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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
A polar bear stands on floating sea ice in the Arctic. The bears rely on sea ice to move throughout their hunting grounds.
Crimea's 'putrid sea' creates beautiful rainbow of color but smells like rotten eggs
Earth from space A 2014 satellite photo of the Sivash region shows off the kaleidoscopic colors of a series of shallow, hypersaline lagoons — each filled with a different kind of algae.
Mass extinctions make life 'bounce back stronger,' controversial study suggests
Large-scale disruptions to life may ultimately increase ecological complexity over geologic timescales, though the risk of extinction always looms.
Dramatic NASA images reveal lava coursing near Iceland's Blue Lagoon
A lava stream from a volcanic eruption in West Iceland is brighter than the lights of the city's nearby capital, new infrared images show.
Hailin impact crater: China's newly discovered meteor pit born from a 'nuclear explosion level' event
The Hailin impact crater is a newly-discovered scar in the mountains of Northeast China left behind by a meteor impact, but geologists aren't sure exactly when this happened.
'Cryptic carbon' may leak from volcanoes millions of years after eruptions end
Dissolved carbon dioxide may have bubbled up from magma far below Earth's surface, contributing to prolonged warming.
Equator quiz: Can you name the 13 countries that sit on Earth's central line?
There are 13 countries that sit on Earth's equator. Can you get them all in 5 minutes? If so, how fast can you do it?
'Supergiant' gold deposit discovered in China is one of the largest on Earth — and is worth more than $80 billion
Chinese officials have announced the discovery of a massive deposit of high-quality gold ore, potentially worth around $83 billion, which could end up being the largest known deposit of the precious metal anywhere in the world.
