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There's a 'ghost' plume lurking beneath the Middle East — and it might explain how India wound up where it is today
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'It is our obligation to future generations': Scientists want thousands of human poop samples for microbe 'doomsday vault'
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Ancient groundwater records reveal worrying forecast for US Southwest
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Scientists discover that mysterious giant structures beneath the North Sea seemingly defy what we know about geology
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Earth just had a freakishly short day, but the fastest day of the year is yet to come
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Dams around the world hold so much water they've shifted Earth's poles, new research shows
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Why were the Texas flash floods so catastrophic?
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Earth from spacePerfect trio of prehistoric atolls shine like tropical gems off Australian coast
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Melting glaciers could trigger volcanic eruptions around the globe, study finds
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Earth is going to spin much faster over the next few months — so fast that several days are going to get shorter
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Earth from spaceWorld's largest iceberg, A23a, is disintegrating into thousands of pieces alongside penguin refuge
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NASA satellites show Antarctica has gained ice despite rising global temperatures. How is that possible?
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What's hiding under Antarctica's ice?
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Antarctica: Facts about the southernmost continent
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Wilkes Land crater: The giant hole in East Antarctica's gravitational field likely caused by a meteorite
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'We didn't expect to find such a beautiful, thriving ecosystem': Hidden world of life discovered beneath Antarctic iceberg
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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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New technologies are helping to regrow Arctic sea ice
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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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Humanity could be just 3 years away from crossing a dire climate threshold, report warns
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Ancient groundwater records reveal worrying forecast for US Southwest
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Covering poop lagoons with a tarp could cut 80% of methane emissions from dairy farms
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Earth's energy imbalance is rising much faster than scientists expected — and now researchers worry they might lose the means to figure out why
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Almost 2 billion people could see a change in rain patterns if the planet continues to warm
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The decline of key Atlantic currents is underway, and it's been flooding parts of the US for 20 years
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Climate change made April's catastrophic floods worse, report finds
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Kids born today are going to grow up in a hellscape, grim climate study finds
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'The Big One' could rock the Pacific Northwest and fuel sea-level rise and massive flooding
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The San Andreas Fault: Facts about the crack in California's crust that could unleash the 'Big One'
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Almost half of California's faults — including San Andreas — are overdue for earthquakes
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First-of-its-kind video captures the terrifying moment the ground tore apart during major Myanmar earthquake
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'This is a very big earthquake': The science behind Myanmar's magnitude 7.7 earthquake
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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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Nuclear fusion record smashed as German scientists take 'a significant step forward' to near-limitless clean energy
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There's 90,000 tons of nuclear waste in the US. How and where is it stored?
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What is 'induced atmospheric vibration' and did it really cause power outages across Spain and Portugal?
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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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In rare evolutionary event, weird platypus cousin evolved from living in water to living on land
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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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Watch mud volcano erupt beneath a crown of flames in Taiwan
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World's oldest rocks could shed light on how life emerged on Earth — and potentially beyond
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There's a 'ghost' plume lurking beneath the Middle East — and it might explain how India wound up where it is today
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Hells Canyon caves reveal unexpected finding about America's deepest gorge
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Taal Lake: The volcanic crater that has 'an island within a lake, within an island within a lake, within an island'
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Industrial waste is turning into a new type of rock at 'unprecedented' speed, new study finds
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How much gold is there in the world?
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Tectonic plates can spread subduction like a contagion — jumping from one oceanic plate to another
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Scientists discover strong, unexpected link between Earth's magnetic field and oxygen levels
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'It is our obligation to future generations': Scientists want thousands of human poop samples for microbe 'doomsday vault'
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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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Plants have a secret, second set of roots deep underground that scientists didn't know about
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Kilimanjaro's giant groundsels: The strange plants that thrive on Africa's tallest mountain
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'This should not be published': Scientists cast doubt on study claiming trees 'talk' before solar eclipses
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See the reconstructed home of 'polar dinosaurs' that thrived in the Antarctic 120 million years ago
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Plants: Facts about our oxygen providers
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Scientists find the best crops to grow during the apocalypse
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Tropical tree in Panama has evolved to kill its 'enemies' with lightning
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'Woolly devil' flowers in Texas desert are the 1st new plant genus discovered in a US national park in almost 50 years
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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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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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OpinionNo 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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Earth from space
Perfect trio of prehistoric atolls shine like tropical gems off Australian coast
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Mystery behind cold blob in the Atlantic Ocean finally solved
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Why is the Pacific Ocean so big?
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Groundwater in the Colorado River basin won't run out — but eventually we won’t be able to get at it, scientists warn
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Earth's oceans are a 'ticking time bomb' as acidity levels enter 'danger zone,' study suggests
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Russian scientists discover a new island in the Caspian Sea — the world's largest inland body of water
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Record-breaking piles of sargassum seaweed wash up on Caribbean beaches, with more on the way
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Dinosaur age tsunami revealed from tiny chunks of Japanese amber, study finds
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Jellyfish Lake: Palau's saltwater pool with a toxic bottom and surface waters brimming with millions of jellyfish
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Mysterious 'mega-tsunamis' that shook the entire world for 9 days revealed by satellite
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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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Melting glaciers could trigger volcanic eruptions around the globe, study finds
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Indonesia's Lewotobi Laki-laki volcano erupts twice in 2 days, unleashing 6-mile-high ash cloud
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Earth from space'River of fire' flows from Mount Etna during 'crazy' explosive outburst
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Hidden layer beneath Italy's Campi Flegrei caldera may explain why it's so restless
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Mount Etna eruption in images: See Europe's largest active volcano blow from different angles
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WATCH Mount Etna erupt: Europe's largest volcano blows as tourists scramble to safety
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The closer a volcano is to erupting, the greener the trees around it look from space
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Watch mesmerizing 1,000-foot-tall lava fountains: Kilauea volcano erupting in ways not seen for 40 years
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Earth from spaceQuadruple volcanoes on secret Soviet military base linked to climate-altering eruption 200 years ago
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Why were the Texas flash floods so catastrophic?
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Astronaut snaps giant red 'jellyfish' sprite over North America during upward-shooting lightning event
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Rare snowfall in Atacama Desert forces the world's most powerful radio telescope into 'survival mode'
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Earth from spaceStunning cloud vortices swirl off 6 different Atlantic islands
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Thunderstorm 'Ring of fire' erupts around 'heat dome' and Tropical Storm Andrea named in the Atlantic
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Massive 'heat dome' is bringing 'extremely dangerous' temperatures to the eastern half of the US
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OpinionIn 2025, Tornado Alley has become almost everything east of the Rockies — and it's been a violent year
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Earth from spaceGiant 'Saharan dust' plume swirls around Africa a week before it hit Florida
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Tropical storm Alvin will form in next 48 hours, forecasters say — kicking off this year's Pacific hurricane season
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Earth is going to spin much faster over the next few months — so fast that several days are going to get shorter
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Astronaut snaps giant red 'jellyfish' sprite over North America during upward-shooting lightning event
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Whale Valley: The whale graveyard in the Sahara desert that shows they once had feet and toes
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