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[:es] The First Angstrom-Scale View of Weathering [:]
Researchers observe how water vapor and liquid alter sedimentary rocks through physical and chemical processes.
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[:es] Superlasers Shed Light on Super-Earth Mantles [:]
By compressing iron oxide to pressures expected inside a large and rocky exoplanet, scientists discovered that such mantles could layer, mix, and flow in ways very different from those inside […]
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[:es] The Surprising Source of Greenhouse Gas Emissions [:]
Changing the way emissions are tallied may help litigators focus on the worst climate offenders and shape mitigation.
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[:es] Dust on the Wind [:]
A new study confirms that an important wind system is shifting due to climate change.
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[:es] Subduction May Recycle Less Water Than Thought [:]
A new analysis of seismic data from the Middle America Trench suggests that previous calculations have vastly overestimated the total amount of water transported to the mantle worldwide.
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[:es] Antarctic Lava Yields Clues to Earth’s Past Magnetic Field [:]
A new analysis suggests that a widely accepted approximation of ancient magnetic field strength may be less accurate for the past 5 million years than previously thought.
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[:es] To Make Better Hurricane Models, Consider Air Pollution [:]
New research uses Hurricane Harvey as a case study to demonstrate the devastating power of aerosols to supercharge tropical storms.
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[:es] Do Uranus’s Moons Have Subsurface Oceans? [:]
Scientists tested whether a classic technique could detect subsurface oceans on the moons of Uranus. In this scenario, the planet’s oddball magnetic field offers a big advantage.
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[:es] Advancing AI for Earth Science: A Data Systems Perspective [:]
Tackling data challenges and incorporating physics into machine learning models will help unlock the potential of artificial intelligence to answer Earth science questions.