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Life at the Frigid Edge: Microbes turn up deep in Antarctic lake ice

A pocket of cold, concentrated saltwater at the bottom of an Antarctic lake could harbor life, say researchers who found microbes in the ice right above the briny layer.

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Toppling icebergs sped breakup of Larsen B ice shelf

Scientists now think they know what accelerated the rapid disintegration of most of Antarctica's Larsen B ice shelf early this year after a strong summer storm pummeled the region.

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Toppling icebergs sped breakup of Larsen B ice shelf

Scientists now think they know what accelerated the rapid disintegration of most of Antarctica's Larsen B ice shelf early this year after a strong summer storm pummeled the region.

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Contrails forecast on the horizon

Studies of the contrails generated by jets flying high over Alaska may lead to improved techniques for predicting the formation of the artificial clouds, which some scientists suggest have a warming effect on Earth's climate.

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Contrails forecast on the horizon

Studies of the contrails generated by jets flying high over Alaska may lead to improved techniques for predicting the formation of the artificial clouds, which some scientists suggest have a warming effect on Earth's climate.

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Warm arctic summer melted much ice

Satellite observations of the Arctic Ocean show that the amount of sea ice there this year was the lowest it's been in more than 20 years.

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Warm arctic summer melted much ice

Satellite observations of the Arctic Ocean show that the amount of sea ice there this year was the lowest it's been in more than 20 years.

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Dust Up: Office bustle launches anthrax spores

The commotion of everyday business in indoor spaces contaminated with anthrax can launch the bacterium's dangerous spores into the air.

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Excreted Drugs: Something Looks Fishy

Drugs that the body can't fully use enter waste water, where they may affect aquatic life—or wind up in tap water.

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Disaster Pix

If you’re one of those people who need to see the extent of intense weather events and great natural disasters–preferably as they are developing–this Web site is for you. Satellite images, provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Operational Significant Event Imagery division, portray hurricanes, dust storms, snowfall, forest fires, volcanic plumes, and much […]

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Getting to know carbon

A new research initiative will focus on the complex life of carbon as it cycles through Earth's land, water, and atmosphere.

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Forecast: Heavy winds, plasma showers

A new spacecraft has snapped the first images of a region of ionized gases in Earth's magnetic field.