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Geosciences (GEO) Discoveries
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microbursts, Web browsers, extrasolar planets, and more... a panoply of discoveries
and innovations that began with NSF support.
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West Coast Kelp Forest Ecosystems At Risk Overfishing Has More Effect Than Nutrient Pollution Released
June 8, 2006
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Molecules Are Fossils, Too Paleoproteomics lends fresh insight into ancient bones Released
May 17, 2006
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![Landscape view with vegetation digitally removed on right; present on left](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106031525im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/life1_l.jpg) |
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Life Leaves Subtle Signature on Lay of the Land Living things bring out the planet's softer side Released
January 31, 2006
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![Young man stands in front of a row of white telescopes.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106031525im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/vla12_l.jpg) |
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New Mexico Graduate Student Receives Costa Rica's Top Science Honor At 26, Esteban Araya is the youngest person to ever receive the top science award from his native Costa Rica. A graduate student in astronomy at New Mexico Tech, Araya was honored for his research into the formation of massive stars. Released
August 5, 2005
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![Illustration comparing two theories behind the Rio Grande rifting.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106031525im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/rio_grande_rift_l1.jpg) |
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Deeper View Helps Explain Rio Grande Rift Subsurface revealed down to the Earth's mantle Released
March 1, 2005
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![Sampling the Atacama](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106031525im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/Julio_Betancourt_image--List.jpg) |
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Of Microbes and Mars Desert microbe discovery has extraterrestrial implications Released
December 17, 2004
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![Earth's inner core](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106031525im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/earthscore_l.jpg) |
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Earth's Core Spins Faster than Earth The motion of the Earth's inner core had never been detected before two seismologists decided to investigate an unproven theory. They discovered that the fast-spinning inner core makes a complete revolution inside the Earth in about 400 years. Released
July 30, 2004
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Scientists Discover Secrets of 'Lost City' The Lost City hydrothermal vent field was discovered in December 2000 during an NSF-funded expedition. Lost City structures, including a vent 18 stories tall, are formed in a very different way than ocean-floor vents studied since the 1970s. Released
July 30, 2004
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Pterosaur Heads Were Uniquely Adapted for Flight Taking a high-tech look at fossil skulls, scientists examined the brains of ancient pterosaurs. They found key structures to be specialized and enlarged, a discovery that could revise views of how vision, flight and the brain itself evolved. Released
July 30, 2004
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![Eleutherobia species of coral](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106031525im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/eleuther_l.jpg) |
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Finding Cures from Corals A chemical that protects a rare type of marine coral from predators may also prove to be a potent medicine for humans in the fight against cancer. Released
July 18, 2003
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Deeply Buried Sediments Tell Story of Sudden Mass Extinction Two international teams of researchers recover evidence of a large meteorite that impacted Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula 65 million years ago. Released
June 25, 2003
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Discovery of Microbursts Leads to Safer Air Travel Researchers investigating several puzzling plane crashes in the mid-1970s identified 'microbursts'--dangerous gusts of wind--as the probable cause. The discovery led to better warning systems and pilot training, and to safer skies. Released
June 25, 2003
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