The origins of plate tectonics on Earth are hotly debated, but evidence from Australia now shows that parts of the crust ...

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How high-latitude peat and forest fires could shape the future of Earth's climate by Apostolos Voulgarakis, Dimitra Tarasi, The Conversation edited by Owen Ferguson, reviewed by Andrew Zinin ...

Our first meeting was a bit awkward. One of us is an archaeologist who studies how past peoples interacted with their ...

Chinese radar detects an ionospheric "plasma bubbles" over Egypt from Hainan, revealing key advances in global monitoring of ...

Since Kepler's laws of motion dictate that celestial bodies orbit more slowly when farther from the sun, we are now moving at ...

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However, high-latitude wildfires are not just a symptom of climate change; they are an accelerating force that could shape the future of our climate in ways that we are currently incapable of ...

Current climate models have so far been unable to adequately reproduce the clouds over the Southern Ocean around Antarctica.

Measuring shells and skeletons encased in thousands of limestone samples has revealed that the sheer amount of living stuff ...

Parts of Alberta witnessed a spectacle early Friday morning as rare noctilucent clouds, also known as night-shining clouds, lit up the sky. These unique clouds are only visible on summer nights in ...

The molten rock was hot enough to melt the surrounding rocks and release massive amounts of carbon dioxide into Earth's ...