December 2010
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How Landslides Get Slippery
Landslides over wet ground grow through self-lubrication
17 December 2010
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What Makes Glaciers Shake?
Geologists probe the cause of icequakes
14 December 2010
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ScienceShot: Twisters Spread Out
Researchers argue for expansion of "Tornado Alley"
24 November 2010
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Giant Eruption Cut Down to Size
New model reduces the climate-cooling impacts of Toba, a massive "supervolcano"
27 October 2010
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Did 'Snowball Earths' Trigger Animal Evolution?
An ice age–induced torrent of phosphorus may have pumped up the world's oxygen levels
6 October 2010
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Folklore Confirmed: The Moon's Phase Affects Rainfall
Researchers find link between lunar cycles and precipitation
6 October 2010
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How Volcanoes Feed Plankton
Research cruise connects iron-rich ash from an eruption to an unprecedented bloom
4 October 2010
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West Virginia Is a Geothermal Hot Spot
Researchers uncover a warm zone that could be used for green energy projects
22 September 2010
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The Dust That Drives Earthquakes
Powdery material inside faults could be key to temblors
15 September 2010
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Glacial Blankets Can Protect Mountains From Erosion
Study shows ice frozen to bedrock can insulate mountains from wind and water
8 September 2010
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'Deep Freeze' Didn't Affect Southern Hemisphere
At the end of the last ice age, southern latitudes warmed, while the north froze again
24 August 2010
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Can Geoengineering Halt Sea-Level Rise?
New study finds that extreme approaches work best, but come with risks
17 August 2010
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Strange Rocks May Preserve Some of Earth's First Animals
Fossil find suggests presence of sea sponges 645 million years ago
13 August 2010
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'Killer' Volcanoes Not Guilty
New research questions link between mammoth eruptions and mass extinctions
11 August 2010
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Earth's Oldest Cranny Explored
Geochemists may have tapped into deep rock undisturbed since shortly after the planet formed
4 August 2010
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Earth's Moving, Melting Core
Our planet's center may be more active than thought
22 July 2010
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Marine Creatures Survived Ancient Ocean Acidification
But modern-day acid buildup is occurring much faster
22 July 2010
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ScienceShot: A Well-Preserved Meteor Impact
Egypt's Kamil Crater still sports ejecta after thousands of years
15 July 2010
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A New Engine for Plate Tectonics
Sinking slabs may set the pace of plate motion
14 July 2010
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Diamonds May Unlock Secrets of Hot-Spot Volcanoes
Carbon crystals offer clues to what's brewing beneath Earth's surface
8 July 2010
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Cracking the Tsunami Code
Sumatra earthquake's characteristics made widespread coastal disaster inevitable
17 June 2010
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'Mammoth-Killer' Nothing More Than Fungus and Bug Poop
Researchers challenge the idea that a comet wiped out large animals in North America nearly 13,000 years ago
28 April 2010
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New Madrid Quakes May Not Have Been So Colossal
Analysis downgrades the notorious 19th century Midwestern temblors
23 April 2010
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Did Monster Eruptions Warm the World?
Undersea volcanoes may have flooded the air with methane and spiked global temperatures
19 April 2010
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Iceland’s Volcano Proving Tough to Predict
Eyjafjallajökull isn't behaving well, and that could be bad for the island's future
1 April 2010
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Hot Mantle May Prop Up the Seafloor
New findings may help settle mystery of a shallower-than-expected sea bottom
31 March 2010
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Why Didn't Early Earth Freeze? The Mystery Deepens
Mineral deposits cast doubt on idea of ancient greenhouse gas buildup
30 March 2010
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ScienceShot: Plate Tectonics Help Snakes Evolve
Blindsnakes split into new species as the continental land masses split
17 March 2010
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Hobbit Ancestors Arrived on Flores Early
Homo floresiensis forebearers may have colonized island more than 1 million years ago
27 February 2010
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Did Darwin Help Predict Chilean Quake?
Seismologists say Saturday's massive temblor was expected
21 February 2010
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Podcast: Can Geoengineering Save the Planet?
Science reporter Eli Kintisch chats with geochemist Ken Caldeira about the challenges of battling climate change
20 February 2010
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The Latest on Hacking the Planet
Scientists discuss the pros and cons of the controversial field of geoengineering
20 February 2010
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Smattering of Activists Protest Geoengineering, 'Chemtrails'
Science reporter Eli Kintisch crashes an anti-geoengineering rally
26 January 2010
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The End of the Line for NASA's Mars Rover
Plus more highlights from Science's policy blog, ScienceInsider
15 January 2010
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Radiocarbon Daters Tune Up Their Time Machine
Researchers can now peer back 50,000 years with accuracy
13 January 2010
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Haiti Quake Could Have Been Even Worse
Based on seismic history, temblor could have been five times more powerful
20 November 2009
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Early Volcanoes Minted Nickel
Wayward sulfur helped form much of the world's reserves
6 November 2009
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More Support for Human Role in Chinese Quake
Filling a reservoir might have set off the disastrous Wenchuan temblor
3 November 2009
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The Mountains That Froze the World
Rise of Appalachians may have triggered an ice age
29 October 2009
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Did Ancient Earth Go Nuclear?
Natural fission reactors may have irradiated early life
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