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Cooling the Earth with diamond dust won't work
2+ hour, 28+ min ago (302+ words) Researchers have found that diamond dust is not a suitable particle for stratospheric aerosol injection that could cool the Earth. The field of solar geoengineering revolves around the idea of cooling the globe via the injection of aerosols to reflect…...
Database reveals how Americans use water
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (757+ words) A new database reveals how Americans use water. Water powers our lives. It feeds our crops, keeps factories running, generates electricity, and fills our taps. But until now, no one had a clear, national picture of how much water we're…...
How ‘badass’ microbes move in after volcanoes erupt
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (873+ words) Wearing protective gear against toxic gases, Solange Duhamel stands next to a lava flow during an outing to collect samples of freshly deposited lava rock. (Credit: Christopher Hamilton) New research digs into how microbes colonize new habitats. Life has a…...
Clouds drive Earth's growing heat imbalance more than pollution
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (447+ words) A new study finds that recent changes in air pollution are not the main reason the growing "energy imbalance" that is fueling global warming has increased. Aerosols'tiny airborne particles from sources such as pollution, wildfires, and volcanoes'can affect how clouds…...
How Mars' atmosphere shapes its landscapes
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (646+ words) New research digs into how Mars" atmosphere shapes its sedimentary landscapes. The surface and atmosphere of Mars have seen many changes over its 4.5-billion-year history. While the planet"s current atmosphere is very thin (about 0.6% of Earth"s), it was once…...
The moon may have formed via Earth's collision with a neighbor
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (685+ words) The moon may have formed through Earth's collision with close neighbor, a new study finds. One bright day on Earth about 4.5 billion years ago, everything changed. A massive object slammed into the young planet. The impact was so large that…...
Study overturns assumptions about how continents break apart
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (440+ words) Researchers have discovered why some parts of the Earth's crust remain strong while others give way, overturning long-held assumptions about how continents break apart. Published in Nature, the study examines a section of the East African Rift, one of the…...
Study sheds new light on the moon's biggest impact crater
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (586+ words) When astronauts land near the moon's south pole as part of NASA's Artemis program in a few years, they likely will find themselves in an unexpected treasure trove of clues that could help scientists better understand how Earth's only natural…...
Evidence points to cosmic impact at Clovis archaeological sites
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (538+ words) Researchers have found evidence of cosmic impact at classic Clovis archaeological sites. The researchers continue to build on a body of evidence for a fragmented comet that is thought to have exploded over the Earth almost 13,000 years ago, which may…...
Meteor impact may have triggered Grand Canyon landslide
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (635+ words) Two world-famous Arizona attractions'the Grand Canyon and Meteor Crater Natural Landmark'may share a hidden connection, according to new research. Driftwood and lake sediments have been long known in a cave called Stanton's Cave in Marble Canyon of eastern Grand Canyon....