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Imagining an ideal world can help us make this world better
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Consider That Pale Blue Dot [Video]
A rap video for Earth Day
NASA Satellite Will Watch Earth Breathe from Space
The agency’s Geostationary Carbon Observatory will study the planet’s carbon cycle
Environment
Species Split When Mountains Rise
Plant species in China's Hengduan Mountains exploded in diversity eight million years ago—right when the mountains were built. Christopher Intagliata reports.
Can the Amazon Save the Planet?
Scientists climb to perilous heights to gauge how much carbon dioxide the rainforest is absorbing
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Flat Earth: An Astonishingly Good Book about a Very Bad Idea
Shaquille O'Neal should definitely read this
Environment
Why Is the Ozone Hole Shrinking?
What caused the hole in the ozone layer? And how has science helped us begin to shrink the hole?
Earth’s Lost History of Planet-Altering Eruptions Revealed
Geologists unearth signs of major volcanic events stretching back 3 billion years
Space & Physics
Jupiter Moon to Be Searched for Life
If anything's alive on the ice-covered ocean world of Europa, a future NASA mission hopes to find it.
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Earth's Mantle Is Hotter Than Scientists Thought
The finding will help scientists more accurately model the planet’s geodynamic processes
Conservation
African Penguins Pulled into an Ecological Trap
Climate change and overfishing have made the penguins’ feeding grounds a mirage—which has led to a drop in penguin population. Jason G. Goldman reports.
Hot Dispute Emerges over First Land Bridge from North to South America
New dates push the age back millions of years, creating a mystery about ice ages and animal migrations—if scientists are right
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Magnificent Mount Saint Helens Photos, Part 6
We continue our exploration of the USGS photograph database. In this edition, we have some truly spectacular summer eruption photos
Geologists Spy an Eighth Continent: Zealandia
This mostly submerged world should be recognized alongside Africa, Australia and others, argue some researchers
Environment
The True "Bottom" of the Food Chain Is Plenty Polluted
Critters living more than six miles below the ocean surface contain high levels of harmful compounds like PCBs and flame retardants. Julia Rosen reports.
The Arctic's Anti-Snowball Snowball Effect
Arctic heat waves melt sea ice, which promotes more warming and even more ice loss. In other words, it’s a snowball effect—or in this case, an anti-snowball effect. Julia Rosen reports...
Conservation
Widening the Suez Canal Ushers In Underwater Invaders
Nomadic jellyfish and poisonous puffer fish are the poster children of an invasion of non-native species into the Mediterranean, with environmental and economic costs. Christopher Intagliata reports...
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Magnificent Mount Saint Helens Photos, Part 5
Enjoy these treasures from the USGS database eruption and aftermath images
Conservation
Bird Feeders Attract Bird Eaters, Too
Some predators are attracted to the food in bird feeders, and end up targeting nestlings, too. Jason G. Goldman reports.
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Geologists Have an Incentive to Be Naughty
Why you should never try to get a geology buff to behave by threatening them with coal in their stocking
