Earth

  1. Science & Society

    Quantum spookiness, magnetic mysteries and more feedback

    Letters and comments from readers on quantum spookiness, Earth's magnetic field, and more.

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  2. Earth

    New recipe for diamonds: Just add acid

    Rises in acidity during interactions between rocks and water in Earth’s interior can spark diamond formation, simulations show.

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  3. Earth

    New recipe for diamonds: Just add acid

    Simulating the chemistry, pressures and temperatures in Earth’s interior, scientists have discovered a new way diamonds can form.

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  4. Climate

    Eocene temperature spike caused by half as much CO2 as once thought

    Revised experiments demonstrate that hot temperatures during the Eocene resulted from lower carbon dioxide concentrations than previously thought.

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  5. Climate

    How to melt an ice cave

    Frigid winter air keeps gives ice caves their perpetual chill, researchers find, warning that airtight seals on some ice caves could cause the frigid formations to melt within decades.

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  6. Earth

    New fascination with Earth’s ‘Boring Billion’

    The Mesoproterozoic era, known as the boring billion, had very low oxygen, but it set the stage for the evolution of animals.

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  7. Oceans

    Rising temperatures complicate efforts to manage cod fishery

    Higher water temperatures in the Gulf of Maine could play a role in Atlantic cod crashes.

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  8. Earth

    Parched parts of Earth expanding

    More drylands, largely impacting developing nations, are forecasted for near future.

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  9. Climate

    Wi-Fi threatens weather forecasts

    Interference from wireless technology threatens the usefulness of weather radar, meteorologists warn.

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  10. Climate

    Hurricane Patricia’s howling winds smash records

    Hurricane Patricia’s winds are now the fastest ever recorded in a tropical cyclone, making it the strongest hurricane on record in the Western Hemisphere.

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  11. Paleontology

    300 million-year-old giant shark swam the Texas seas

    Fossil find shows oldest known ‘supershark,’ about the size of a limo, prowled the ocean 300 million years ago.

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  12. Climate

    Climate change could shift New England’s fall foliage

    Climate change could make for earlier or later fall color, depending on where you live in New England.

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