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Read article: Ambipolar electric field helps shape Earth’s ionosphere Earth sciences Research update Ambipolar electric field helps shape Earth’s ionosphere Scientists make first ever measurements of a planet-wide field that could be as fundamental as gravity and magnetic fields
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Read article: Hawaiian volcano erupted ‘like a stomp rocket’ Earth sciences Research update Hawaiian volcano erupted ‘like a stomp rocket’ Events at Kilauea in 2018 may have been triggered by a previously undescribed mechanism