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News

November 2011
>> Yellowstone Hot Spot Shreds Ancient Pacific Ocean
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New Volcano Pictures: "Monstrous" Eruption in the Congo.
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New Meteor Pictures: Orionids Light Up Aurora and More
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El Hierro Still Churning the Sea

October 2011
>> A Star with Spiral Arms
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Pictures: Undersea Volcano Erupts, Stains Seas
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Spectacular Time-Lapse Video of Historic Dam Removal
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Earth & Moon from 114 million miles.
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Strange Life Found in Deepest Ocean
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Youngest Planet Picture: Gas Giant Seen in Throes of Creation


September 2011
>> Amazing Movie of Auroras from the ISS
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Green light for marine renewables?
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NASA's Kepler Discovery Confirms First Planet Orbiting Two Stars
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Exoplanet Portraits: Direct Images of Other Worlds
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New Asteroid Close-Ups Show Giant Cliffs, Mountains and Craters
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Aquarius Yields NASA's First Global Map of Ocean Salinity
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Digitized Deep-Ocean Expedition Discovers Surprising Oasis of Life
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New Raptor Dinosaur Used Giant Claw to Pin, Slash Prey?
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"Incredible" Dinosaur Feathers Found in Amber

August 2011
>> "Sea Monster" Fetus Found—Proof Plesiosaurs Had Live Young?
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Computer Model Estimates Permanent Ground Motions from the Aug. 23, 2011 Magnitude 5.9 Virginia Earthquake
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Oldest Antarctic "Sea Monster" Found


May 2011
>> NOAA: Preliminary tornado statistics including records set in 2011
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800-Mile-Wide Hot Anomaly Found Under Seafloor off Hawaii
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Drifting apart: Amazing underwater photos that show the growing gap between two tectonic plates
>> Big Hurricane Season Predicted—Has U.S. Run Out of Luck?
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Six New Planets: Mini-Neptunes Found Around Sunlike Star

February 2011
>> Three Theories of Planet Formation Busted, Expert Says
>> Baby Planet Birth Spotted for First Time
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New Zealand Earthquake Spurs Giant Glacier Collapse

September 2010
>> Volcanic activity in Arabian Desert makes Case for Increased Monitoring
>> Bear Grylls may have found Franklin Expedition graves
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Animal Fossil Treasure Trove Unearthed in Southern California
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Big Earthquake Likely for London
>> Pluto Gets 14 New Neighbors
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3-D Simulation Predicts LA Will Bear Brunt of the 'Big One'
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Ancient Animal Explosion Gets Bigger With New Finds
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The Haiti and New Zealand Quakes: A Fair Comparison?
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Hubble Spots Ghostly Space Spiral
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Yellowstone Hot Spot Shreds Ancient Pacific Ocean
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How Stable Is The West Antarctic Ice Sheet?

May 2010
>> Earth's Mantle in Overdrive Under Alaska
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At Mt. St. Helens, Life Returns to the Blast Zone: Big Pics
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Mount St. Helens Pictures: Before and After the Blast
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Engineers Diagnosing Voyager 2 Data System
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Pictures: America's Ten Most Dangerous Volcanoes

April 2010
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Volcano Shockwaves Shred Atmosphere: Video
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Pictures: Iceland Volcano Spews Giant Ash Clouds
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Iceland Volcano Creates 27-Story "Mountain"
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Deepest Volcanic Sea Vents Found
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Iceland Volcano Erupts With Stunning Aurora Backdrop
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Aral Sea Dust Storm

March 2010
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Hydrogen Sulfide Emissions along the Namibian Coast
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Comet-Kaze Strikes The Sun
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Copernicus Invented Geology, Study Claims
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Time-Lapse: Mountaintop Mine Spreads Across Forest
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Magnitude 5.9 Quake Hits Turkey. Doomsday Upon Us???
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World's Largest Dead Zone Suffocating Sea
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Element 112 Gets a "Planetary" Namesake

August 2009
>> Warming Oceans May Shift Earth's Pole
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Alaska's Oceans Turning Acidic
>> Upwards lightning caught on film
>> Extrasolar Planets at Full Tilt
>> Bacteria Desalinate Water, Generate Power
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Free Landsat Scenes Go Public by the Million
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NOAA, Coast Guard Hunt for Alaska Methane, Carbon Dioxide Sources

April 2009
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Earth-Sized Exoplanet Is Least Massive Ever Found
>> Days to Stretch Longer With Climate Change
>> Earth Hour 2009
>> Ancient Ecosystem Found in Ice Pocket
>> "Cradle of Civilization" in Peril

>> Tsunami to Hit Caribbean When Million-Ton Rock Falls?
>> Obama: Time Has Come for U.S. Science

March 2009
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ALASKA VOLCANO PICTURES: Redoubt Erupts
>> Tonga Volcanic Eruption Sends Ash Exploding From Sea
>> Undersea Volcano Erupts Near Tonga
>> 'No Living Thing Left' Near Tonga Eruption
>> Odd Supernova May Revise Star Evolution Theory
>> Comedian Wins Space Station Name Contest

February 2009
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Climate Change Can Supercharge Plant Growth
>> Climate Change Panel Issues New Warning
>> FIRST PHOTOS: Fish With Transparent Head
>> Ocean's Vital Plankton Sheets Form by 'Mishap'
>> Erosion Doubles Along Part of Alaska’s Arctic Coast: Cultural and Historical Sites Lost

January 2009
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Antarctic Warming Is Continent-Wide
>> "Missing" Moon Linked to Major 1761 Eruption?
>> Ozone Levels: Now a Wintertime Concern
>> Natural Disasters Doomed Early Civilization
>> New Arkansas Fault to Cause "Major Disaster"?
>> Spring Coming Earlier, Study Says
>> Mars and Mercury Formed From Planetary Scraps
>> Mega-Quakes Prime Volcanoes for Eruption

December 2008
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Clean Power Tapped From Swirling Currents
>> Did Magnetic Blip Trigger Mass Extinction?
>> North America Warming Unevenly
>> First Exoplanet With CO2 Heats Up Hunt for Other Earths

November 2008
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Offshore Wind Power Could Alter Ocean Currents

September 2008
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Oldest Rocks on Earth Discovered?
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Ancient trees recorded in mines
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Sea Level Rise May Be Twice More Than Expected
>> Cyclones to Get Stoked From Global Warming
>> Three Ice Shelves Breaking Up in Arctic

August 2008
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Arctic Tundra Holds Global Warming Time Bomb
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Portal to Maya Underworld Found in Mexico?
>> PHOTOS: Huge Greenland Glacier Disintegrating
>> Noctilucent cloud activity over the North Pole in 2007

May 2008
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PHOTO IN THE NEWS: Jupiter Gains New Red Spot
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Phoenix Set to Land on Mars
>> The Keeling Curve Turns 50
>> Human Causes of Climate Change
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Can't Bring Deep-sea Samples Up? Send a Lab Down
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Cyclone Nargis Floods Burma (Myanmar)
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Eastern Sichuan, China EQ - Maps, Video, News
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Magellan's Secret Weapon: El Nino?

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USGS: Latest Earthquakes in the World - Past 7 days

 

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