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Feb 05, 2019 09:16 AM EST

The Caucasus: Complex interplay of genes and cultures

An international research team, coordinated by the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History (MPI-SHH) and the Eurasia Department of the German Archaeological Institute (DAI) in Berlin, is the first to carry out systematic genetic investigations in the Caucasus region.

Feb 04, 2019 09:13 AM EST

How plants cope with iron deficiency

Researchers have discovered a new switch that plants use to control their responses to iron deficiency

Feb 01, 2019 02:07 PM EST

Warmer water, chemical exposure influence gene expression across generations in a coastal fish

CORVALLIS, Ore. - Warmer water temperatures, combined with low-level exposure to chemicals already known to be harmful to aquatic life, influence the expression of genes in the offspring of an abundant North American fish species - and threaten organisms whose sex determination is sensitive to water...

Jan 31, 2019 09:15 AM EST

Iguana-sized dinosaur cousin discovered in Antarctica

'Antarctic king' shows how life at the South Pole bounced back after mass extinction

Jan 16, 2019 03:11 PM EST

Nepal Waiting for the complete rupture

In April 2015, Nepal - and especially the region around the capital city, Kathmandu - was struck by a powerful tremor. An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 destroyed entire villages, traffic routes and cultural monuments, with a death toll of some 9,000.

Jan 14, 2019 03:16 PM EST

Deep low-frequency earthquakes indicate migration of magmatic fluids beneath Laacher See

Magma could rise from the upper mantle into the middle and upper crust beneath the Laacher See Volcano (Rhineland-Palatinate). For the first time, the scientists present evidence of deep and low-frequency earthquakes caused by magma movements under the Laacher See Volcano.

Jan 14, 2019 03:08 PM EST

New computer modeling approach could improve understanding of megathrust earthquakes

Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin are using computer models to investigate if tiny tremors detected near this site could be connected to the disaster itself.

Jan 14, 2019 03:06 PM EST

UCI/JPL study: Antarctica losing six times more ice mass annually now than 40 years ago

Irvine, Calif. - Antarctica experienced a sixfold increase in yearly ice mass loss between 1979 and 2017, according to a study published today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Glaciologists from the University of California, Irvine, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the Netherl...

Sep 17, 2018 04:05 PM EDT

Tiny moth from Asia spreading fast on Siberian elms in eastern North America

Jul 11, 2017 03:50 AM EDT

Climate Change: Earth's Fate Is Not That Bleak

"The Uninhabitable Earth" scenario is "misleading" and "incredibly bleak," according to experts.

Jul 10, 2017 04:15 AM EDT

Stephen Hawking: Trump’s Stance On Climate Could Damage Earth, Push It To Become Venus-Like Hothouse

Noted physicist Stephen Hawking has said that Earth is on the path to becoming a hothouse planet like Venus.

Jul 07, 2017 05:06 AM EDT

Update: A Massive Antarctic Ice About The Size Of Delaware Is On The Verge Of Breaking Off

An enormous iceberg is about to calve from the Larsen C ice shelf.

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The Caucasus: Complex interplay of genes and cultures

How plants cope with iron deficiency

Warmer water, chemical exposure influence gene expression across generations in a coastal fish

Iguana-sized dinosaur cousin discovered in Antarctica

Nepal Waiting for the complete rupture

Deep low-frequency earthquakes indicate migration of magmatic fluids beneath Laacher See

New computer modeling approach could improve understanding of megathrust earthquakes

UCI/JPL study: Antarctica losing six times more ice mass annually now than 40 years ago

Tiny moth from Asia spreading fast on Siberian elms in eastern North America

Climate Change: Earth's Fate Is Not That Bleak

Stephen Hawking: Trump’s Stance On Climate Could Damage Earth, Push It To Become Venus-Like Hothouse

Update: A Massive Antarctic Ice About The Size Of Delaware Is On The Verge Of Breaking Off

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