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Dinosaur-killing asteroid may have made Earth’s largest ripple marks
A tsunami created by the Chicxulub impact could have formed giant ripples found in rock under Louisiana, a new study finds.
By Nikk Ogasa
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EarthMixing trees and crops can help both farmers and the climate
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In all the fuss over planting trillions of trees, we need to protect the forests that already exist.
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EnvironmentWhy planting tons of trees isn’t enough to solve climate change
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PlantsHow Romanesco cauliflower forms its spiraling fractals
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