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Science showcase: Columbia open house offers hands-on lessons about how Earth works
Lohud | The Journal News via Yahoo News· 8 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· 8 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· 2 months 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...
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...
New climate record is a reminder: Earth used to be way hotter, the oceans way higher
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 6 months agoCarbon dioxide levels in Earth's atmosphere are at their highest point in human history, a study...
4.8 magnitude earthquake felt in Westchester, Rockland, Putnam Friday
Lohud | The Journal News via Yahoo News· 2 months agoA 4.8 earthquake hit the New York metro area around 10:25 a.m. Friday, according to the U.S....
Our Vocabulary Is Adapting to a Hotter Planet
Time via Yahoo News· 8 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...
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· 2 months agoA volcano at the Earth's southern tip has a special surprise. It ejects pricey gold dust. That’s so...
Climate change is increasing the frequency and temperature of extreme heat waves
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSalem Fire Department paramedics attend to a man sitting on the pavement as they respond to a heat...