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Quakes under Pacific floor reveal unexpected circulatory system

Zigzagging some 60,000 kilometers across ocean floors, earth’s system of mid-ocean ridges plays a pivotal role in many workings of the planet, from its…

'Invisibility cloaks' could break sound barriers

Such an acoustic veil would do for sound what the “invisibility cloak” previously demonstrated by the research team does for microwaves–allowing sound waves…

Coconut palms in the Comoros are now protected by a parasitoid

The insect attacks the fronds and feeds on the palms' sap, excreting a honeydew on which sooty mould fungi develop. This is what causes the blackish colouring…

Researchers Uncover Key Trigger for Potent Cancer-Fighting Marine Product

Scripps Institution of Oceanography/UC San DiegoAn unexpected discovery in marine biomedical laboratories at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San…

North Atlantic warming tied to natural variability; but global warming may be at play elsewhere

This striking pattern can be explained largely by the influence of a natural and cyclical wind circulation pattern called the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO),…

Plate tectonics may take a break

Scientists have assumed that the shifting of crustal plates has been slow but continuous over most of the Earth’s history, but a new study from researchers at…

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