Earth's crust is tearing apart off the Pacific Northwest—and that's not necessarily bad news

With unprecedented clarity, scientists have directly observed a subduction zone—the collision point where one tectonic plate ...
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Scientists finally decode event that made Earth a habitable planet

It took three million years for the chemical composition of the planet to be stable after its birth, but elements to help ...
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Yosemite's glaciers have survived 20,000 years — but we could be the first people to see Sierra Nevada ice-free

New research finds the disappearance of glaciers in the Sierra Nevada will be unprecedented in the human history of North ...
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Mysterious 160 million-year-old creature unearthed on Isle of Skye is part lizard, part snake

Researchers have discovered a mysterious ancient lizard with snake-like teeth in Scotland. Breugnathair elgolensis is one of ...