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    A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall
    Walker Rhea
    Some days rain falls in a light, calm sweep across the earth. On other days rain falls in a torrential downpour, flooding the ground below. So, what causes this difference?
  • Just by washing your clothes, you release millions of microfibers into the environment every year. (Sir James, Wikimedia Commons)
    Shedding Microfibers
    Walker Rhea
    It's hard to keep our planet pollution-free. Even our clothes are contaminating the planet with all the microfibers they release. New research shows that even wearing clothes releases a significant number of microfibers into the air.
  • Magma likely played a role in the early formation of oxygen on Earth. (Hawaii Volcano Observatory, Wikimedia Commons)
    Magma and Oxygen
    Walker Rhea
    Today on A Moment of Science were going to explain why Earth's air contains oxygen.