Heavy water could add weight to climate models
Researchers attempt to unravel past climates by analysing water isotopes
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Cloud watching goes hi-tech
New device could reveal cloud structure in unprecedented detail
The Earth – for physicists
Scientists are beginning to understand the extent to which the evolution of our planet has been shaped by collisions, bombardments and catastrophes. John Baez tells the violent hist...
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Newfound order in the valleys
Theory explains why the Earth’s valleys are so evenly spaced
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Coasts confirmed as main source of Earth’s ‘hum’
Coupling between atmosphere and solid Earth creates mysterious planetary noise
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Thunderclouds accelerate cosmic electrons
Physicists explain how gamma rays are generated in clouds
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Earth’s magnetic field perturbed by ‘electric oceans’, claims researcher
Is Atlantic Ocean circulation responsible for magnetic oddities in Europe?
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Archaeological dating by re-firing ancient pots
The inorganic equivalent of carbon dating, say researchers
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Cosmic rays offer clue to lightning
Tracking cosmic rays in a thunderstorm may explain how lightning occurs, say physicists
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The power of robotics
Robotics competitions supply a vital missing link in science and engineering education, says Robert P Crease
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