Earth

  1. Climate

    Extremely Bad Weather

    Teasing out global warming's role in worsening hurricanes, droughts and other extreme events.

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  2. Earth

    How the Frankenstorm came to life

    Hurricane Sandy’s humble birth and growth into a monster storm hold lessons for forecasters.

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  3. Earth

    Low central pressure among Hurricane Sandy’s unusual features

    After slamming the Caribbean, storm approaches landfall in mid-Atlantic states.

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  4. Earth

    Ozone hole at smallest size in decades

    Warm Antarctic temperatures help preserve UV-protecting layer.

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  5. Climate

    Gulf Stream might be releasing seafloor methane

    Greenhouse gas may be flowing into ocean waters off the U.S. east coast.

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  6. Earth

    Spanish quake linked to groundwater pumping

    Draining aquifers likely triggered 2011 tremor that killed nine people.

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  7. Earth

    Years after big quake, Turkish fault still slip-sliding

    Creeping movement underscores the seismic danger threatening Istanbul.

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  8. Environment

    Elevated carbon dioxide may impair reasoning

    Insufficient ventilation allows exhaled gas to build up indoors, diminishing decision-making abilities.

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  9. Chemistry

    Depths hold clues to dearth of xenon in air

    The gas doesn’t dissolve well in minerals deep inside Earth, a discovery that may explain why it’s also scarce in the atmosphere.

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  10. Earth

    Fish in mom’s diet may alter kids’ behavior

    Eating fish that's low in mercury during pregnancy may reduce the risk that a woman's child shows signs of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

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  11. Life

    Duck-billed dino could slice and dice

    Ancient animal’s teeth were made of six different tissue types.

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  12. Earth

    Bad days for dinosaurs began long before the last of them died

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