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Home » Science Topics » Earth Systems » Page 4

Category: Earth Systems

These articles summarize studies that are all about how the planet Earth works!
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Did lightning provide food for life’s beginning?

Posted on April 10, 2023June 25, 2025 by Aubrey Zerkle

Lightning bolts can be deadly or destructive, but some researchers propose they might also have supplied essential elements for the first…

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    How smart were the dinosaurs?

    Posted on March 2, 2023June 25, 2025 by Aubrey Zerkle

    A researcher from Vanderbilt University inferred dinosaur intelligence from fossilized skulls. She used the skulls to estimate the number of…

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      Underground microbes capture greenhouse gases

      Posted on February 20, 2023December 5, 2023 by Sciworthy

      Researchers showed microbes living on the walls of underground caves can take up and store carbon dioxide and methane from the atmosphere.

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        Are honey bees on the decline?

        Posted on January 16, 2023March 12, 2024 by Sciworthy

        Scientists have observed lab honey bees are living 50% shorter lives than they were 50 years ago. As a result, commercial beehives and honey…

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          Tonga super eruption reached unexpected heights

          Posted on December 12, 2022June 25, 2025 by Aubrey Zerkle

          On January 15th, 2022, the underwater volcano Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai violently erupted, spewing an immense plume of ash and gas into…

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            How do microbes affect clouds in the Arctic?

            Posted on October 10, 2022June 25, 2025 by Hunter Dulay

            Seasonal changes in bacteria living in the air above the Arctic are partly caused by air current changes and may alter cloud formation.…

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              The microscopic competition happening in our oceans

              Posted on September 12, 2022October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

              Scientists wanted to understand more about how bacteria and archaea peacefully coexist in the deep ocean.

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                Invasive trees are changing the soil in the American Southwest

                Posted on January 27, 2022October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

                Ecosystems with diverse species and healthy habitats provide services that keep the system stable and are beneficial to humans. Humans…

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                  Viruses inhabit even the deepest depths of the ocean!

                  Posted on December 27, 2021October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

                  Have you ever wondered what lies in the deepest depths of the ocean? Could there be scary sea monsters or other unknown life forms?…

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                    How do climate scientists make regional projections?

                    Posted on October 7, 2021June 24, 2025 by Gina Misra

                    A small team of researchers have challenged a long-held assumption about how scientists have been applying global climate models to specific…

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