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Human Civilization Will Crumble by 2050 If We Don't Stop Climate Change Now, New Paper Claims

June 04, 2019 | Article

Human society could collapse by 2050, a new climate policy paper claims.
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Powerful Tornadoes Rip Through Midwest, the Plains, Leaving Trail of Destruction

May 29, 2019 | Article

A destructive tornado moved through the outskirts of Kansas City on Tuesday, injuring at least a dozen people and killing one.
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Why Thousands of Aftershocks of a 1959 Earthquake Just Rumbled Through Yellowstone 60 Years Later

May 28, 2019 | Article

Recent rumblings at Yellowstone National Park are actually aftershocks of a quake that occurred 60 years ago.
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Violent Tornadoes and Flooding Are Expected in Oklahoma and Texas Tonight

May 20, 2019 | Article

Oklahoma, northwest Texas and the Texas panhandle are bracing for a day of extreme weather, including dangerous tornadoes, flooding and thunderstorms.
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A Massive 'Blob' of Rock Stretching Under Asia Might Be Triggering Hundreds of Earthquakes

May 15, 2019 | Article

A massive, underground "blob" might be triggering hundreds of earthquakes in the Hindu Kush mountains.
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Retracted Study: How a Volcano in Japan Halted an Earthquake

May 10, 2019 | Article

Falsified data suggested that an earthquake was terminated by one of the most active volcanoes in Japan.
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Off the Coast of Portugal, the Earth's Crust Might Be Peeling in Two

May 07, 2019 | Article

It might explain the massive earthquake of 1755 which destroyed the city of Lisbon
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NASA Just Detected the First Marsquake on the Red Planet

April 23, 2019 | Article

The InSight Lander has been listening for marsquakes since December.
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California's Eerie 'Earthquake Pause' Is Unprecedented

April 05, 2019 | Article

California hasn't seen a ground-rupturing earthquake in 100 years. That's unprecedented.
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What's Behind the Massive Midwestern Floods: 2 Giant Waves of Water

March 19, 2019 | Article

Here's why vast swaths of Nebraska, Missouri, and other Midwestern states are drowning.
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