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  • 1
    Feb
    2012
    6:21pm, EST
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    A stunning photo captures growing Antarctic ice rift

    Shot of beginning stages of birth at calving Pine Island Glacier iceberg taken from space

    9 comments

    What an excellent almost surreal pic!

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  • 1
    Feb
    2012
    2:51pm, EST
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    Magma may provide signal for super-volcano eruptions

    Volcanologists find a stagnant mountain can reawaken very quickly, in just several decades

    2 comments

    This is scary news for Yellowstone. The magma pocket under Yellowstone has been active and growing for several decades at least. The last eruption of Yellowstone put ash on the East Coast of the US!

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  • 1
    Feb
    2012
    12:09pm, EST
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    How plants reshaped the rivers of early Earth

    415 million years ago, the meandering, branching waterways we know virtually didn't exist

    2 comments

    Yea, though I walk through the valley of internet, I shall fear no creationists or global warming deniers, for science is with me, its reasoning and observations they comfort me.

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  • 31
    Jan
    2012
    2:24pm, EST
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    Strangely moving Antarctic lakes surprise researchers

    Phenomenon compared to the gooey movement of chocolate syrup

    10 comments

    If you deny global warming is for real, you probably also still think smoking is good for you.

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  • 30
    Jan
    2012
    4:40pm, EST
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    Earth's 'missing energy' never lost after all, scientists find

    'A more rigorous analysis' shows that earlier study wasn't supported by the data

    3 comments

    The oceans are so massive and their probes didn't go very deep compared to the deepest oceans, that I don't think they should be able to draw any conclusions.

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  • 28
    Jan
    2012
    4:34pm, EST
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    Huge volcano under Yellowstone Park rising

    It's building quickly, but that doesn't mean doomsday eruption is imminent

    1 comment

    maybe it isn't doomsday looming but, then again, we are waiting for 12/21/2012 to happen so who knows?

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  • 28
    Jan
    2012
    8:11am, EST
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    Eastern Cougar Now Extinct, U.S. Officials Say

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  • 27
    Jan
    2012
    11:47pm, EST
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    No Snow, No Cold: Where Is Winter?

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  • 27
    Jan
    2012
    4:38pm, EST
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    Camera-nabbing snow leopards caught on video

    Conservationists heartened to see Tajik wildlife ... and amused by the theft

    5 comments

    "The fate of the stolen camera is unknown." I bet it was delicous :)

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  • 27
    Jan
    2012
    2:51pm, EST
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    Cold, 'dead' deep sea vents are anything but dead

    Researchers find they they teem with microbial life that is different from bacteria at 'live' sites

    14 comments

    Interesting article!

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  • 27
    Jan
    2012
    2:39pm, EST
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    Meet Earth's newest island — it's forming in the Red Sea

    It's stopped smoking for now, but it's uncertain if volcano is done or just taking a break

    24 comments

    That's pretty cool, I wonder how often this actually happens? Any experts out there with that info? I also wonder how many billion$ are going to be wasted in legal fees and lobbying by competing countries attempting to claim ownership while their own citizens suffer, starve, and live in poverty, esp …

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  • 26
    Jan
    2012
    10:38pm, EST
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    Haiti could be in a new earthquake cycle, scientists say

    Detailed records suggest a centuries-long pattern of temblors on the island of Hispaniola

    3 comments

    Lessons learned from the past, often help people in the future. Sadly, with politics, it the same old trash, and lessons learned are forgotten, sadistly too quickly.

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