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Watch Valencia disappearing under a sea of mud during deadly Spanish floods
By Harry Baker published
Earth from space Satellite images show the true extent of the flash flooding in Valencia during a freak weather event that killed at least 214 people across Spain.
When did plate tectonics begin?
By Stephanie Pappas published
Earth surface is covered with rigid plates that move, crash into each other and dive into the planet's interior. But when did this process begin?
A meteorite 100 times bigger than the dinosaur-killing space rock may have nourished early microbial life
By Stephanie Pappas published
On a young Earth, giant meteors might have been a harbinger of life, not death.
Huge lithium deposits are in Nevada. Here's why.
By Evan Howell, Eos.org published
Nevada is becoming a major producer of lithium, thanks to topography, climate, and geologic serendipity.
Hang Son Doong: The world's biggest cave, so 'outrageous in size' it fits 2 jungles and the 'Great Wall of Vietnam'
By Sascha Pare published
Vietnam's Son Doong cave is so large, you could squeeze 15 Great Pyramids of Giza inside it and fly a Boeing 747 airplane through some of its passages.
What is DANA, the strange weather phenomenon that has caused deadly flooding in Spain?
By María de los Ángeles Orfila published
With record-high Mediterranean temperatures and a year's worth of rain falling in mere hours, Spain has been devastated by the weather phenomenon known as DANA.
Earth is racing toward climate conditions that collapsed key Atlantic currents before the last ice age, study finds
By Sascha Pare published
Global warming during the Last Interglacial period caused so much Arctic ice to melt that Atlantic currents collapsed — and scientists say these are the conditions we could be heading toward.
'We are teetering on a planetary tightrope': Cut emissions in half right now to prevent climate catastrophe, UN warns
By Sascha Pare published
A new U.N. report has found the world will warm by twice the 1.5-degree-Celsius target adopted in the Paris Agreement by 2100 if countries fail to slash greenhouse gas emissions right now.
Massive blue 'melt pond' in Arctic glacier is an eerie sign of things to come
By Harry Baker published
Earth from space A 2014 photo shows a massive, iceberg-littered pool of vibrant blue meltwater sitting alone on top of a glacier in Alaska. Similar "melt ponds" are becoming increasingly common in the Arctic due to climate change and are further accelerating the rate of ice loss across the region.
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