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7,847 results for: Geology

  1. Earth

    Beware of rockfalls in warm weather

    Cracks in cliff faces grow and shrink as temperatures warm and cool, new research shows.

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  2. Science & Society

    White House budget plan would slash science

    President Donald Trump’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2018 includes some big cuts for science.

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  3. Earth

    Quake risk in parts of central U.S. as high as in fault-filled California

    A new report from the U.S. Geological Survey shows an increased earthquake hazard from human activities such as the disposal of fracking wastewater.

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  4. Paleontology

    Humans may have taken different path into Americas than thought

    An ice-free corridor through the North American Arctic may have been too barren to support the first human migrations into the New World.

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  5. Planetary Science

    Ice flows, haze offer more clues to Pluto’s geology

    New Horizons’ latest data reveal more hints about Pluto’s shrinking atmosphere and possible underground ocean.

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  6. Earth

    New scenario proposed for birth of Pacific Plate

    The Pacific tectonic plate formed at the junction of three other plates and above of the remains of a submerged plate, geophysicists propose.

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  7. Science & Society

    ‘House of Lost Worlds’ opens vaults of renowned natural history museum

    'House of Lost Worlds' pays homage to Yale’s Peabody Museum of Natural History and to the colorful scientists who made the museum great.

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  8. Earth

    ‘Eruption’ looks back at devastating Mount St. Helens blast

    In Eruption, a science writer recounts the societal, economic and geologic forces that contributed to the Mount St. Helens disaster.

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  9. Earth

    Succession of satellites keep eye on Earth

    50 years after plans were laid for the first Earth-observing spacecraft, the youngest Landsat satellites are still flying and imaging the planet’s surface.

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  10. Oceans

    Ancient tsunamis reshaped Mars’ landscape

    Ancient tsunamis generated by meteorite impacts may have reshaped ocean coastlines on Mars.

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  11. Science & Society

    What’s ahead for science in 2017?

    Science News writers reveal what they are watching for — and hoping for — in the year ahead.

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  12. Anthropology

    Fossil autopsy claims Lucy fell from tree

    A contested study suggests a famous fossil ancestor plunged to her death.

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