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Atmospheric ripples from Hurricane Helene spread far north of Florida as the devastating storm made landfall, new NASA images show.The agency's Atmospheric Waves...
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Measurements from ‘lost’ Seaglider offer new insights into Antarctic ice melting
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Geologists rewrite textbooks with new insights from the bottom of the Grand Canyon
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Did plate tectonics give rise to life? Groundbreaking new research could crack Earth’s deepest...
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