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A new geochronology of Mesozoic magmatism along the eastern margin of North America shows that continental breakup involved ...

Scientists find that water stress drives the connection between surface temperature and crop yield loss, providing ...

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One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck off the eastern coast of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula Wednesday morning local time. Initially pegged at a magnitude-8.0, the quake was ...