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Scientists: Earthquakes, El Niños fatal to earliest civilization in Americas

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — First came the earthquakes, then the torrential rains. But the relentless march of sand across once fertile fields and bays, a process set in motion by the quakes and flooding, is probably what did in America’s earliest civilization.

Filed under Natural History, Research, Sciences on Monday, January 19, 2009.

To climate-change worries, add one more: extended mercury threat

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Mercury pollution has already spurred public health officials to advise eating less fish, but it could become a more pressing concern in a warmer world.

Filed under Environment, Research, Sciences on Wednesday, January 7, 2009.