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A massive dust storm erupts in West Africa as the seasons change
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (697+ words) A massive dust storm swept across West Africa in early September, sending a plume over Mali and eventually toward the Atlantic Ocean. Today’s Image of the Day from NASA Earth Observatory shows a massive cloud of dust sweeping across West…...
Rare lava lake glows inside a volcano near Antarctica
5+ day, 18+ hour ago (701+ words) A rare satellite view reveals the persistent lava lake inside Mount Michael, an active volcano on remote Saunders Island near Antarctica. At first glance, Saunders Island looks locked in winter. Sea ice crowds the dark water, snow covers the land,…...
When millions leave the city, its wastewater system gets dirtier
1+ week, 1+ day ago (913+ words) New research shows that shifting urban populations can change how efficiently sewage plants operate, revealing a potential way to cut emissions without new infrastructure. Every year, hundreds of millions of people flood out of Chinese cities for the Lunar New…...
Tracking rare water molecules could improve weather forecasts up to five days out
1+ week, 1+ day ago (978+ words) Weather forecasts improved up to five days out when researchers added water vapor isotopes to models, especially in the midlatitudes. Weather forecasts are built from temperature, humidity and wind. Mixed into the air is a fourth signal forecasters don’t use:…...
Coastal marsh erosion is moving huge amounts of carbon into the ocean
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1019+ words) Coastal marshes lock away carbon for centuries. But when they erode, that buried carbon slips sideways into the sea. Coastal marshes sit where land meets the sea. Their plants trap mud and sand, while their soils store carbon from roots…...
Scientists discovered a hidden underground forest 2,000 feet deep in China, and it’s teeming with rare species never seen before
1+ week, 3+ day ago (773+ words) At the bottom of a vertical shaft in the karst mountains of Chongqing, a mature subtropical forest grows in permanent half-light, roughly 2,000 feet below the plateau. The… The clouded leopard has been recorded down there, which means wildlife is still…...
The U.S. could be sitting on a strategic antimony resource: part of the ore is already at the surface
2+ week, 6+ day ago (1222+ words) Antimony rarely receives the attention given to copper, lithium, or gold. This lustrous, silvery metalloid straddles the line between metals and nonmetals, possessing the unusual quirk of expanding… Antimony rarely receives the attention given to copper, lithium, or gold. This…...
Why do astronauts get constipated in space? Scientists have a new clue
3+ week, 5+ day ago (971+ words) Blood samples from 52 astronauts reveal a surprising shift in how their bodies process food, offering a possible clue to constipation in space. Astronauts have complained about constipation for as long as people have flown to space. Nobody could say exactly…...
Scientists determine the Great Lakes are nonrenewable
3+ week, 5+ day ago (952+ words) The Great Lakes hold about 21 percent of the planet's surface fresh water, yet less than one percent of that volume renews each year. That second number, not the first, sets the limits on everyone who drinks from the basin. Lakes…...
Volcanoes deliver rock older than the continents
3+ week, 5+ day ago (782+ words) No drill has ever reached the mantle, so scientists depend on volcanoes to deliver the samples instead. Lava from Hawaii and Iceland carries helium, ruthenium, and tungsten signatures that point to a source near the boundary with Earth's core, about…...