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Evolution tied to Earth movement

Scientists long have focused on how climate and vegetation allowed human ancestors to evolve in Africa. Now, University of Utah geologists are calling renewed…

Hot spot on Enceladus causes plumes

The heat being generated on the moon's south pole at a hot spot is enough to eject plumes of ice and vapor above Enceladus. These plumes, according to William…

Coral reefs unlikely to survive in acid oceans

Scientists from the Carnegie Institution’s Department of Global Ecology have calculated that if current carbon dioxide emission trends continue, by mid-century…

Study suggests future sea-level rises may be even higher than predicted

The study by a consortium of scientists from the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton and research centres in Tübingen (Germany), Cambridge and New York,…

Return To Europa: A Closer Look Is Possible

“We’ve learned a lot about Europa in the past few years,” says William McKinnon, professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Washington University in St….

Immediate action needed to save corals from climate change

The journal Science has published a paper today that is the most comprehensive review to date of the effects rising ocean temperatures are having on the…

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