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A textbook-altering discovery about Earth’s inner core
Credit: USC Graphic/Edward Sotelo.
Using seismic data from more than three decades of earthquakes, geophysicists have found evidence that the Earth’s inner core isn’t completely solid.
Ice quakes discovered kilometres inside Greenland ice stream
Credit: Device, Yang and Won
Deep ice quakes driven by volcanic impurities reveal a stick-slip motion in Greenland's ice streams, which will change the way scientists model ice melt and rising sea levels.
Area too hot for humans to triple by 2°C of global warming
Bangkok, Thailand. Credit: sndrk via Getty Images
A new review has outlined the potentially deadly consequences of extreme heat if global warming reaches 2°C above the preindustrial average.