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Drake Passage: The 'most dreaded bit of ocean on the globe' — where waves reach up to 80 feet
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Chinese scientists use laser drones to count the country's trees — all 142.6 billion of them
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30,000-year-old fossilized vulture feathers 'nothing like what we usually see' preserved in volcanic ash
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'Heat is the final boss. Heat is a different beast': The planetary peril no one will be able to avoid
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Scientists create new map showing ice-free Antarctica in more detail than ever before
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Alaskan volcano Mount Spurr showing activity that will 'most likely end in an explosive eruption,' scientist says
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'We don't have a climate crisis — we are the crisis': Environmentalist Paul Hawken on why honoring life is the best thing we can do against climate change
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Scientists create new map showing ice-free Antarctica in more detail than ever before
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Lake Vostok: The 15 million-year-old lake buried miles beneath Antarctica's ice
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Scientists discover hidden 'plumbing' that's driving Antarctic ice sheet into the ocean
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How is the ocean melting Antarctica? We're starting to figure it out
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'Queen of icebergs' A23a is barreling toward a remote South Atlantic island. Millions of animals could be at risk
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'Warm water' from deep sea flowing towards one of Antarctica's largest ice shelves
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Antarctica 'pyramid': The strangely symmetrical mountain that sparked a major alien conspiracy theory
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Antarctica ice melt could cause 100 hidden volcanoes to erupt
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Massive Antarctic icebergs' split from glaciers may be unrelated to climate change
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Scientists record never-before-seen 'ice quakes' deep inside Greenland's frozen rivers
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'Ominous milestone for the planet': Arctic Ocean's 1st ice-free day could be just 3 years away, alarming study finds
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Surprised Russian school kids discover Arctic island has vanished after comparing satellite images
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Earth from spaceMassive blue 'melt pond' in Arctic glacier is an eerie sign of things to come
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Earth from space4 near-identical glaciers spark new life in Arctic island's 'polar desert'
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Earth from spaceIconic 'Star Trek' symbol shines brightly in sea of muddy Arctic sea ice
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Earth from spaceGhostly figure emerges in Greenland ice after underground lake collapses
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Gateway to the underworld: The enormous permafrost 'megaslump' in Siberia that keeps getting bigger
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Earth from spaceTrio of ringed ice caps look otherworldly on Russian Arctic islands
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'Heat is the final boss. Heat is a different beast': The planetary peril no one will be able to avoid
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'We don't have a climate crisis — we are the crisis': Environmentalist Paul Hawken on why honoring life is the best thing we can do against climate change
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Earth from space1st glacier declared dead from climate change seen in before and after images
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Global sea ice levels hit worrying new low
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Ancient Egyptian city of Alexandria — the birthplace of Cleopatra — is crumbling into the sea at an unprecedented rate
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Scholars are building an archive of federal climate data. Here's how to find it.
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Scientists identify tipping point for Greenland's ice sheet — and it's not far off
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World's glaciers are losing enough ice to fill 3 Olympic pools every second, terrifying new study finds
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January 2025 hottest on record despite US cold and La Niña
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Creepy 'ghost lanterns' in South Carolina are not what they seem, study suggests
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Earthquakes: Facts about why the Earth moves
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'We've just seen earthquake after earthquake after earthquake': Santorini earthquake swarm intensifies but likely won't trigger volcano
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Santorini is having a swarm of tiny earthquakes. Is the Greek isle about to erupt?
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Yellowstone National Park earthquake shakes hottest and oldest geothermal area
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Scientists find hidden mechanism that could explain how earthquakes 'ignite'
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Tibet earthquake: Deadly magnitude 7.1 quake hits holy city of Shigatse
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Massive magnitude 7 earthquake strikes off California coast
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'Upwelling' deep in the mantle triggered magnitude 6.8 Morocco earthquake
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This ‘glow in the dark’ battery runs on nuclear waste
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China's 'artificial sun' shatters nuclear fusion record by generating steady loop of plasma for 1,000 seconds
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Giant reserves of 'gold' hydrogen may be lurking beneath at least 30 US states, 1st-of-its-kind map reveals
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Nuclear fusion could be the clean energy of the future — but these 'tough' challenges stand in the way
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Just a fraction of the hydrogen hidden beneath Earth's surface could power Earth for 200 years, scientists find
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Physicists solve nuclear fusion mystery with mayonnaise
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Nuclear fusion reactor in UK sets new world record for energy output
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Massive hydrogen reservoir discovered beneath an Albanian mine could be an untapped source of clean energy
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What is fission?
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Evolution itself can evolve, new study argues
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Our outer ears may have come from ancient fish gills, scientists discover
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Ferns can evolve 'backward,' scientists discover
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Sunlight shapes our evolution — and may explain why some people have curly hair
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Evolution quiz: Can you naturally select the correct answers?
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Raindrops may have helped kick-start life on the planet
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Which animals are evolving fastest?
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'I have never written of a stranger organ': The rise of the placenta and how it helped make us human
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Ancient relative of 'living fossil' fish reveals that geological activity supercharges evolution
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30,000-year-old fossilized vulture feathers 'nothing like what we usually see' preserved in volcanic ash
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Refuge from the worst mass extinction in Earth's history discovered fossilized in China
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52-foot-high 'megaripples' from asteroid that killed the dinosaurs mapped deep beneath Louisiana in 3D
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'This is by far the oldest': Scientists discover 3.47 billion-year-old meteorite impact crater in Australian outback
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Mount Roraima: The 'lost world' isolated for millions of years that Indigenous people call the 'house of the gods'
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Earth from spaceGiant, pyramid-like 'star dunes' slowly wander across Moroccan desert
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Giant flying squirrels as big as cats once lived in Tennessee
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Savonoski Crater: The mysterious, perfectly round hole in Alaska that scientists can't explain
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World's biggest underground thermal lake discovered in Albania at bottom of 330-foot abyss
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'Mirror life forms' may sound like science fiction, but scientists warn they could be deadly to humans and destroy the environment
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Mouse brains, cannabis plants and spider eyes: 20 jaw-dropping images of the microscopic world around us
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'Loch ness monster' microbe stretches its neck to 30 times its body length in seconds
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'The most critically harmful fungi to humans': How the rise of C. auris was inevitable
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Hidden 'biosphere' of extreme microbes discovered 13 feet below Atacama Desert is deepest found there to date
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Scientists discover once-in-a-billion-year event — 2 lifeforms merging to create a new cell part
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Lost world of lagoons filled with mounds of microbes discovered in Atacama desert
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After you die, your microbiome cooperates with soil microbes to 'recycle' your body
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Bizarre giant viruses with tubular tentacles and star-like shells discovered in New England forest
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Chinese scientists use laser drones to count the country's trees — all 142.6 billion of them
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'Gossiping neighbors': Plants didn't evolve to be kind to each other, study finds
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Scientists discover pristine ancient forest frozen in time in Rocky Mountains
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'Rising temperatures melted corpses out of the Antarctic permafrost': The rise of one of Earth's most iconic trees in an uncertain world
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'Alien plant' fossil discovered near Utah ghost town doesn't belong to any known plant families, living or extinct
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Squirting cucumbers thicken and stiffen to eject seeds with 'remarkable speed and precision,' study finds
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Where did the 1st seeds come from?
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Pando, the world's largest organism, may have been growing nonstop since the 1st humans left Africa, study suggests
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How is paper made from trees?
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Earth from spaceGolden river of toxic waste spills out from deadly mining disaster in South Africa
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What are the most polluted cities in the world?
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Pollution facts and types of pollution
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Even brief exposure to diesel fumes alters activity in key brain network, study finds
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Monet and Turner's atmospheric landscapes actually depicted air pollution, new study finds
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How Much Trash Is on Mount Everest?
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Hole in the ozone layer has grown for a 3rd year in a row — but scientists aren’t concerned
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No More Free-Pass for Carbon Pollution (Op-Ed)
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Kids' Mental Health Risks Rise with Poor Air Quality
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Drake Passage: The 'most dreaded bit of ocean on the globe' — where waves reach up to 80 feet
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Ocean's 'heart' is slowing down — and it will affect the entire planet's circulation
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Ancient seafloor spreading 15 million years ago caused sea levels to plummet
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Earth from spaceRare 'sunglint' transforms the Mediterranean Sea into a swirling, silver mirror
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Strange corkscrew burrows and other unexpected structures discovered 4.7 miles deep in the Japan Trench
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Earth from spaceA mysterious 'black hole' in Pacific Ocean that sparked wild rumors online
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Canal turns into 'stream of blood' in Argentina as locals fear toxic leak
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Are Atlantic Ocean currents weakening? A new study finds no, but other experts aren't so sure.
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Mariana Trench quiz: How deep is your knowledge?
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Tsunamis up to 90 feet high smash into New Zealand every 580 years, study finds
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1st mega-tsunami on record since antiquity was triggered by Tonga volcanic eruption
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Powerful 8.1-magnitude earthquake off New Zealand triggers tsunami warnings
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Magnitude-7.3 earthquake strikes Fukushima, tsunami warning issued
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Japan earthquake & tsunami of 2011: Facts and information
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'Invisible' earthquake caused mysterious 2021 tsunami, scientists find
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4-foot tsunami hits Tonga after explosive eruption of underwater volcano
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Lost islands beneath the North Sea survived a mega-tsunami 8,000 years ago
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Ice melt in Alaska threatens to unleash unprecedented 'mega-tsunami,' scientists warn
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Alaskan volcano Mount Spurr showing activity that will 'most likely end in an explosive eruption,' scientist says
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Earth from spaceErupting 'sharkcano' spits out a giant underwater plume in Oceania
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Italy's Campi Flegrei volcano may unleash devastating eruptions more often than we thought, ancient outburst suggests
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Volcanoes: Facts about geology's fieriest features
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Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupts, spewing lava 330 feet into the sky
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Earthquakes at massive Alaska volcano Mount Spurr ramp up again — and there's now a 50-50 chance of an eruption
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Earth from spaceThe heart-shaped 'Spirit Lake' sculpted by Mount St. Helens' epic eruption
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Scientists find giant magma reservoirs hidden beneath dormant volcanoes in the Cascades
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Earth from spaceItaly's 'ticking time bomb' plays peek-a-boo through a mysterious hole in the clouds
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'More people are in harm's way': Tornadoes are shifting east of Tornado Alley, forecasters warn
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Mount Washington: Home to 'the world's worst weather' with record wind speeds of 231 mph
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'Take shelter!': Tornado strikes Florida's Seminole County, destroying homes and interrupting live TV broadcast
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'Winter is far from over': Polar vortex reversal could bring springtime snow to US
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Spectacular photo taken from ISS shows 'gigantic jet' of upward-shooting lightning towering 50 miles over New Orleans
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US suffers record-breaking cold: What's going on with the polar vortex?
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'Stay off the roads': Winter storm warning as deadly floods strike Kentucky
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How accurate are Punxsutawney Phil's Groundhog Day forecasts?
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'We are creating the fire equivalent of an ice age': Humans have plunged Earth into the 'Pyrocene'
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'We don't have a climate crisis — we are the crisis': Environmentalist Paul Hawken on why honoring life is the best thing we can do against climate change
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Earth from space
1st glacier declared dead from climate change seen in before and after images
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'More people are in harm's way': Tornadoes are shifting east of Tornado Alley, forecasters warn
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