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Tag: Earth science
The missing 500 million: Cosmic bombardment melted Earth’s first crust
The heat of the Hadean may have come from impacts as well as the interior. Earth is the only planet […]
Feedbacks upon feedbacks: Rock weathering and the climate
“Lo and behold, we end up finding that we can explain this apparent discrepancy,” said Hilton. In other words, weathering […]
After Senate vote, Trump admin backs off plans to kill ocean monitoring
In May, the federal government announced without warning that it would take apart a network of ocean monitoring systems that […]
Meet the mysterious electrides
These chemical oddities may explain why Earth seems to be deficient in certain elements. For close to a century, geoscientists […]
Trump admin threatens to break up major climate research center
UCAR, for its part, has issued a statement indicating that the USA Today article was the first it has heard […]
GOP may finally succeed in unrelenting quest to kill two NASA climate satellites
Before satellite measurements, researchers relied on estimates and data from a smattering of air and ground-based sensors. An instrument on […]
NASA’s acting chief calls for the end of Earth science at the space agency
Sean Duffy, the acting administrator of NASA for a little more than a month, has vowed to make the United […]
How old is the earliest trace of life on Earth?
A recent conference sees doubts raised about the age of the oldest signs of life. Where the microbe bodies are […]
Analysis: The Trump administration’s assault on climate action
Official actions don’t challenge science, while unofficial docs muddy the waters. Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency made lots of […]