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Volcanic plumbing provides clues on eruptions and earthquakes

International teams of researchers, including two scientists from the University of Rochester, have been studying the location and behaviour of magma chambers…

Poor Spring Rain Projected in Africa

From March–May, the rains are expected to total only 60 to 85 percentage of the average rainfall in this region. This is a significant deterioration compared…

Uranus auroras glimpsed from Earth

Detected by means of carefully scheduled observations from the Hubble Space Telescope, the newly witnessed Uranian light show consisted of short-lived, faint,…

Hatchery, OSU scientists link ocean acidification to larval oyster failure

A study by the researchers found that elevated seawater carbon dioxide (CO2) levels, resulting in more corrosive ocean water, inhibited the larval oysters from…

First mass extinction linked to marine anoxia

This marine catastrophe has previously been attributed to a cooling event of a warm Earth, as a glacier can be seen to grow on the South Pole, and to increased…

New method to prevent undersea ice clogs

During the massive oil spill from the ruptured Deepwater Horizon well in 2010, it seemed at first like there might be a quick fix: a containment dome lowered…

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