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Earth

Under Ice

Cruising in an icebreaker to the top of the world, scientists identified the aftermath of an event once thought impossible: a violent volcanic eruption on the deep-sea floor.

Life

Fossil helps document shift from sea to land

New fossils of an ancient, four-limbed creature help fill in the blanks of the evolutionary transition between fish and the first land-adapted vertebrates.

Astronomy

Impact may have transformed Mars

Three teams suggest that a huge object slammed into Mars, giving the planet an unusually dualistic topography.

Plants

Move it or lose it

Climate change may have dire consequences for California’s native plants, which may need to take refuge in some the areas under pressure for development.