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Carbon dioxide, not water, triggers explosive basaltic volcanoes
Geoscientists have long thought that water—along with shallow magma stored in Earth’s crust—drives volcanoes to erupt.…
Ravaged by fire, Mojave Desert's famed Joshua trees may be gone forever
A wildfire burning near the California-Nevada border has ravaged parts of the Mojave National Preserve’s famed…
Dogs with less complex facial markings found to be more expressive in their communication with humans
The domestication of canines and their co-evolution with humans has fostered an incredibly unique relationship with…
Plastic litter in oceans overestimated but could persist longer than expected, study suggests
There is less plastic littering the ocean than scientists previously thought, but what is there could…
Sharks along Nantucket: A researcher has tagged 100-plus sharks there as population rebounds
While much of the shark focus is centered on great whites along Cape Cod this time…
Public interest vs. private homes: Climate change and erosion fuel disputes along Lake Michigan's shoreline
Steve Coombs’ lakefront home used to quake when waves crashed along Ogden Dunes’ receding shoreline. …
Novel research takes marine conservation tools to a new dimension
In the new article “Incorporating multidimensional behavior into a risk management tool for a critically endangered…
Spooky, stealthy night hunters: Revealing the wonderful otherworld of owls
The calls of owls come to me most nights through the open window of my bedroom.…
Climate change threatens shaligrams, sacred fossils worshipped by Hindus and Buddhists for more than 2,000 years
For more than 2,000 years, Hinduism, Buddhism and the shamanic Himalayan religion of Bon have venerated…