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audio reporter & producer | writer & researcher | past: @kcur. tweets about #ks & #mo, arts stuff, breaking news & #pubmedia. Follow: @lauraspencer.bsky.social.
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Sanukitoid stable isotopes reveal complex crust-mantle dynamics in the early Earth

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By Ren-Zhi Zhu, Mike Fowler, Jiyuan Yin, Fang Huang, Robert H. Smithies, Laura Spencer Verified, Marc-Alban Millet, Hugo Moreira, Craig Storey, Henrique Bruno, Kumar Joshi, Xiaoping Long, Shaocong LAI, Guochun Zhao
| Nature Verified
Abstract The Archean to Paleoproterozoic Earth underwent significant changes in surface, crust and mantle systems, yet interactions between these reservoirs remain poorly constrained. Sanukitoids are generated by mantle–crust interaction, and thus provide a record of early Earth recycling processes. Here we combine Barium (Ba) and Magnesium (Mg) stable isotopes with radiogenic isotopes and elemental data from 3.4-2.1 Ga sanukitoids to trace crust-mantle interaction across this critical interval.
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The Kansas City Public Library invites World Cup visitors in

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By Laura Spencer Verified
| KC Studio Verified
The  Kansas City Public Library partners with  KCUR 89.3’s “A People’s History of Kansas City” on  a  World Cup-related  exhibition and podcast performance. (credit: Missouri Valley Special Collections/Crysta Henthorne/KCUR 89.3) The Kansas City metro area is gearing up for an estimated 650,000 visitors this summer, with six FIFA World Cup matches scheduled at Arrowhead Stadium in June and July.
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Roots and resilience: Grow Food Northampton’s new farmers look ahead to spring

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By Laura Spencer Verified
| Daily Hampshire Gazette Verified
Driving past the farms and gardens of Western Mass in the winter, it can seem a little quiet. The barns and fields are draped in a thick blanket of snow. At Grow Food Northampton’s Community Farm, it may appear that the farmers are resting for the season, but in his new home right next door, farmer Aoma Muma is busy. Grow Food Northampton Community Farm in winter.
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