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Hydrothermal Vents: Oases of Life Around Underwater Volcanoes
Around underwater volcanoes, entire ecosystems thrive with no sunlight at all. Here is how hydrothermal vents became oases of deep-sea life.
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Reservoir-Induced Seismicity: Why Big Dams Like Koyna Can Trigger Earthquakes
In 1967 a magnitude 6.3 quake struck beneath Koyna's reservoir. How the weight and seeping water of big dams can wake sleeping…
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Ocean Upwelling: How Deep Water Feeds the World’s Fisheries
Where deep water rises to the surface, coastal fisheries boom. Here is how ocean upwelling fertilises the seas that feed hundreds of…
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Volcanoes: What Erupts, and Why Some Explosions Are Catastrophic
Hawaii oozes, St. Helens explodes: the difference is magma chemistry. What erupts from volcanoes, and why some eruptions turn violent and catastrophic.
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The Great Ocean Conveyor: How Currents Move Heat Around the Planet
A global conveyor of currents moves heat around the planet like a bloodstream. Here is how it works, and why scientists fear…
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How Caves Form: The Geology of Stalactites and Limestone Caverns
Stalactites grow a centimetre a century as acid dissolves limestone. The slow chemistry sculpting caves from Meghalaya to Borra, and their climate…
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Tsunami Warning: How India Detects Ocean Earthquakes Within Minutes
India can detect ocean earthquakes and issue tsunami warnings within minutes. Here is the warning system that guards the coastline since 2004.
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India’s Synchrotrons: How the Indus Accelerators Probe Materials Atom by Atom
In Indore, electrons at near light speed make X-rays a billion times brighter than the Sun. How India's Indus synchrotrons probe materials…
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Microplastics in the Ocean: Where They Come From and Where They Go
Microplastics now swirl from Arctic ice down to the deepest ocean trenches. Here is where ocean microplastics come from and where they…
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Science From the Ice: What India’s Maitri and Bharati Stations Study in Antarctica
At the bottom of the world, Indian scientists drill ice cores and track the ozone hole. The science from Maitri and Bharati,…