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Julie Stopar, a staff scientist at the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston, Texas, and another author on one of the new studies, said that "most of the debris is deposited near the crater rim" ar... 1.000

👤 Julie Stopar 📋 News Article 🏷️ Space , Geology , Moon , Scientific finding

Simplified: Julie Stopar, a staff scientist at the Lunar and Planetary Institute, stated that most debris from the recent lunar impact is deposited near the crate...

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Elisha Jhoti, a doctoral student at the University of California, Los Angeles, and an author of one of the two new papers, stated that during an impact event, "the ejecta blanket will be made up of a... 1.000

👤 Elisha Jhoti 📋 News Article 🏷️ Space , Geology , Moon , Scientific finding

Simplified: Elisha Jhoti, a doctoral student at UCLA and co-author of a new paper, stated that an impact event's ejecta blanket consists of various rock sizes tha...

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He added that the Canadian option was clearly better than buying potash elsewhere that would then need to be transported through the Black Sea or the Strait of Hormuz. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Economy , Geology , Resources

Simplified: Canada has the world's largest reserve of potash.

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2 weeks ago
At the elevation where the rock detached, roughly 17,000 feet, the high temperatures that week were around 54 degrees Fahrenheit, or more than 12 degrees Fahrenheit above normal, the researchers found... 1.000

👤 the researchers 📋 News Article 🏷️ Climate Change , Statistics , Geology

Simplified: Researchers found that at roughly 17,000 feet, high temperatures during the week of the rock detachment were around 54°F, over 12°F above normal.

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3 weeks ago
Rising temperatures very likely contributed to the disaster by destabilizing the ice and permafrost that underlay the mountain slopes, the report said. 1.000

👤 The report 📋 News Article 🏷️ Environment , Climate Change , Geology

Simplified: A report stated that rising temperatures very likely contributed to the Himalayan floods by destabilizing ice and permafrost.

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3 weeks ago
A 2015 earthquake in Nepal might also have been a factor in priming the slope, near the country’s border with Tibet, to fall apart, the researchers said. 1.000

👤 the researchers 📋 News Article 🏷️ Geology , Disasters

Simplified: Researchers said a 2015 earthquake in Nepal might have been a factor in causing the mountain slope to collapse.

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3 weeks ago
Industrial emissions have significantly warmed the snow-capped Himalayan region where a rock collapse caused devastating floods in Nepal and Tibet last month, researchers concluded in a report publish... 1.000

👤 researchers 📋 News Article 🏷️ Environment , Climate Change , Geology

Simplified: A report concluded that industrial emissions have significantly warmed the Himalayan region where floods occurred in Nepal and Tibet.

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3 weeks ago
Because it is relatively porous, it may act to tamp down damaging shock waves, like those from the American bombs. 0.850

👤 Yizhaq Makovsky 📋 News Article 🏷️ Military , Geology

Simplified: Ignimbrite may act to tamp down damaging shock waves

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7 months ago
Ignimbrite is a great thing to dig into. 0.950

👤 Yizhaq Makovsky 📋 News Article 🏷️ Geology

Simplified: Ignimbrite is great to dig into

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7 months ago
The ancient, subterranean dwellings in Cappadocia, in central Turkey, were carved into ignimbrite. 0.950

👤 Yizhaq Makovsky 📋 News Article 🏷️ History , Geology

Simplified: Ancient subterranean dwellings in Cappadocia were carved into ignimbrite

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7 months ago