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Did a volcanic cataclysm 40,000 years ago trigger the final demise of the Neanderthals?

The Campanian Ignimbrite (CI) eruption in Italy 40,000 years ago was one of the largest volcanic cataclysms in Europe and injected a significant amount of…

International study raises questions about cause of global ice ages

The researchers found that glacier movement in the Southern Hemisphere is influenced primarily by sea surface temperature and atmospheric carbon dioxide rather…

Massive amounts of fresh water, glacial melt pouring into Gulf of Alaska

Since it's broken into literally thousands of small drainages pouring off mountains that rise quickly from sea level over a short distance, the totality of…

Unaweep Canyon and Earth's deep-time past

Unaweep Canyon is a puzzling landscape — the only canyon on Earth with two mouths. First formally documented by western explorers mapping the Colorado…

Unprecedented early warning of El Niño succeeds

“While conventional methods are not able to yield a reasonably reliable El Niño prediction more than six months before the event, our method at least doubles…

Swept Away — Deep-sea robot, caught in underwater avalanche, yields new scientific insights

In 2013, one of MBARI’s remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) was literally swept away by a turbidity current. Fortunately, the vehicle survived, giving…

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