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  1. Earth

    Howdy, neighbor!

    About 800 million years ago, East Antarctica, now one of the coldest regions on Earth, abutted what is now Death Valley, Calif., one of the hottest.

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  2. Earth

    Ice spy

    Radar altimeters on Earth-orbiting probes can detect and count small icebergs even under cloudy skies, providing warning to ships and invaluable data for scientists monitoring climate change.

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  3. Earth

    Unintended consequences

    A full recovery of the ozone hole over Antarctica in the coming years could significantly boost warming of the atmosphere over and around the icy continent.

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  4. Earth

    One Rockin’ Library

    This dusty library saves the geo-curious a trip to Antarctica.

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  5. Earth

    Earth: Science news of the year, 2008

    Science News writers and editors looked back at the past year's stories and selected a handful as the year's most interesting and important in Earth. Follow hotlinks to the full, original stories.

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  6. Life

    Time to chill

    Well-preserved fossils deposited in an Antarctic lake about 14 million years ago pin down when a large part of the now-icy continent most recently dipped below freezing.

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  7. Earth

    Big Gulp, Asian style

    Satellite data reveals that increased irrigation pressure is rapidly depleting groundwater in northern India.

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  8. Space

    Water-ice deposits found beneath Martian hills

    Using radar from an orbiting spacecraft to penetrate the hidden recesses of Mars, planetary prospectors have uncovered vast reserves of water-ice buried beneath rocky debris.

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  9. Math

    Following the ocean swirls

    The mathematics of dynamical systems reveals ocean dynamics, an understanding that could improve the monitoring of ocean processes.

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  10. Earth

    Bird’s-eye view of Antarctic ice loss

    Satellite images of Antarctica between 1992 and 2006 indicate that the continent was losing ice much faster at the end of that period than it was a decade before.

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  11. Ecosystems

    Predators return

    Warming waters could push new predators into Antarctica's delicate ecosystems.

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  12. Life

    Enter the Virosphere

    As evidence of the influence of viruses escalates, appreciation of these master manipulators grows.

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