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A scientist-authored brief played a role in the 2009 determination that greenhouse gases endanger public health. With the ...
Nearly a decade’s worth of data went into the first direct observation of sputtering on Mars, which researchers believe ...
Source: Space Weather. The impacts of space weather such as extreme solar winds and magnetic waves are not limited to outer ...
A new study investigates how much of the phytoplankton in the Palmer Deep submarine canyon is homemade and how much is ...
New observations and simulations capture the physics at play across each of the three main ionospheric regions.
Monitoring and forecasting the movement of volcanic clouds is key to mitigating the impacts on communities, infrastructure, and air traffic.
This process has been successful in establishing the Sphagnum mosses typical of bogs, which have acidic soil that is low in nutrients. It’s been less successful in reintroducing the Bryopsida mosses ...
New research shows that unplanted agricultural lands are behind most of the state’s anthropogenic dust events.
Radio signals sent between two Mars orbiters—rather than between an orbiter and an Earth-based receiver—capture new insights into atmospheric dynamics.
Fossils discovered at an early Miocene site in Kenya include a new type of early ape and offer clues about the environment inhabited by human ancestors.
Decoding how sand grains move and accumulate on Earth can also help scientists understand dune formation on Mars.
A study measured methane flow from more than 450 nonproducing wells across Canada, but thousands more remain unevaluated.