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"It has that sense of a bomb that's going to go off."
There's no evidence that the collapse is linked to the recent volcanic eruptions that have rocked parts of Iceland in recent months.
These bird species haven't been seen in over 10 years. They may not be extinct—just lost.
The volcanic craters have erupted repeatedly since December, after lying dormant for 2,500 years.
Developed at Oxford, the cells are just 1 micron thick, but they match conventional materials in efficiency.
Even products certified as "compostable" are causing headaches.
Coastlines are washing away, but a surprising technique could make grains of sand stick together and prevent erosion.
The sudden shift in water temperature is puzzling scientists.
Research shows that what you call climate change doesn’t affect how worried people are.
The fungus ruining Cavendish banana crops is evolutionarily distinct from a similar disease that famously killed off the Gros Michel bananas.
With a newly elected leader, the International Seabed Authority must decide the future of more than half of the world’s ocean floor.
After the fire destroyed his town in 2021, a state rep took on insurance companies, mortgage lenders, and landlords—and beat them all.
Parts of the U.S. have experienced record-setting heat waves over the past few summers, which may have caused pharmaceutical ingredients to degrade while en route.
To learn about how rocks and minerals get pushed from the Earth's mantle to the seafloor, scientists drilled a really, really deep hole.
Previous studies neglected to account for birds that were able to fly off before dying, resulting in estimates that were off by hundreds of millions.
Vice President Kamala Harris has chosen Minnesota governor Tim Walz as her running mate, bringing his strong climate action record and bipartisan approach to the national stage.
The skyward bursts, known as gigantic jets, originate in the clouds of intense thunderstorms.
Urban areas are growing around the world, but rather than sprawling outwards, their skylines are getting taller.
It wasn't just scientists who were worried, but Congress, the White House, and even Sports Illustrated.
The strange temperature fluctuation might be due to a rare stratospheric warming over the continent.
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