Earth’s magnetic field acts like a protective shield around the planet, repelling and trapping charged particles from the Sun. But over South America and the southern Atlantic Ocean, an unusually …read more Source:: Science
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El Niño fueled Zika outbreak, new study suggests
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•A change in weather patterns, brought on by the ‘Godzilla’ El Niño of 2015, fueled the Zika outbreak in South America, researchers report. …read more Source:: Science
Massive ‘lake’ discovered under volcano could unlock why and how volcanoes erupt
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•A huge magmatic lake has been discovered, 15 kilometers below a dormant volcano in Bolivia, South America. The body of water, which is dissolved into partially molten rock at a …read more Source:: Science
South America’s prehistoric people spread like ‘invasive species’
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•WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When the first prehistoric people trekked into South America toward the end of the Ice Age, they found a wondrous, lush continent inhabited by all manner of …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Influence of Earth’s history on the dawn of modern birds
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•The evolution of modern birds was greatly shaped by the history of our planet’s geography and climate. New research finds that birds arose in what is now South America around …read more Source:: Science
Loss of large land mammals could change landscapes forever
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•Paleontologists have looked at the environmental changes that occurred in North and South America after large megafauna went extinct over the past 15,000 years, and found long-lasting impacts. Particularly in …read more Source:: Science