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Researchers are applying machine learning algorithms to help interpret massive amounts of ground deformation data collected with Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) satellites; the...

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Fate of sinking tectonic plates is revealed

When tectonic plates sink into the Earth they look like slinky snakes! That's according to a study published in Nature, which helps answer a...

Volcanic eruptions contributed to collapse of China dynasties

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Humans hastened the extinction of the woolly mammoth

New research shows that humans had a significant role in the extinction of woolly mammoths in Eurasia, occurring thousands of years later than previously...

New polymer detection method to turn the (pep)tide in the fight against water pollution

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Crushed resistance: Tectonic plate sinking into a subduction zone

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Environmental implications of ultra-processed foods

A new study finds that over the last 30 years, Brazil has undergone a nutrition transition toward a diet higher in ultra-processed foods, and...

Inputs and impacts of human wastewater in coastal ecosystems

The tendency for most of us when it comes to human wastewater is out of sight, out of mind. Rarely do we consider what...

Capturing the impact of human sewage on Earth’s coastal ecosystems

A new mapping analysis estimates the amounts of nitrogen and pathogens released into coastal ecosystems from human wastewater sources around the world.

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