Earth Sciences
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Science from the top of the world
Two months, 10 teams, troubling discoveries.
The science is in from an ambitious interdisciplinary expedition to Mt Everest – and the results are appropriately ch...
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How did mercury get down there?
Two new views on a very deep problem.
Mercury has been found in the deepest part of the Earth’s oceans, the 11,000-metre-deep Mariana Trench in the northwe...
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Volcano link to end of Triassic extinction
Researchers analyse molecular and isotopic evidence.
An Australian-led team of scientists has shed new light on the timing of one of the most catastrophic mass extinction...
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Mangrove forests act as plastic sinks
Study highlights ability to capture carbon and microplastics.
A new study highlights the heavy lifting marine ecosystems do in combatting environmental issues, finding that mangro...
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Snapshot
All the known craters on Earth
New atlas captures global view from on high.
This is a physical map of the Serra da Cangalha impact structure in Brazil, produced using the TanDEM-X mission digit...
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Volcanoes that just kept on giving
Magma ‘conveyor belt’ fuelled eruptions in Indian Ocean.
A volcanic province in the Indian Ocean was the most continuously active in the world, erupting for 30 million years,...
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If it looks dangerous, send in the drones
New technology improves ability to forecast eruptions
Flying drones into volcanoes is becoming quite a thing. Earlier this year, Cosmos reported how German and Russian ...
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Delicate balance in the Falklands
Threat to seabirds is a threat to the ecosystem.
Seabird droppings helped shape the delicately balanced ecosystem of the Falkland Islands, which is in danger of abrup...
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Rain really can move mountains
Himalayan study describes dramatic impact of erosion.
Plate tectonics tends to dominate the common view of mountain formation: where two plates meet, rock is pushed up. Ho...
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Sahara actually has quite a few trees
Satellite imaging and deep learning provide clearer picture.
A surprising new study has revealed that there are more than 1.8 billion trees and shrubs in the Sahara and Sahel reg...
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Megafauna struggled in the rainforest
Research reveals impact of change in SE Asia.
In today’s human-dominated world, rampant deforestation is driving many of Southeast Asia’s species towards extinctio...
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Conversation
How planetary forces shape Earth’s surface
Geophysicists explain rocky icebergs and deep anchors.
By Simon Lamb, Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington Have you ever wondered why the Earth’s surface ...