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Geophysicists claim conventional understanding of Earth's deep water cycle needs revision

A popular view among geophysicists is that large amounts of water are carried from the oceans to the deep mantle in “subduction zones,” which are boundaries…

More than 200 new snails of the same genus described in a single study

“Never have so many species from a single genus, nor even from a single family, been described in one single study”, Anselmo Peñas, lead author of the…

Squid studies provide valuable insights into hearing mechanisms

In a hangar-like research building at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), biologist T. Aran Mooney is exploring virtually uncharted waters: Can…

Climate change may alter natural climate cycles of Pacific

El Nino is a periodic warming in the eastern tropical Pacific that occurs along the coast of South America. Recently, scientists have noticed that El Nino…

A river ran through it

Rivers and streams supply the lifeblood to ecosystems across the globe, providing water for drinking and irrigation for humans as well as a wide array of life…

Planet hunters no longer blinded by the light

Using new optics technology developed at the University of Arizona's Steward Observatory, an international team of astronomers has obtained images of a planet…

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