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Tuesday, June 18, 2013 Ancient water has been discovered deep below the Earth in Ontario, Canada. (Photo: J Telling) Last month, we reported that researchers exploring mines about two miles below Earth's surface discovered pockets of water up to 2.6 billion years old. Trapped between rocks under Ontario, Canada, the undisturbed fluids were the oldest ever found on Earth - by far. "It was absolutely mind-blowing," geoscientist Barbara Sherwood Lollar said. "These weren't tens of millions of years old like we might have expected, or even hundreds of millions of years old. They were billions of years old." So what, you might ask, does billion-year-old water taste like? Sherwood Lollar ...
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As severe storms moved from the Plains into the Midwest and Ohio Valley Wednesday, strong winds battered houses and knocked down trees and power lines from Minnesota to Illinois. Numerous tornadoes and funnel clouds were reported. In the late evening, the complex barreled toward Chicago, knocking out power to thousands and resulting in hundreds of cancelled flights. By Thursday morning, severe storms had crossed into the east, plowing forward to heavily populated areas such as Philadelphia, New York City and Atlanta with the same destructive energy. After a similar, but stronger event, officially declared a derecho, occurred last year, many are wondering what defines the term. Does strict ...
The colorful computer model highlights the storm's changing intensity and wind speed
Sandstorms and dust storms occur in dry regions around the world, from the Sahara Desert to the suburbs of Phoenix, Ariz. The loss of top soil from farming practices has caused an increase in dust storms in some regions, including China and the Sahara. Sometimes upper-level winds carry dust over oceans, depositing it on the other side of the Earth. Click through to see more photos. Above: A sandstorm approaches the Merzouga settlement in Chebbi Desert, Morocco. ...
