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Environmental: Ecosystems Offbeat: Earth and Climate
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Microbial miners could help humans colonize the moon and Mars - Microbial Miners: The Key to Colonizing the Moon and Mars      (via sciencedaily.com) 

The biochemical process by which cyanobacteria acquire nutrients from rocks in Chile's Atacama Deser ...

Space: Exploration Space: The Solar System
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Explosive volcanic eruption produced rare mineral on Mars - Explosive Volcanic Eruption Produced Rare Mineral on Mars      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Planetary scientists have an answer to a mystery that's puzzled the Mars research community since NA...

Geoscience: Earthquakes
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Lab earthquakes show how grains at fault boundaries lead to major quakes - Lab Earthquakes Show How Grains at Fault Boundaries Lead to Major Quakes      (via sciencedaily.com) 

In a 'seismological wind tunnel,' engineers demonstrate the impact of rock gouge -- ground-up rock a ...

Space: Astronomy Space: General Space: Structures and Features
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Study sheds new light on strange lava worlds - Study Sheds New Light on Strange Lava Worlds      (via sciencedaily.com) 

In a new study, scientists have shown that sweeping molten oceans have a large influence on the obse...

Space: Structures and Features Space: The Solar System
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Martian meteorite upsets planet formation theory - Martian Meteorite Upsets Planet Formation Theory      (via sciencedaily.com) 

A new study of an old meteorite contradicts current thinking about how rocky planets like the Earth...

Space: Exploration Space: General Space: The Solar System
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Rocks collected on Mars hold key to water and perhaps life on the planet: Bring them back to Earth      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Between July and November of 2022, NASA's Perseverance rover collected seven samples of sediment fro...

Space: The Solar System
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Scientists release first analysis of rocks plucked from speeding asteroid - Scientists Release First Analysis of Rocks Plucked from Speeding Asteroid      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Scientists have now begun to announce the first results from the analysis of a handful of dirt that...

Geoscience: Earth Science Geoscience: Environmental Issues Geoscience: Geography
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Glaciers becoming smaller and disappearing      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Researchers show that some glaciers have disappeared entirely, some no longer show movement, some ar...

Biology: Biochemistry Biology: Cell Biology Biology: Microbiology
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Mussel-inspired antimicrobial coating protects sanitary fabrics from infections      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Researchers have developed an innovative material to fight against the spread of pathogens, infectio...

Biology: Biochemistry Biology: Evolutionary Biology: General
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Unraveling the mystery of chiton visual systems      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

You'd probably walk past a chiton without even seeing it. These creatures often look like nothing mo...

Environmental: Water Geoscience: Earth Science Geoscience: Geography Geoscience: Geology
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Drones capture new clues about how water shapes mountain ranges over time      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Drones flying along miles of rivers in the steep, mountainous terrain of central Taiwan and mapping...

Environmental: General Geoscience: Environmental Issues Geoscience: Geology Geoscience: Volcanoes
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Earth scientists describe a new kind of volcanic eruption      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

By analyzing the dynamics of 12 back-to-back explosions that happened in 2018, researchers describe...

Environmental: General Geoscience: Earth Science Geoscience: Environmental Issues
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Cutting farm nitrous oxide emissions helps climate and ozone layer      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Adding crushed basalt rocks and special fertilizers can reduce potent nitrous oxide (N2O) greenhouse ...