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Earthquake early warning system uses AI to predict shaking By Stephanie Pappas A new deep-learning approach to predict earthquake shaking could lead to better warnings of where and when shaking will occur.
A hidden continent birthed a new subduction zone near New Zealand By Stephanie Pappas A new subduction zone south of New Zealand formed when tectonic forces brought a segment of weakened continental crust from the submerged continent of Zealandia next to denser oceanic crust.
Giant sequoia tree still smoldering 9 months after devastating California wildfires By Rachael Rettner A giant sequoia tree in California's Sequoia National Park is still smoldering months after devastating wildfires hit the region last summer.
Was a humongous Cascadia earthquake just one of many? By Stephanie Pappas An earthquake of approximately magnitude 9 in 1700 in Cascadia could have instead been three or four slightly smaller, but still devastating, quakes.
Fossil 'balls' are 1 billion years old and could be Earth's oldest known multicellular life By Mindy Weisberger Tiny fossils from the northern Highlands of Scotland preserve the oldest evidence of organisms with more than one type of cell.
Lightest-known form of uranium created By Mara Johnson-Groh Scientists have discovered a new type of uranium that is the lightest ever known.
Massive DDT dumping ground found off the Los Angeles coast is bigger than anyone thought By Mindy Weisberger A survey recently mapped a vast industrial dumping ground in the ocean basin between the Los Angeles coast and Catalina Island.
Earth's crust is way, way older than we thought By Brandon Specktor Earth's continents have been leaking nutrients into the ocean for at least 3.7 billion years, new research suggests.
Study of nearly every glacier on Earth shows ice loss is speeding up By Nicoletta Lanese A new study assessed more than 200,000 glaciers around the world.
Climate change has been altering Earth's axis for at least 30 years By Stephanie Pappas Glacial melt caused by climate change is redistributing weight on the planet, leading to a shift in Earth's poles as far back as the 1990s.
Enormous Antarctic iceberg that became an internet star finally melts away By Stephanie Pappas Iceberg A68, an enormous hunk of ice that broke off Antarctica in 2017, has finally melted away to nothing in the Atlantic.
What was the Deepwater Horizon disaster? By Jen Monnier In April 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico exploded, killing 11 people. Two days later the rig capsized, and the pipe below began spewing oil.
Thousands of tons of microplastics are swirling around in the atmosphere, study finds By Harry Baker A new study has measured the number of microplastics in the atmosphere and modeled how the tiny particles get transported around the planet.
10 stunning natural wonders of the world you need to visit By Amy Grisdale, How It Works magazine Some of the best locations nature has to offer, from an island teeming with dragons to a famous waterfall.
Antarctica's 'Doomsday Glacier' close to tipping point, unmanned sub reveals By Ben Turner The glacier could be melting at the key points anchoring it to the land.
Millions of tons of nuclear wastewater from Fukushima will be dumped into the sea By Brandon Specktor The Japanese government announced plans to dump more than 1 million tons of treated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean, beginning in two years.
A third of Antarctic ice shelves could collapse at current pace of warming By Rafi Letzter A third of Antarctica's vast offshore ice shelves would risk collapse into the ocean if the world warms by 4 degrees Celsius (7.2 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels.
5,200 tons of extraterrestrial dust fall on Earth each year By Stephanie Pappas Each year, 5,200 tons of space dust fall to Earth, far outweighing larger meteorites that hit the planet.
Explosive volcanic eruption rocks Caribbean island, as evacuations continue By Yasemin Saplakoglu La Soufrière volcano on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent erupted explosively Friday, spewing ash tens of thousands of feet into the air.
