Earth's Systems

  1. Climate

    A dire shortage of water

    Parts of the southwestern United States are in the middle of the worst drought in at least 500 years.

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  2. Earth

    Distant quake changes geyser eruptions

    An Alaskan earthquake changed the timing of geysers thousands of miles away.

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  3. Humans

    A human migration fueled by dung?

    When people crossed from Asia to the Americas thousands of years ago, burning dung may have kept them warm.

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