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The carbon cycle before humans

Geoengineering — deliberate manipulation of the Earth's climate to slow or reverse global warming — has gained a foothold in the climate change discussion….

Cyclone Rene Slams Tonga, Moves Into Open Waters

Tonga is an archipelago located in the South Pacific Ocean. It is made up of 169 islands, and 133 of those are uninhabited. The Kingdom of Tonga stretches over…

Fog has declined in past century along California's redwood coast

California's coastal fog has decreased significantly over the past 100 years, potentially endangering coast redwood trees dependent on cool, humid summers,…

Physicists play Lego with photons

While many of us enjoyed constructing little houses out of toy bricks when we were kids, this task is much more difficult if bricks are elementary particles….

Antarctic Ice Shelf Collapse Possibly Triggered by Ocean Waves

Depicting a cause-and-effect scenario that spans thousands of miles, a scientist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and his collaborators…

Homebuilding beyond the abyss

The Challenger Deep is located in the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific Ocean. It lies in the hadal zone beyond the abyssal zone, and plunges down to a…

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