Earth

  1. Earth

    Toxic waste sites may cause health problems for millions

    Exposures to lead and chromium represent particular problems, study finds in India, Indonesia and Philippines.

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  2. Earth

    The ice keeper

    The Science Life.

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  3. Earth

    Spinning the Core

    Laboratory dynamos attempt to generate magnetic fields the way planets and stars do.

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  4. Life

    So far, the great tit has coped with climate change

    Earlier arrival of birds’ food due to warming temperatures hasn’t yet reduced bird population.

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  5. Earth

    Early Earth’s chlorine blown away by giant impacts

    Low levels of chlorine on planet's surface have long puzzled scientists.

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  6. Earth

    Remnants of Earth’s crust survive in the planet’s interior

    A slab stayed unperturbed in the mantle for billions of years before resurfacing, sulfur measurements suggest.

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  7. Earth

    Yangtze’s age revealed

    Geologists narrow window on time of the Chinese river’s origin to 23-36 million years ago.

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  8. Earth

    Magnitude 7.8 earthquake hits Iran

    Casualties reported in nearby Pakistan from temblor.

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  9. Earth

    Geologists develop weapons to combat that sinkhole feeling

    What do five Porsches, several Kentucky thoroughbreds and a three-story building in Guatemala City have in common? They’ve all been swallowed by sinkholes. Sadly, the sudden cave-ins sometimes claim people’s lives as well. On February 28 the earth opened up underneath the Seffner, Fla., bedroom of Jeff Bush, entombing him. The freak accident highlighted Florida’s […]

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  10. Earth

    Cave detective hunts for clues to past sea level

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  11. Climate

    Cuts in some greenhouse gases could slow sea level rise

    Methane, ozone and other short-lived pollutants have a big impact on ocean heights, simulation finds.

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  12. Earth

    Puny plastic particles mar Lake Erie’s waters

    Polymer particles in the lake carry pollutants.

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