Maddie Stone
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Giant Antarctic Iceberg Makes Dramatic About-Face
Since it snapped off the Larsen C ice shelf in July 2017, the trillion-tonne iceberg known as A68 has spent most of its time stuck in the mud. Now, new satellite data reveals that the ‘berg made its biggest move yet over the austral winter — a dramatic counterclockwise rotation that shows no signs of…
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Could Rising CO2 Levels Trigger A Nutritional Crisis?
A new analysis is reigniting a concern agricultural scientists have been voicing for years: That rising carbon dioxide could exacerbate malnutrition by reducing the nutrient content of staple crops.
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As The World Burns, Australia Will Have Fewer Firefighters To Share
As out-of-control bushfires raged across the US West, US firefighting authorities took a seemingly unusual step late last month: They called up Australia and New Zealand and asked for help.
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California’s Viral Fire Tornado Has Scientists Searching For Answers
Weather geeks went wild last week when the US National Weather Service announced that the Carr Fire near Redding, California had spawned the equivalent of an EF-3 tornado on July 26. And for good reason: Fire tornados are among the rarest weather phenomena on Earth and this vortex had the added distinction of possibly being…