Scientists discover molecule in space that hints at origin of life

A 13-atom molecule containing sulfur has been discovered in interstellar space for the first time, providing insight into the origins of the chemistry of life.

A new study of lunar rocks suggests Earth's water might not have come from meteorites

For a long time, scientists assumed that Earth's water was delivered by asteroids and comets billions of years ago. This coincided with the Late Heavy Bombardment (ca. 4.1 to 3.8 billion years ago), a ...
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Differentiation of water sources and hydrological thresholds of herb-to-shrub communities across a revegetated chronosequence in Baijitan National Nature Reserve, China: a ...

1 College of Forestry and Grassland, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, China 2 Grassland Station of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Yinchuan, China Introduction: Plant water-use strategies are critical for ...
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Spatiotemporal variability of hydrogen and oxygen stable isotopes in the Han River Basin and the regional hydrological implication

Global climate change has become a major topic in Earth Science, with significant impacts on the water cycle (Huntington, 2006; Kundzewicz, 2008; Grover, 2014; Gosling and Arnell, 2016; Qiu et al., ...