![Carbonatite lava that erupted a week before this photo was taken flows from Oldoinyo Lengai volcano.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508023848im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/oldoinyo1_l.jpg) |
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Alchemy in Tanzania? Gas Becomes Solid at Surface of Oldoinyo Lengai Volcano Released May 6, 2009 Press Release |
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New Sequences From Hadrosaur Dinosaur Confirm That Ancient Protein is Preserved Over Time Released April 30, 2009 News From the Field |
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Southern Glaciers Grow Out of Step With North Released April 30, 2009 News From the Field |
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Glacial Advances Released April 29, 2009 Press Release |
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![This artist's rendering shows the Chicxulub crater at the time of the meteorite's impact.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508023848im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/dinosaur_extinct1_l.jpg) |
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New Blow for Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Theory Released April 27, 2009 Press Release |
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Plants Could Override Climate Change Effects on Wildfires Released April 27, 2009 News From the Field |
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Baby Mammoth Studies Validate Researcher's Techniques Released April 20, 2009 News From the Field |
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Unlikely Life Thriving at Antarctica's Blood Falls Released April 17, 2009 News From the Field |
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![Photo of a partially submerged tree surrounded by boys who are fishing.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508023848im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/drought1_l.jpg) |
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West African Droughts are the Norm, not an Anomaly Released April 16, 2009 Press Release |
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Microbes Thrive in Harsh, Isolated Water Under Antarctic Glacier Released April 16, 2009 News From the Field |
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Origins of Sulfur in Rocks Tells Early Oxygen Story Released April 16, 2009 News From the Field |
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Megadroughts in Sub-saharan Africa Normal for the Region Released April 16, 2009 News From the Field |
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Solomon Islands Earthquake Sheds Light on Enhanced Tsunami Risk Released April 9, 2009 News From the Field |
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Scientists Pierce Veil of Clouds to "See" Lightning Inside a Volcanic Plume Released April 7, 2009 Press Release |
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Simulations and Ancient Magnetism Suggest Mantle Plumes May Bend Deep Beneath Earth's Crust Released April 2, 2009 News From the Field |
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Tornado-like Rotation Is Key to Understanding Volcanic Plumes Released March 25, 2009 Press Release |
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Earth's Crust Melts Easier Than Thought Released March 18, 2009 Press Release |
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Scientists Cable Seafloor Seismometer Into California's Earthquake Network Released March 18, 2009 News From the Field |
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Earth's Crust Melts Easier Than Previously Thought Released March 18, 2009 News From the Field |
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Fledgling Mantle Plume May be Cause of African Volcano's Unique Lava Released March 13, 2009 News From the Field |
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'Peking Man' Older Than Thought; Somehow Adapted to Cold Released March 12, 2009 News From the Field |
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![Photo of rock formations in the Karoo Basin in South Africa.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508023848im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/permian_extinct1_l.jpg) |
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Geologic Findings Undermine Theories of Permian Mass Extinction Timing Released March 2, 2009 Press Release |
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Not Just a Guy in a White Coat Released February 26, 2009 Press Release |
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Purdue Study Projects Weakened Monsoon Season in South Asia Released February 26, 2009 News From the Field |
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Stalagmites in Northeast Brazilian Caves Confirm 9,000-Year Model of Diminishing Rainfall Developed by UMass Amherst Geoscientists Released February 24, 2009 News From the Field |
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Billions of Years Ago, Microbes Were Key in Developing Modern Nitrogen Cycle Released February 19, 2009 News From the Field |
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New Monitoring Stations Detect 'Silent Earthquakes' in Costa Rica Released February 15, 2009 News From the Field |
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African Initiative Trains Students, Explores Geophysical Mysteries Released February 13, 2009 News From the Field |
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Scientists' Next Big Discoveries Predicted in Online Report on the 150th Anniversary of "On The Origin of Species" Released February 12, 2009 Press Release |
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Sea Level Rise Could be Worse Than Anticipated Released February 5, 2009 News From the Field |
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