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Breakup of ancient supercontinent Nuna created 'incubators' for complex life, study findsAncient supercontinent Nuna's breakup around 1.5 billion years ago set off a chain of events that made Earth more habitable, new research suggests.
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Incredible, first-of-their-kind images show an orca being born in Norway — and the rest of its pod forming a protective circleScientists with the Norwegian Orca Survey and Orca Channel have documented, for the first time and in astounding detail, the birth of an orca and the newborn's first hour.
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Triple Divide Peak: Montana's unique liquid 'crossroads' where water can flow into three oceansTriple Divide Peak in Montana is the only place on Earth where water can flow into one of three different oceans, according to some definitions.
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It's official: The world will speed past 1.5 C climate threshold in the next decade, UN saysThe UNEP's 2025 Emissions Gap report has found that global average temperatures will exceed 1.5 C (2.7 F) before 2035 — and this just days before the COP30 climate summit kicks off in Brazil.
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World's biggest spiderweb discovered inside 'Sulfur Cave' with 111,000 arachnids living in pitch blackA giant colonial spiderweb in a sulfuric cave on the border between Greece and Albania may be the largest ever found — and it was built by spiders we didn't know liked the company of others.
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Orcas in the Gulf of California paralyze young great white sharks before ripping out their liversAn orca pod that made headlines last year for gutting a whale shark has struck again, this time perfecting a technique that involves paralyzing young great white sharks to eat their livers.
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Ancient 'frosty' rhino from Canada's High Arctic rewrites what scientists thought they knew about the North Atlantic Land BridgeResearchers have gained new insights into rhinoceros evolution and the longevity of the North Atlantic Land Bridge from analyzing the perfectly preserved fossils of a "frosty" Arctic rhino.
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Greenland is twisting, tensing and shrinking due to the 'ghosts' of melted ice sheetsEarth's mantle is so gooey, it takes eons for material that has been displaced by the weight of ice sheets to flow back. And Greenland is very much still processing its glacial past, a new study shows.
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22 of Earth's 34 'vital signs' are flashing red, new climate report reveals — but there's still time to actEarth's systems are nearing tipping points that could plunge the planet into a "hothouse" regime — but there's still time to prevent that from happening, scientists say.
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'Near stationary' Tropical Storm Melissa is moving slower than a person walking — and it may bring deadly flash floods to the CaribbeanTropical Storm Melissa is moving at a snail's pace but will intensify rapidly over the weekend as it feeds off near-record-warm water temperatures in the Caribbean Sea, forecasters say.
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Eternal Flame Falls: New York's mini waterfall that hides a grotto filled with undying fireEternal Flame Falls sits on a bed of shale rocks rich in organic matter. As this matter breaks down, it produces highly flammable natural gas that escapes through cracks in the ground.
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Rare half-pink rough diamond with 'astounding' weight of 37.4 carats discovered in BotswanaExperts at a laboratory in Botswana managed by the Gemological Institute of America recently examined an extraordinary natural diamond with two distinct color zones.
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Scientists discover first direct evidence that slivers of 'proto-Earth' may survive todayIn a first, researchers have discovered fragments of Earth's precursor that contain distinctive chemical fingerprints in ancient rocks from Greenland, Canada and Hawaii.
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Scientists discover new way to predict next Mount Etna eruptionResearchers analyzed changes over time in the ratio of small earthquakes to bigger ones beneath Mount Etna and found a strong correlation with the volcano's activity over the past 20 years.
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A massive weak spot in Earth's magnetic field is growing, scientists discoverThe South Atlantic Anomaly, a huge weak spot in the geomagnetic field off South America, has expanded and sprouted a lobe in the direction of Africa over the past decade.
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AI reveals hidden 'ring fault' that is unleashing earthquakes at Italy's Campi Flegrei volcanoA new AI tool reveals that Campi Flegrei experienced more than 54,000 earthquakes between 2022 and 2025. By mapping these events, researchers discovered a huge, crisp, ring-shaped fault.
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Scientists 'reawaken' ancient microbes from permafrost — and discover they start churning out CO2 soon afterResearchers incubated permafrost samples from Alaska at different temperatures and found that microbes from the last ice age can reactivate and resume breaking down carbon.
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Hidden, supercharged 'thermostat' may cause Earth to overcorrect for climate changeRising levels of CO2 in the atmosphere may trigger a series of geological and biological processes that could ensure the next ice age arrives on time instead of being delayed, researchers say.
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Coral Triangle: The giant hidden 'Amazon' beneath the sea that appears somewhat resilient to climate changeThe Coral Triangle is an extremely biodiverse patch of ocean around the Philippines and Papua New Guinea. Its relatively murky waters appear to shield it against climate change — for now.
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Asian golden cat: The 'feline of many costumes' that plucks birds before eating themThe Asian golden cat is an elusive creature endemic to South and Southeast Asia. It is known to take down prey much larger than itself, including buffalo calves, baby deer and small muntjacs.
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Massive system of rotating ocean currents in the North Atlantic is behaving strangely — and it may be reaching a tipping pointAn analysis of clam shells suggests the North Atlantic subpolar gyre has had two periods of destabilization over the past 150 years: one around 1920 and the other from 1950 through present.
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Wildfire-smoke-related deaths in the US could climb to 70,000 per year by 2050 due to climate change, study findsThe number of deaths from exposure to wildfire smoke in the U.S. could rise by more than 70% in the next 25 years. The human and economic costs involved would be astronomical, researchers say.
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Amazon rainforest trees are resisting climate change by getting fatter from CO2 in the atmosphereTree trunks in the Amazon are getting 3.3% thicker every decade as the plants absorb extra carbon dioxide, suggesting they are more resilient to global warming than previously thought.
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Cairo Fossil Forest: The oldest forest in North America with 385 million-year-old treesThe Cairo Fossil Forest is the second oldest in the world. These forests mark a turning point in Earth's history because they changed the composition of the atmosphere, scientists say.
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