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'Is it really necessary to generate another image?': UN scientist explains how everyday people can limit AI's environmental impact12 Comments -
The 'Doomsday Glacier' is poised to lose its ice shelf this year. An Antarctic researcher explains what that means for global sea levels5 Comments -
War has brought Iran's water crisis to a breaking point: 'Things will collapse unless there is meaningful structural change'6 Comments
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Shadowy tendrils of ancient lava have scarred a dark volcano next to a 'skull' in the SaharaEarth from space A 2019 astronaut photo shows off ancient lava flows that once oozed down the jet-black slopes of the Toussidé volcano in northwestern Chad. An intriguing volcanic "skull" also lurks in the aerial image.
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'It sounds so impossible': Student studying fungus that makes users hallucinate tiny people may be on the verge of a scientific breakthroughINTERVIEW Live Science spoke with Colin Domnauer, a PhD student in ethnobiology whose unraveling of a mushroom mystery could reveal a new hallucinogenic compound.
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Socotra Archipelago: The Yemeni islands covered with astonishing cucumber, bottle and dragon's blood treesIncredible Places Socotra Archipelago in the Northwest Indian Ocean is home to hundreds of animal and plant species that aren't found anywhere else in the world.
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Water shortages could prevent the US from mining more lithium, deepening reliance on foreign importsMost proposed lithium mines in the U.S. overlap with drought-prone regions — including in Nevada, Arizona and California — and there may not be enough water to support them.
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Scientists find thousands of earthquakes in a perfectly straight line in Alaska, revealing a hidden 'microplate'Tiny earthquakes that emerge in a strikingly linear pattern revealed the Yakutat microplate, which may be focusing volcano and earthquake activity.
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Satellites reveal Earth has a surprising symmetry in the way it reflects light — and it might be tied to the El Niño cycleEven though the Eastern and Western halves of Earth are fairly different, they reflect the same amount of sunlight, a new study finds.
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'Unequivocal evidence' of Earth's oldest impact crater turns out to be off by half a billion yearsA new study updates the age of Earth's oldest known meteorite impact crater, the North Pole Dome crater, which scientists previously claimed was 3.47 billion years old.
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NASA satellite captures wave of warm water hundreds of miles long that signals a devastatingly strong El NiñoThis year's El Niño is on track to be among the strongest ever recorded.
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'If there's any country that will do it, it's China': Why is China diverting some of the world's mightiest rivers thousands of miles?Science Spotlight People in China's northern megacities have 74 times less fresh water than the average American — so the Chinese government has built the world's largest water diversion project, with the most ambitious and dangerous route still to come.
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