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Researchers Find Evidence of Geological ‘Facelift’ in the Appalachians

Researchers from North Carolina State University noticed that a portion of the Appalachian Mountains in western North Carolina near the Cullasaja River basin…

Satellite Image Shows Eastern U.S. Severe Weather System

An image released from NASA using data from NOAA's GOES-13 satellite provides a stunning look at the powerful system that brings a return to winter weather in…

Tomorrow's life-saving medications may currently be living at the bottom of the sea

Sea life studies aid researchers in several ways, including the development of new medications and biofuels. Because many of these ocean animal species have…

In a Scientific and Engineering Breakthrough, NSF-funded Team Samples Antarctic Lake Beneath the Ice Sheet

In a first-of-its-kind feat of science and engineering, a National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded research team has successfully drilled through 800 meters…

How Antarctica turned white

Thirty four million years ago, Antarctica was covered with temperate forests that included beech trees and cycads. Then, over a geologically short period of…

Climate Change Impacts to U.S. Coasts Threaten Public Health, Safety and Economy

The report, Coastal Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerabilities: a technical input to the 2013 National Climate Assessment, authored by leading scientists and…

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