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How is the Earth changing today? We already see effects scientists predicted, such as the loss of sea ice, melting glaciers and ice sheets, sea level rise, and more intense heat waves. Scientists predict global temperature increases from human-made greenhouse gases will continue.

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Cascadia Subduction Zone, one of Earth’s top hazards, comes into sharper focus

A schematic cross section of the Cascadia Subduction Zone shows the ocean floor plate (light gray) moving under the North…

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How mantle hydration changes over the lifetime of a subduction zone

When oceanic plates are subducted beneath continental plates, they release water. This water rises and contributes to the formation of…

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Pompeii skeleton discovery shows another natural disaster may have made Vesuvius eruption even more deadly

Location of the skeletons found in room A. Credit: Pompeii Archaeological Park. Almost 2,000 years ago, Pliny the Younger wrote…

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Mantle upwelling may have triggered Morocco earthquake

The High Atlas Mountains in western Morocco were struck by a magnitude…

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New research sheds light on river dynamics and cutoff regimes

Google Earth image of the Chinchaga River, Alberta, Canada, prone to neck…

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Researchers forge more open access data for studies of the Earth’s lithosphere

(From left) Karen Williams, a geoscience graduate student, works with undergraduate student…

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Researchers discover novel deepwater renewal process in Lake Geneva

(a) Bottom temperatures simulated by the Entire Lake (EL) model. (b) and…

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Complex impact of large wildfires on ozone layer dynamics unveiled

Credit: Vladyslav Dukhin from Pexels In a revelation that highlights the fragile…

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A reef island adapts to changing environmental influences

Close to sea level: Langkai Island rises only around 1.8 meters above…

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Forest carbon storage has declined across much of the Western U.S., likely due to drought and fire

Severely burned forest landscape in Yellowstone National Park, WY, U.S. Credit: Ann…

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Fires and climate are changing. The science must change as well, says paper

Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new paper on the many ways wildfires…

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Researchers synchronize Napoleonic maps with modern ones

Extents of Schmitt's map as a georeferenced overlay on a modern map…

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