A thought experiment plumbs archaeology and geology to ask whether our own species will leave a trace.
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Geoscience
Paleotempestology promises to uncover patterns of historical hurricanes—to better predict destructive weather of the future.
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A crucial link that sustains the Amazon rainforest is at risk of running dry.
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Some of the Earth’s hardest features have been shaped by soft animal bodies.
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The jet stream is one of Earth’s defining features—but it wasn’t easy to find.
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One question for Sönke Dangendorf, a coastal flooding researcher at Tulane University.
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Why dirt on the moon (and Mars) would be dangerous to live with.
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Giving Earth an antacid could help slow climate change—but it's complicated.
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What we can learn from a Martian dust devil—and the sounds of other planets.
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A juxtaposition of science and life, in the editor’s note from Print Issue 47.
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