Ancient currents seemed to move in concert with a 2.4 million-year dance between the Red Planet and Earth.
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Geoscience
Scientists have long puzzled over the behavior of mixed particles in rivers and landslides. New clues could be groundbreaking.
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Climate change may exacerbate the quiet catastrophe of slow-moving landslides.
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A geological discovery shows how carbon was captured to chill the planet.
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How historic records and new data uncovered the colossal underwater avalanche that unleashed a massive wave in 1650.
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The most complete maps we have of the ocean floor lag far behind the maps we have of the moon.
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Contrary to conventional wisdom, matter can escape the center of the Earth.
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Today’s mammals would not survive the heat of Earth’s next supercontinent. But in evolution, there’s hope.
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How understanding Earth’s deep past can lead us into our radically altered future.
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An expedition to find rare hydrothermal vents at the bottom of the Mid-Atlantic uncovers new worlds—and some daredevil shrimp.
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