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Does the Amazon River Flow Backward? The Remarkable Reversal of Earth’s Largest River
Does the Amazon River Flow Backward? It’s a question that often sparks curiosity among explorers, scientists, and anyone ...
Giant blobs deep inside Earth are 'evolving by themselves'
Giant regions of the mantle where seismic waves slow down may have formed from subducted ocean crust, a new study finds.
In A First, Geoscientists Track Earth’s Largest Sediment Avalanches
Using seismic stations usually used for monitoring earthquakes, an international team of geoscientists tracked Earth’s ...
AI reveals new insights into the flow of Antarctic ice
As the planet warms, Antarctica's ice sheet is melting and contributing to sea-level rise around the globe. Antarctica holds ...
High-frequency monitoring reveals complex infiltration-preferential flow processes in karst hillslopes
A study led by Prof. Chen Hongsong from the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has ...
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The distinct role of Earth’s orbit in 100-thousand-year glacial cycles
The ebb and flow of Pleistocene glacial cycles is not random; it follows a predictable pattern dictated by the distinct and deterministic influence of Earth’s orbital geometry, according to a new ...
NASA’s EZIE Mission Will Track Earth’s Hidden Electric Highways to Predict Space Storms
NASA’s upcoming EZIE mission will use three small satellites to study electrojets — powerful electrical currents in the upper atmosphere linked to auroras. These mysterious currents influence ...
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Sunken Continents Near Earth's Core Could Unbalance Our Magnetic Field
Continent-sized structures of mineral protruding from the lower mantle towards Earth's outer core may be contributing to an ...