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Carbonate shells change with time

The carbonate shells of tiny marine plankton, foraminifers, are important archives of geochemical records of past climates. Understanding how these plankton…

Flagship species could help protect freshwaters

About one third of all animal species around the world are threatened. But even so, it is mainly the imposing, large terrestrial and marine animals such as…

Marine Species Threatened by Deep-Sea Mining

Less than half of our planet’s surface is covered by land. The rest is water, and this environment is home to an enormous range of animal species, most of…

Scientific ocean drilling expedition explores continental rift development in Greece

The Corinth Rift, located in the Gulf of Corinth in Central Greece is one of the most seismically active areas in Europe. It is here that one of the Earth’s…

New magma pathways after giant lateral volcano collapses

Giant lateral collapses may change the style of volcanism and the chemistry of magma, and as a new study by GFZ scientists reveals, also affects and diverges…

Mountain glaciers shrinking across the West

We now have a third, much more powerful tool. While he was a doctoral student in University of Washington's Department of Earth and Space Sciences, David Shean…

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