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Two NASA views of newborn Tropical Cyclone Quang

The tropical low pressure area formerly known as System 98S has organized and developed into Tropical Cyclone Quang in the Southern Indian Ocean. NASA's Aqua…

Rare Dune Plants Thrive on Disturbance

Beginning in the 1880s, coastal dunes in the United States were planted with European beachgrass (Ammophila arenaria) in an attempt to hold the sand in place…

Researchers find evidence of groundwater in Antarctica's Dry Valleys

The team, which includes LSU hydrogeologist Peter Doran and researchers from the University of Tennessee; University of California-Santa Cruz; Dartmouth…

Erosion, landslides and monsoon across the Himalaya

In these days, it was again tragically demonstrated that the Himalayas are one of the most active geodynamic regions of the world. Landslides belong to the…

‘Dead zones’ found in Atlantic open waters

Dead zones are areas of the ocean depleted of oxygen. Most marine animals, like fish and crabs, cannot live within these regions, where only certain…

How cracking explains underwater volcanoes and the Hawaiian bend

The discovery helps explain the spectacular bend in the famous underwater range, the Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain, where the bottom half kinks at a sixty…

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