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What Is the Ozone Layer? Earth's Protective Shield, Explained
The ozone layer is a part of Earth’s atmosphere that captures some of the Sun’s ultraviolet (UV) light emissions. When the ...
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One million straight years of rain triggered the dinosaur takeover of Earth
Imagine a world where continents are fused into one massive landmass, and life as we know it is on the brink of ...
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Saturn's Biggest Moon Might Have A Layer Of Methane Ice Six Miles Thick, Which Could Help Detect Signs Of Life
The methane layer could make it easier to detect signs of life from Titan's subsurface ocean. Titan is a moon, but it is more ...
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Oregon geologist looks to volcanic rock to store carbon dioxide
The volcanic layers in the Northwest could hold megatons of planet-warming emissions but the infrastructure needed for that ...
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Oregon’s state geologist looks to volcanic rock to store carbon dioxide – a novel tool to fight climate change
Layers of volcanic rock in Eastern Oregon, the Willamette Valley and the Columbia Basin have created fertile soil for farming ...
Centuries-old mass grave of children found in Mexico. They were sacrificed to rain god
The mass execution of children was seen as not only a way to calm the rain god, but for a time it helped the community deal ...
4 Key Facts: How the Montreal Protocol Saved Earth’s Ozone Layer—and Millions of Lives
Adopted 35 years ago, the Montreal Protocol remains a groundbreaking environmental agreement, credited with saving millions ...
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Did water flow across the surface of an icy Mars?
New research suggests that about 3.6 billion years ago, Mars featured vast water flows and a lake rivaling the size of the ...
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7 layers of Earth you didn’t know about
Situated between the mantle and the inner core, the Earth's outer core is a liquid layer of the Earth's core. It is mostly made up of iron and nickel, with little amounts of silicon and oxygen ...
The Icy Crust of Saturn’s Moon Titan Could Be Hiding Secrets to Our World and Life Beyond It
A new study suggests that the planet’s icy interior and liquid ocean could be insulated with a three-to-six-mile-thick layer ...
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Saturn's moon Titan may have a 6-mile-thick crust of methane ice — could life be under there?
"If life exists in Titan's ocean under the thick ice shell, any signs of life would need to be transported up Titan’s ice shell. This is more likely to occur if Titan's ice shell is warm and ...
Mysterious craters exploded in Siberia’s permafrost. Scientists say they now know why
A decade ago, a mysterious crater appeared in the Russian Arctic, forming a huge jagged hole hundreds of feet wide. Since ...