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Alps Growing Or Shrinking?

The Alps are growing just as quickly in height as they are shrinking according to a new study by a group of German and Swiss geoscientists.Due to glaciers and rivers, about exactly the same amount of material is eroded from … Continue reading →

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Hurricane History Recorded in Earth’s Noise

Hurricanes leave their mark with more than just wind damage and flooded lives. According to a research in the North Atlantic Ocean, these powerful storms also make a small but detectable mark on the rhythm of the Earth’s background noise.The … Continue reading →

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Natural Nukes May Have Crippled Early Life

Discovery News reports that Ancient nuclear reactors buried in lake and shallow ocean sediments may have cooked early microbes.Radiation from the deposits could have delayed the onset of our modern-day, oxygen-rich atmosphere, and even had a hand in shaping the … Continue reading →

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Ozone layer depletion levelling off

The European Space Agency has presented the results of an important analysis of upper stratospheric ozone, important in shielding Earth from ultraviolet rays. The ozone layer is not distributed evenly, with more changes occurring in the upper stratosphere. By collecting … Continue reading →

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