Turkey’s Earthquake Zone Is a Lot Like the One in California. Here’s What That Means.

Scientists are analyzing the disaster for clues about the potential strength and location of future West Coast quakes.The scientists studying the powerful earthquakes that devastated parts of Turkey and Syria this month may bring new insights to a seismic zone that…

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Scientists Wondered if Warming Caused Argentina’s Drought. The Answer: No.

Climate change didn’t make the dry spell more likely, researchers found, though extreme heat probably made it hurt more.Lack of rainfall that caused severe drought in Argentina and Uruguay last year was not made more likely by climate change, scientists said…

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Scientists Get a Close-Up Look Beneath a Troubling Ice Shelf in Antarctica

Deploying an underwater robot beneath a rapidly melting ice shelf in Antarctica, scientists have uncovered new clues about how it is melting. The findings will help assess the threat it and other ice shelves pose for long-term sea-level rise.The researchers said…

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Restoration of the Ozone Layer Is Back on Track, Scientists Say

Rogue emissions from China of ozone-depleting chemicals had threatened to delay recovery by a decade. But the emissions were stopped, according to a U.N.-backed report.The protective ozone layer in the upper atmosphere could be restored within several decades, scientists said Monday,…

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