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Surface meltwater regularly travels to the bottom of the Greenland Ice Sheet and lubricates the flow of the ice into the ocean, but new…

Plumes seen reaching high above the surface of Mars are causing a stir among scientists studying the atmosphere on the Red Planet On two…

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

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

Human-caused climate change, ocean acidification and species extinctions may eventually threaten the collapse of civilization, according to…

Harnessing ‘people power’ to manage fisheries in the developing world has significantly benefited local communities and coral…

Using an experiment carried into space on a NASA suborbital rocket, astronomers at Caltech and their colleagues have detected a diffuse…

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

Scientists working on islands in Florida have documented the rapid evolution of a native lizard species — in as little as 15 years…

Cutting-edge paper by Professor George Fraser — who tragically died in March this year — and colleagues at the University of…