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UCR-led study finds that tiny, invisible gases long thought to be irrelevant in cloud formation appear to play a major role in determining whether clouds form—and possibly whether it rains. This ...

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A new study claims that an 80-100-foot-wide layer of clay exacerbated the 2011 earthquake.