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Home » Science Topics » Earth Systems » Page 8

Category: Earth Systems

These articles summarize studies that are all about how the planet Earth works!
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Is the mind algorithmic?

Posted on January 1, 2015June 26, 2025 by Sciworthy

Disagreements in how we use words can cause major confusion. Sometimes, someone uses the word “far” to mean 50 miles, and other times…

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    Can cold-loving bacteria help to clean up oil spills?

    Posted on December 16, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

    For several decades scientists have been interested in the ability of psychrophilic (cold- loving) microbial communities to degrade the…

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      Massive tectonic event may have triggered explosion of animal life

      Posted on November 1, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

      A new analysis of geologic history may help solve the riddle of the “Cambrian explosion,” the rapid diversification of animal…

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        Geothermal heating increases the habitability of planets orbiting red dwarfs

        Posted on October 7, 2014October 24, 2022 by Jacob Haqq Misra

        Small red stars, known by astronomers as “M-dwarfs”, are the most abundant type of star in the sky and are also the most long-lived of…

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          Deciduous trees flourished after dinosaur-killing meteor impact

          Posted on September 17, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

          Some 66 million years ago, a 10-km diameter chunk of rock hit the Yukatan peninsula near the site of the small town of Chicxulub with the…

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            Will climate change eliminate the ice age cycle?

            Posted on August 28, 2014October 24, 2022 by Jacob Haqq Misra

            Long-term patterns in Earth’s climate show glacial cycles that correspond to variations in Earth’s orbital geometry and affect the…

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              Long-term effects of climate change facilitated by studying climate relicts

              Posted on August 19, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

              Climate relicts may help researchers understand climate change While hiking through the Ozarks’ characteristic oak and hickory forests…

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                Expansion of Mediterranean hermit crabs into the North Sea thanks to climate change

                Posted on July 2, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

                Long-term studies conducted by scientists at the institute “Senckenberg am Meer” and the Senckenberg Research Institute in Frankfurt…

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                  Deep ocean communities impacted by changing climate

                  Posted on June 27, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

                  Animals living on the abyssal plains, miles below the ocean surface, don’t usually get much to eat. Their main source of food is…

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                    Study reveals opposite patterns of ancient climate change in temperate areas

                    Posted on June 19, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

                    Korean research team revealed conflicting climate change patterns between the middle latitude areas of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres…

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