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Deep underground forces explain earthquakes along San Andreas Fault

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Fossil pollen samples suggest vulnerability to extinctions ahead

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Sea level rise could make rivers more likely to jump course

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Agriculture replaces fossil fuels as largest human-driven source of sulfur in the environment

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New framework for evaluating snow droughts around the world

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Researchers find link between Atlantic hurricanes and weather system in East Asia

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The secret beneath seemingly trustworthy volcanoes

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Pesticides speed the spread of deadly waterborne pathogens

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Photos may improve understanding of volcanic processes

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Farmers' climate change conundrum: Low yields or revenue instability

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Eruption of Alaska's Okmok volcano linked to period of extreme cold in ancient Rome

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300-million-year-old fish resembles a sturgeon but took a different evolutionary path

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New Argentine fossils uncover history of celebrated conifer group

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Bedrock type under forests greatly affects tree growth, species, carbon storage

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Volcanic coal-burning in Siberia led to climate change 252 million years ago

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Volcanic activity and changes in Earth's mantle were key to rise of atmospheric oxygen

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Nature's 'slow lanes' offer hope for species feeling heat of climate change, other pressures

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Ecohydrologists show environmental damage from loss of fog is observable from outer space

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Study shows that dry air drives overlooked changes in how plants use water

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Scientists find much earlier birth date for Earth's tectonic plates

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Airborne science discovers complex geomorphic controls on Bornean forests

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Mississippi Delta marshes in a state of irreversible collapse, study shows

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Researchers discover 66-million-year-old badger-like animal

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Tectonic plates started shifting earlier than previously thought

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Changes in snowmelt threaten farmers in western United States

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Stream pollution from mountaintop mining doesn’t stay put in the water

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Co-occurring contaminants may increase North Carolina groundwater risks

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California's air quality regulations help farmers prosper

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The life and death of one of America's most mysterious trees

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Earth's mantle, not its core, may have generated planet's early magnetic field

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