Earth

  1. Oceans

    Readers question ocean health

    Ocean plastics, ant behavior, pollution solutions and more in reader feedback.

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  2. Climate

    Sea levels could rise twice as fast as previously predicted

    Sea level rise from Antarctica’s melting ice could accelerate faster and sooner than previously thought.

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  3. Microbes

    This microbe makes a meal of plastic

    A newly identified bacterium can break down plastic waste.

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  4. Environment

    Dome effect leaves Chinese megacities under thick haze

    Airborne black carbon lowers an atmospheric boundary, trapping pollution around major cities and worsening air quality, researchers propose.

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  5. Animals

    In the Coral Triangle, clownfish figured out how to share

    In the Coral Triangle in Southeast Asia, an area of rich biodiversity, clownfish species often share anemones, a new study finds.

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  6. Animals

    Climate change now bigger menace than forest loss for snowshoe hares

    Shorter snow seasons push climate change ahead of direct habitat loss as menace for Wisconsin snowshoe hares.

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  7. Earth

    One of Earth’s missing minerals found locked inside meteorite

    Scientists have discovered the last undiscovered dense mineral of the pyroxene group in a meteorite.

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  8. 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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  9. Climate

    Maximum size for Arctic sea ice hits a new low

    Warm temperatures helped drop the Arctic sea ice maximum to the smallest size on record.

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  10. 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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  11. Oceans

    Coral larvae feed on their baby fat

    Free-floating corals use their baby fat to survive.

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  12. Climate

    Organic molecules help fatten cloud-making water droplets

    Cloud-forming water droplets can grow larger thanks to organic molecules on the exterior of the drop, new research suggests.

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