How fast will seas rise? A dying Greenland glacier holds clues
Scientists watch a warming ocean melt and fracture the ice
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Machu Picchu was built over major fault zones. Now, researchers think they know why
Study could solve long-standing mystery -
This sulfur-spewing Russian volcano is turning sunsets purple
Sulfur in the stratosphere splits light to make a violet glow -
Geologists uncover history of lost continent buried beneath Europe
Most of “Greater Adria” is now trapped in Earth’s mantle, but some of its rocks ended up high in the Alps -
Ancient farmers irreversibly altered Earth’s face by 3000 years ago
Survey of 255 archaeologists suggests an earlier start to the Anthropocene -
Shock and thaw? Earth’s oldest asteroid impact may have helped lift the planet out of a deep freeze
Researchers say 2.23-billion-year-old Yarrabubba impact vaporized ice sheets, creating a steamy greenhouse -
‘Mystery’ volcano that cooled the ancient world traced to El Salvador
The 539 C.E. eruption triggered crop failure, famine, and disease -
Light reflected off fresh snow can outshine the moon
“Snowglow” could exacerbate light pollution in some areas -
Sea of Galilee earthquakes triggered by excessive water pumping
Taking water from the ground can unload faults and trigger tremors -
Dinosaur-age landscapes lurk in Southern Hemisphere
Ancient plateaus, armored against erosion by impermeable minerals, hold clues to Earth's deep history -
NASA overcomes military’s GPS tweaks to peer inside hurricanes
Data from CYGNSS satellites could sharpen storm forecasts -
Ship spies largest underwater eruption ever
French research cruise detects massive newborn volcano on Indian Ocean floor -
Two-thirds of the world’s longest rivers no longer run free
Authors of new assessment hope it will lead to better river management -
This global map of manure could help save farming as we know it
Plotting livestock poop could kick-start smarter phosphorus use -
Into the overworld: modified spy plane to see whether towering storms pose new threat to ozone layer
New NASA mission will probe the stratosphere over central United States -
These ocean floats can hear earthquakes, revealing mysterious structures deep inside Earth
MERMAIDs offer a cheap way to “x-ray” Earth from remote places
