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A new study co-led by the University of Arizona and the Smithsonian offers the most detailed glimpse yet into how Earth's ...

The ring would have gradually fallen to Earth as meteorites, correlating to a spike of impacts seen in the geological record.

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In Puerto Rico and other hard-hit places, marine researchers are trying to restore reefs and make corals more resilient — with some recent success.

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