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May 12
Groundbreaking: 'Controlled' quakes triggered under Swiss Alps

submitted by supersquirrel to earthscience
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https://www.rfi.fr/en/international-news/20260511-groundbreaking-controlled-quakes-triggered-under-swiss-alps

cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/59982945

Bedretto (Switzerland) (AFP) – Researchers have made the ground shake in southern Switzerland, triggering thousands of tiny earthquakes in a monitored setting, as they…

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mander.xyz Earth, Environment, and …supersquirrelearthscience
May 2
It's big enough to swallow cities, deep enough to hide skyscrapers and inside lies an ancient, thriving 'lost world' cut off from everything above

submitted by cm0002 to earthscience
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https://www.discoverwildlife.com/environment/deepest-sinkhole-xiaozhai-tiankeng

In China’s Chongqing Municipality, locals have known about the sinkhole for centuries. Xiaozhai is the name of a local abandoned village, whilst Tiankeng means Heavenly Pit, the local term for sinkhole.

With a depth of 626 metres and a width of 527…

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May 2
The world on Van der Grinten projection (2011)

submitted by Innerworld to earthscience
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The Van der Grinten projection is a compromise map projection that is neither equal-area nor conformal. It projects the entire Earth into a circle, though the polar regions are subject to extreme distortion. The projection was proposed by Alphons J. van der Grinten in 1904, and, unlike perspective projections, is an arbitrary…

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mander.xyz Earth, Environment, and …Innerworldearthscience
May 2
Study says roads bring more fires to forests; USDA wants more roads to fight fires

submitted by supersquirrel to earthscience
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https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/03/study-says-roads-bring-more-fire-to-forests-usda-wants-more-roads-to-fight-fires/

Beyond human ignitions, roads also alter the ecological conditions that drive fire risk. Aplet’s research found elevated ignitions from lightning near roads, not because there were more strikes, but because…

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mander.xyz Earth, Environment, and …supersquirrelearthscience
May 2
Salt may have pushed us further into Snowball Earth 700 million years ago

submitted by throws_lemy to earthscience
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https://phys.org/news/2026-03-salt-snowball-earth-million-years.html

Our planet plunged into one of the most dramatic climate states in its long history, approximately 720–635 million years ago. During a period geologists call Snowball Earth, ice sheets crept from the poles all the way to the tropics, covering the oceans and…

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mander.xyz Earth, Environment, and …throws_lemyearthscience
May 2
How do clouds form in Antarctica? The first flight-based aerosol measurements in 20 years

submitted by wolfyvegan to earthscience
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https://phys.org/news/2026-02-clouds-antarctica-flight-based-aerosol.html

cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/34403874

Antarctica plays a crucial role in Earth’s climate system by reflecting solar radiation back into space. The large white ice surfaces and clouds play a decisive role in this process. However, how clouds actually…

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