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Watch Carbon Pollution Spread Across the PlanetA striking new video from NASA reveals how the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide spreads across Earth in a single year.
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Ship Traffic Increases Dramatically, to Oceans' DetrimentThe demand for global trade is driving a huge growth in cargo shipping in the world's oceans, with nearly four times as many ships at sea than in 1992.
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World's Deadliest Spiders a Toxic Myth?Even though deadly spider bites are regular fodder for scare stories, spider experts say it's actually quite rare for anyone to suffer serious injuries from the world's deadliest spiders.
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Alaska's Pavlof Volcano Belches Out Ash CloudPavlof volcano, one of Alaska's most active volcanoes, erupted for the second time this year on Saturday (Nov. 15).
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Global Warming Will Bring More US Lightning StrikesExpect a 50 percent increase in lightning strikes within the United States by 2100 if temperatures continue to rise due to greenhouse gas emissions.
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Armed with Phones, Amateurs Can Beat Pollution-Tracking Satellitesclimate-change -
L'Aquila Earthquake Scientists Win Manslaughter AppealItalian scientists convicted of manslaughter in connection with the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake won their appeal on Monday (Nov. 10).
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Traces of Fukushima Radiation Detected Off California CoastExtremely low levels of radioactive cesium from Japan's 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdown are present in ocean water offshore Northern California.
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Robot Gliders See How Antarctic Ice Melts From BelowScientists suspect Antarctica's shrinking glaciers are melting from the bottom up, and a fleet of robot ocean gliders may help explain why.
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Odds of El Niño Fall to 58 PercentEl Niño conditions continue to sputter in the tropical Pacific Ocean, pushing back the odds of even a weak El Niño emerging this winter, forecasters said today (Nov. 6).
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Small Islands Amplify Tsunami FloodingSmall islands boost the power of tsunami waves, rather than absorbing their impact, a new study shows.
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Map Predicts Stunning Fall Foliage 10 Days AheadThere's still time to hit the peak for colorful fall leaves, and a new foliage forecast map can help people plan their viewing trips more than a week ahead.
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Rare Mineral Discovered in Ancient Meteorite Impact CraterA rare mineral known from just three massive meteorite impacts has now turned up in a Wisconsin crater.
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Crater Hunters Find New Clues to Ancient Impact Stormastronomy -
Spooky Storm Spotted in Pacific Ocean (Photo)Just in time for Halloween, a spooky set of thunderstorms passed over the Eastern Pacific Ocean today.
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Magma 'Pancakes' May Have Fueled Toba SupervolcanoThe most catastrophic volcanic eruption in the last 2 million years may owe its superpower to stacks of hot molten rock layered like jelly filling inside a sky-high wedding cake.
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Kilauea Lava Flow Consumes Cemetery, Reaches Townvolcanoes -
Ice Age Extinctions Could Predict Modern Die-Offsextinct-species -
Telltale Signs of Life Could Be Deepest YetTelltale signs of life have been discovered in rocks that were once 12 miles (20 kilometers) below the surface — some of the deepest chemical evidence for life ever found.
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Supervolcano Cleared in Neanderthals' Demiseneanderthals -
Swimming Mammoths Beat Humans to CaliforniaA fossil tusk rescued from the sea proves mammoths swam to Southern California's Channel Islands much earlier than thought, and they beat humans there.
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Ancient Finned Predator Feasted on SharksDuring the early Permian, carnivores greatly outnumbered herbivores on land, so top predator Dimetrodon supplemented its diet by hunting sharks.
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25 Years After Loma Prieta, Earthquake Science Is TransformedEarthquake science has kept pace with San Francisco's tremendous transformation since the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.
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Loma Prieta Earthquake: 25th Anniversary in Pictures
Incredible images from the Oct. 17, 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake in California's Santa Cruz mountains.
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