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  "path": "/scientists-solve-mystery-of-where-the-colorado-river-vanished-millions-of-years-ago/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-21T14:45:39.000Z",
  "site": "https://scitechdaily.com",
  "tags": [
    "Earth",
    "Earth Science",
    "Geology",
    "Paleoclimatology",
    "UCLA"
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  "textContent": "A new geological study sheds light on a previously hidden phase of the Colorado River’s history. Geologists have uncovered what happened to the Colorado River during a mysterious missing stretch of its history millions of years ago. Research published in Science shows that the river once flowed into a large inland lake for several million [...]",
  "title": "Scientists Solve Mystery of Where the Colorado River Vanished Millions of Years Ago"
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