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Cleaner air has boosted U.S. corn and soybean yields, research shows

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Large-scale wetlands construction seen as effective treatment for farm runoff

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Biodiversity 'hotspots' imperiled along California's streams

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Vegetation growth in Northern Hemisphere stunted by water constraints in warming climate

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Is Earth's core lopsided? Strange goings-on in our planet's interior

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What causes the deep Earth's most mysterious earthquakes?

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Imaging technique could help identify where landslides are likely

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Glaciologists measure, model glacier beds, develop 'slip law' to estimate glacier speeds

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Hidden in African diamonds, a billion-plus years of deep-Earth history

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Previously unrecognized tsunami hazard identified in coastal cities

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Research inside hill slopes could help wildfire and drought prediction

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Channel migration plays leading role in river network evolution, study finds

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Road salts are threatening world's freshwater supplies

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Greenland used to be green, and here’s why that’s bad news

How the Chicxulub impact gave rise to modern rainforests

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Engineering the Mississippi River has kept carbon out of the atmosphere, new study reveals

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Kilauea eruption triggered by pressure built over a decade

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In predicting shallow but dangerous landslides, size matters

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How did dogs get to the Americas?

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Mars rovers safe from lightning strikes, research finds

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Can super-Earths' interior dynamics set the table for habitability?

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How 'Iron Man' bacteria could help protect the environment

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By the late 21st century, the number of people suffering extreme droughts will double

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Shark teeth offer clues to ancient climate change

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Reawakened geyser does not foretell Yellowstone volcanic eruptions

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Researchers solve a Colorado River mystery

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Cascading events led to 2018 Kilauea volcanic eruption, providing forecast clues

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Extreme rainfall projected to become more severe, frequent with warming

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Heavy rainfall drives one-third of nitrogen runoff, according to new study

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No social distancing in the Cretaceous: New study finds earliest evidence for mammal social behavior

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