Mountain growth influences greenhouse effect
A group of researchers has taken advantage of different erosion rates and investigated how uplift and erosion of rocks determine the balance of carbon...
Pulp mill waste hits the road instead of the landfill
Waste materials from the pulp and paper industry have long been seen as possible fillers for building products like cement, but for years these...
Bacteria help plants grow better
A current study by scientists sheds light on an unusual interdependence: Maize can attract special soil bacteria that, in turn, help the plants to...
Scant evidence that ‘wood overuse’ at Cahokia caused collapse
Archaeologists excavated around earthen mounds and analyzed sediment cores to test a persistent theory about the collapse of Cahokia, the pre-Columbian Native American city...
More than 5,000 tons of extraterrestrial dust fall to Earth each year
Every year, our planet encounters dust from comets and asteroids. These interplanetary dust particles pass through our atmosphere and give rise to shooting stars....
Corals carefully organize proteins to form rock-hard skeletons
Scientists have shown that coral structures consist of a biomineral containing a highly organized organic mix of proteins that resembles what is in our...
Solar and wind power could mitigate conflict in northeast Africa
A new study shows that several disagreements between Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt around Africa's largest hydropower plant, the new Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD),...
Study calls for urgent climate change action to secure global food supply
New research has found climate change will have a substantial impact on global food production and health if no action is taken by consumers,...
Living fossils: Microbe discovered in evolutionary stasis for millions of years
Research has revealed that a group of microbes found deep underground in three continents have been at an evolutionary standstill for millions of years....
Asteroid crater on Earth provides clues about Martian craters
The 15-million-year-old Nördlinger Ries is an asteroid impact crater filled with lake sediments. A research team has now discovered a volcanic ash layer in...
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He's given a whole new meaning to "poached eggs."
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Rare blindcat found in US, could prove water-filled caves connect Texas and Mexico
The extremely rare cave-dwelling albino fish with no eyes, the Mexican blindcat, has previously only been known to exist in Mexico.
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