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Science showcase: Columbia open house offers hands-on lessons about how Earth works
Lohud | The Journal News via Yahoo News· 7 months agoDo you know about Oobleck? You can learn about that non-Newtonian fluid and more science on Oct. 14...
Geologist Marie Tharp mapped the ocean floor and helped solve one of science's biggest controversies
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 7 months agoMarie Tharp at her drafting table in Lamont Hall, circa 1961.Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and...
NJ earthquake shook local geologists into action, sending them to precarious places
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 5 days agoFolarin “Fola” Kolawole scrambled down a steep, slick, leaf-strewn embankment in Hunterdon County...
Tree rings helped identify a 160-year old wreck off Argentina as lost Rhode Island whaler
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA whaling ship that left Warren, Rhode Island more than 150 years ago likely sailed 10,000 miles...
4.8 magnitude earthquake felt in Westchester, Rockland, Putnam Friday
Lohud | The Journal News via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoA 4.8 earthquake hit the New York metro area around 10:25 a.m. Friday, according to the U.S....
New climate record is a reminder: Earth used to be way hotter, the oceans way higher
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 4 months agoCarbon dioxide levels in Earth's atmosphere are at their highest point in human history, a study...
Marie Tharp pioneered mapping the bottom of the ocean 6 decades ago – scientists are still learning...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTharp with an undersea map at her desk. Rolled sonar profiles of the ocean floor are on the shelf...
Our Vocabulary Is Adapting to a Hotter Planet
Time via Yahoo News· 7 months agoCredit - Getty Images There was no way of knowing on Aug. 8, 1975, just how many readers turned to the new paper in the journal Science by geochemist...
Climate change is increasing the frequency and temperature of extreme heat waves
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSalem Fire Department paramedics attend to a man sitting on the pavement as they respond to a heat...
There’s a volcano in Antarctica spewing $6,000 worth of gold dust per day — but you can’t get there
NY Post via Yahoo News· 1 week agoA volcano at the Earth's southern tip has a special surprise. It ejects pricey gold dust. That’s so...
