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From the skies above to the ocean depths and all the land in between, we publish the latest in meteorological research on the most pressing issues surrounding climate change. The Earth is a wonderful place; so much has been studied yet so much remains unknown. Modern Sciences showcases the latest in news and featured pieces about the little blue dot in the universe that we call “home.”
The Western United States Blew Up Millions of Years Ago Because of Magma. Why Were There No Extinctions?
An event known as the Mid-Tertiary ignimbrite flare-up caused several volcanic eruptions across the western United States during…
Four ways that fossils are part of everyday life
The building blocks of the Giza pyramids contain trillions of fossilised remains of an ocean-dwelling organism called foraminifera.…
La Niña is finishing an extremely unusual three-year cycle – here’s how it affected weather around the world
El Niño was given its name by Peruvian fishermen. Christian Vinces / shutterstock William Roberts, Northumbria University, Newcastle…
Climate change is fuelling the rise of superbugs. What can we do to save ourselves?
Branwen Morgan, CSIRO The next time you need to take antibiotics, they may not work. So you may…
Can clouds of Moon dust combat climate change?
NASA Advanced Concepts Laboratory Aaron Tang, Australian National University A group of US scientists this week proposed an…
Intense “Deep” Earthquakes May Be the Key to Revealing Previously-Unknown Details About the Earth’s Mantle
According to a new study published in Nature, a layer of fluid rock could be at the bottom…
Insects are vanishing worldwide – now it’s making it harder to grow food
Catherine_P/Shutterstock Stuart Reynolds, University of Bath Over the past 20 years a steady trickle of scientific papers has…
Seismologists can’t predict an impending earthquake, but longer term forecasts and brief warnings after one starts are possible
Seismologists monitor the Earth’s activity, but can’t predict a day, time and place for the next ‘big one.’…
Was Earth already heating up, or did global warming reverse a long-term cooling trend?
Natural records suggest a cooling trend was underway thousands of years ago. DeAgostini/Getty Images Ellie Broadman, University of…
Atmospheric rivers are hitting the Arctic more often, and increasingly melting its sea ice
Rain and warm air make it harder for sea ice to grow. Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post via…