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Ancient Residue Reveals 69 Volcanic Eruptions Bigger Than Any in Recorded History

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Ancient Residue Reveals 69 Volcanic Eruptions Bigger Than Any in Recorded History

Here’s Why Skies Over Europe Are Orange This Week

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Here’s Why Skies Over Europe Are Orange This Week

Antarctic Sea Ice Hits Lowest Level Since 1970s

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3 months ago

Antarctic Sea Ice Hits Lowest Level Since 1970s

Tonga Eruption Blasted Volcanic Material Into the Mesosphere

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Tonga Eruption Blasted Volcanic Material Into the Mesosphere

Record-Breaking 17.68 m Rogue Wave Detected Off Vancouver Island

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3 months ago

Record-Breaking 17.68 m Rogue Wave Detected Off Vancouver Island

The UK’s History Is Disappearing With Its Peatlands

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4 months ago

The UK’s History Is Disappearing With Its Peatlands

Surreal Coral Rose Garden Discovered Off Tahiti

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4 months ago

Surreal Coral Rose Garden Discovered Off Tahiti

Tsunami Warning Issued After Violent Volcanic Eruption Near Tonga Downgraded

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4 months ago

Tsunami Warning Issued After Violent Volcanic Eruption Near Tonga Downgraded

Boaty McBoatface Is Set to Confront Antarctica’s Doomsday Glacier

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5 months ago

Boaty McBoatface Is Set to Confront Antarctica’s Doomsday Glacier

Scientists Found a Cradle of Life Under Antarctica

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5 months ago

Scientists Found a Cradle of Life Under Antarctica

Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Hit Earth at a Particularly Bad Time

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Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Hit Earth at a Particularly Bad Time

Antarctica’s Doomsday Glacier Is Close to Becoming Unhinged

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5 months ago

Antarctica’s Doomsday Glacier Is Close to Becoming Unhinged

Ice Age Mammoth and Horse DNA Found in Soil Samples Left in Freezer

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6 months ago

Ice Age Mammoth and Horse DNA Found in Soil Samples Left in Freezer

9 Photos of Indonesia’s Apocalyptic Volcanic Eruption

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6 months ago

9 Photos of Indonesia’s Apocalyptic Volcanic Eruption

This Map Shows the Pacific Northwest’s Nightmare November Rain Totals

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6 months ago

This Map Shows the Pacific Northwest’s Nightmare November Rain Totals

A Quarter of U.S. Roads Could Be Regularly Flooded in 30 Years

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6 months ago

A Quarter of U.S. Roads Could Be Regularly Flooded in 30 Years

Feral Hogs Are Causing Irreversible Harm to Salt Marshes

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Feral Hogs Are Causing Irreversible Harm to Salt Marshes

Greenpeace Takes VW To Court Over Its Contribution To The Climate Crisis

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6 months ago

Greenpeace Takes VW To Court Over Its Contribution To The Climate Crisis

The 10 Strangest Climate Change Impacts

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7 months ago

The 10 Strangest Climate Change Impacts

9 Surreal Photos of Volcanic Ash Blanketing One of the Canary Islands

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7 months ago

9 Surreal Photos of Volcanic Ash Blanketing One of the Canary Islands

UK’s Most Durable Snow Patch Fully Melts Away, Just Hours From UN Climate Talks in Glasgow

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7 months ago

UK’s Most Durable Snow Patch Fully Melts Away, Just Hours From UN Climate Talks in Glasgow

What California’s Weather Whiplash Looks Like

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7 months ago

What California’s Weather Whiplash Looks Like

Permafrost Thaw Could Unleash Long-Buried Pathogens and Radioactive Waste

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7 months ago

Permafrost Thaw Could Unleash Long-Buried Pathogens and Radioactive Waste

La Palma’s Volcanic Ash Spreads Across Atlantic

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7 months ago

La Palma’s Volcanic Ash Spreads Across Atlantic

New Fissure Opens Up as La Palma Eruption Intensifies

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8 months ago

New Fissure Opens Up as La Palma Eruption Intensifies

Fears of Deadly Gases as Canary Islands Lava Pours Into the Atlantic

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8 months ago

Fears of Deadly Gases as Canary Islands Lava Pours Into the Atlantic

So Much Ice Has Melted, That the Earth’s Crust Is Shifting in Weird, New Ways

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8 months ago

So Much Ice Has Melted, That the Earth’s Crust Is Shifting in Weird, New Ways

7 Dramatic Photos Show the Canary Islands’ Volcanic Eruption as It Nears the Sea

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8 months ago

7 Dramatic Photos Show the Canary Islands’ Volcanic Eruption as It Nears the Sea

How Bigger Arctic Waves Are Changing Clouds

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8 months ago

How Bigger Arctic Waves Are Changing Clouds

Catastrophic Volcanic Eruption Prompted Construction of Ancient Maya Pyramid, Research Suggests

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8 months ago

Catastrophic Volcanic Eruption Prompted Construction of Ancient Maya Pyramid, Research Suggests

Rare Absence of Summer Snow Is Killing Mount Shasta’s Glaciers

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8 months ago

Rare Absence of Summer Snow Is Killing Mount Shasta’s Glaciers

New Northernmost Island Discovered Above Greenland

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9 months ago

New Northernmost Island Discovered Above Greenland

Creeping Landslide Causing Road in Denali National Park to Sink 25 Centimetres a Day

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9 months ago

Creeping Landslide Causing Road in Denali National Park to Sink 25 Centimetres a Day

This Hauntingly Beautiful Image Shows Greenland’s Massive Melt

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9 months ago

This Hauntingly Beautiful Image Shows Greenland’s Massive Melt

Astonishingly Large Coral Spotted in the Great Barrier Reef

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Astonishingly Large Coral Spotted in the Great Barrier Reef

It Rained at the Summit of Greenland’s Ice Sheet for the First Time Ever Recorded

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9 months ago

It Rained at the Summit of Greenland’s Ice Sheet for the First Time Ever Recorded

Three Extinct Mammals Found in Wyoming Were Part of the Post-Dinosaur Revolution

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Three Extinct Mammals Found in Wyoming Were Part of the Post-Dinosaur Revolution

7 Nature Photo Winners That Show the Quiet Drama of Life

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9 months ago

7 Nature Photo Winners That Show the Quiet Drama of Life

Large Landslide Hits Highway in India, Leaves at Least 13 Dead

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9 months ago

Large Landslide Hits Highway in India, Leaves at Least 13 Dead

How Worried Should You Be About a Key Atlantic Current Collapsing?

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10 months ago

How Worried Should You Be About a Key Atlantic Current Collapsing?

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We’re Worried About the Wrong Volcanoes

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10 months ago

We’re Worried About the Wrong Volcanoes

Colorado Flash Flood Shuts Down Highway Due to Damage ‘Unlike Anything’ Seen Before

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10 months ago

Colorado Flash Flood Shuts Down Highway Due to Damage ‘Unlike Anything’ Seen Before

Greenland Lost Enough Ice in a Single Day to Cover Florida

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10 months ago

Greenland Lost Enough Ice in a Single Day to Cover Florida

Tennis Star Feared Extreme Heat at the Tokyo Olympics Could Kill Him

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10 months ago

Tennis Star Feared Extreme Heat at the Tokyo Olympics Could Kill Him

Dubai Is Creating Artificial Rainstorms With Drones

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10 months ago

Dubai Is Creating Artificial Rainstorms With Drones

Drone Captures Historic Floods in Central China’s ‘iPhone City’

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10 months ago

Drone Captures Historic Floods in Central China’s ‘iPhone City’

6 Photos Show Siberia’s Raging Wildfire Season

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10 months ago

6 Photos Show Siberia’s Raging Wildfire Season

Satellite Images Reveal the Shocking Toll the Heat Wave Had on Pacific Northwest Snow and Ice

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10 months ago

Satellite Images Reveal the Shocking Toll the Heat Wave Had on Pacific Northwest Snow and Ice

Massive Tsunami From Dino-Killing Asteroid Carved ‘Megaripples’ Into the Ocean Floor

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Massive Tsunami From Dino-Killing Asteroid Carved ‘Megaripples’ Into the Ocean Floor

Moon’s Wobble Will Intensify Flooding Along U.S. Coasts by the Mid-2030s, Research Suggests

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10 months ago

Moon’s Wobble Will Intensify Flooding Along U.S. Coasts by the Mid-2030s, Research Suggests

This Bendable Ice Is Freaking Us Out

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11 months ago

This Bendable Ice Is Freaking Us Out

Massive Antarctic Lake Disappears in Just a Few Days

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11 months ago

Massive Antarctic Lake Disappears in Just a Few Days

Life Under Antarctica Is Surviving on Pulverised Rock

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11 months ago

Life Under Antarctica Is Surviving on Pulverised Rock

The Heat Wave Just Caused an Ice Quake in Alaska

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11 months ago

The Heat Wave Just Caused an Ice Quake in Alaska

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Dinosaurs Were Already in Big Trouble Before the Asteroid, More Evidence Suggests

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11 months ago

Dinosaurs Were Already in Big Trouble Before the Asteroid, More Evidence Suggests

Do Not Swim In Flooded Streets In Moscow

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11 months ago

Do Not Swim In Flooded Streets In Moscow

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Florida’s Oceanfront Cities Are Not Prepared for Sea Level Rise

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11 months ago

Florida’s Oceanfront Cities Are Not Prepared for Sea Level Rise

Ground Temperatures Hit 48 Degrees in the Arctic Circle

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11 months ago

Ground Temperatures Hit 48 Degrees in the Arctic Circle

NASA: Earth Is Absorbing an ‘Unprecedented’ Amount of Heat

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11 months ago

NASA: Earth Is Absorbing an ‘Unprecedented’ Amount of Heat

Huge Sinkhole Opens Up on South Australian Coast

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11 months ago

Huge Sinkhole Opens Up on South Australian Coast

A Hanging Glacial ‘Tooth’ Caused February’s Deadly Indian Flash Flood

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11 months ago

A Hanging Glacial ‘Tooth’ Caused February’s Deadly Indian Flash Flood

Satellites Capture Images of Huge Dust Storm Heading to the Americas

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12 months ago

Satellites Capture Images of Huge Dust Storm Heading to the Americas

Frozen in Siberian Permafrost for 24,000 Years, Microscopic Animal Comes Back to Life

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12 months ago

Frozen in Siberian Permafrost for 24,000 Years, Microscopic Animal Comes Back to Life

Could We Live Under the Sea?

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12 months ago

Could We Live Under the Sea?

An Ancient Supervolcano May Have Zapped the Ozone Layer, Exposing Early Humans to Intense Sunburns

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12 months ago

An Ancient Supervolcano May Have Zapped the Ozone Layer, Exposing Early Humans to Intense Sunburns

Scientists Tempt Fate, Drill Record-Breaking Ocean Hole off the Coast of Japan

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12 months ago

Scientists Tempt Fate, Drill Record-Breaking Ocean Hole off the Coast of Japan

Mount Nyiragongo’s Lava Has Stopped Flowing, but the Problems Could Be Just Beginning

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12 months ago

Mount Nyiragongo’s Lava Has Stopped Flowing, but the Problems Could Be Just Beginning

Mount Nyiragongo, One of the World’s Most Active and Dangerous Volcanoes, Blows in a Surprise Eruption

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12 months ago

Mount Nyiragongo, One of the World’s Most Active and Dangerous Volcanoes, Blows in a Surprise Eruption

The World’s Largest Iceberg Just Broke Off Antarctica

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1 year ago

The World’s Largest Iceberg Just Broke Off Antarctica

It’s Sundress Weather in the Arctic

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1 year ago

It’s Sundress Weather in the Arctic

Melting Ice in the Alps Has Revealed World War I Relics

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1 year ago

Melting Ice in the Alps Has Revealed World War I Relics

If the Paris Agreement Fails, Sea Levels Could Rise 10 Metres

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1 year ago

If the Paris Agreement Fails, Sea Levels Could Rise 10 Metres

Siberia Is on Fire — and It’s Only May

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1 year ago

Siberia Is on Fire — and It’s Only May

Climate Change Has Knocked Earth Off Its Axis

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1 year ago

Climate Change Has Knocked Earth Off Its Axis

Some Climate Tipping Points May Be Reversible, If We Act Fast

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1 year ago

Some Climate Tipping Points May Be Reversible, If We Act Fast

Americans Are Already Deciding Where to Move Based on Climate Change

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1 year ago

Americans Are Already Deciding Where to Move Based on Climate Change

An Alaskan Glacier Has Started Moving Really, Really Fast

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1 year ago

An Alaskan Glacier Has Started Moving Really, Really Fast

First-Ever Observations From Under Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier’ Are Bad News

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1 year ago

First-Ever Observations From Under Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier’ Are Bad News

‘Explosive Eruption’ Rocks St. Vincent as Soufriere Volcano Spews Ash Across the Caribbean

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1 year ago

‘Explosive Eruption’ Rocks St. Vincent as Soufriere Volcano Spews Ash Across the Caribbean

Methane Has Never Risen This Fast in the Atmosphere

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1 year ago

Methane Has Never Risen This Fast in the Atmosphere

Hundreds of Glacial Rivers Are Pouring Into the Belly of Greenland’s Ice

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1 year ago

Hundreds of Glacial Rivers Are Pouring Into the Belly of Greenland’s Ice

New Research Exposes Weird Tsunamis Caused by Gravity Waves

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1 year ago

New Research Exposes Weird Tsunamis Caused by Gravity Waves

Scientists Have Observed Ominous Winter Leaks in Greenland Ice Sheet Lakes

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1 year ago

Scientists Have Observed Ominous Winter Leaks in Greenland Ice Sheet Lakes

Scientists Cook Hot Dogs in Lava From Iceland’s Erupting Volcano

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1 year ago

Scientists Cook Hot Dogs in Lava From Iceland’s Erupting Volcano

Ancient Greenland Cave Sediments Contain a Climate Change Warning

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1 year ago

Ancient Greenland Cave Sediments Contain a Climate Change Warning

Australia Engulfed in Once-in-a-Century Floods a Year After Monster Bushfires

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1 year ago

Australia Engulfed in Once-in-a-Century Floods a Year After Monster Bushfires

Scientists Found a ‘Magical’ Solution to Fight Dangerous Zombie Fires

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1 year ago

Scientists Found a ‘Magical’ Solution to Fight Dangerous Zombie Fires

Why Rainbows Look Different in Hawaii

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1 year ago

Why Rainbows Look Different in Hawaii

Plant Fossils Found on a Cold War Expedition Contain an Ominous Climate Message

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1 year ago

Plant Fossils Found on a Cold War Expedition Contain an Ominous Climate Message

Molly Taft

Greenland’s Rocks Contain Hints of a Magma Ocean on Baby Earth

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Greenland’s Rocks Contain Hints of a Magma Ocean on Baby Earth

Shocking Findings Show the Amazon May Already Be a Greenhouse Gas Emitter

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1 year ago

Shocking Findings Show the Amazon May Already Be a Greenhouse Gas Emitter

An ROV Is Making Incredibly Detailed Maps of the Seafloor Off California

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1 year ago

An ROV Is Making Incredibly Detailed Maps of the Seafloor Off California

We Should Give Seals PhDs

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1 year ago

We Should Give Seals PhDs

Molly Taft

Underwater Robot Stealthily Swims With a Propulsion System You Can’t See

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Underwater Robot Stealthily Swims With a Propulsion System You Can’t See

Andrew Liszewski

Humans Have Completely Transformed How Water Is Stored on Earth

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1 year ago

Humans Have Completely Transformed How Water Is Stored on Earth

Molly Taft

Groundwater Depletion Threatens 20% Of India’s Winter Farmland

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1 year ago

Groundwater Depletion Threatens 20% Of India’s Winter Farmland

A Huge Red Flag Just Popped Up in a Little-Studied Region of Antarctica

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1 year ago

A Huge Red Flag Just Popped Up in a Little-Studied Region of Antarctica

Molly Taft

A Major Ocean Current May Be Hurtling Towards Collapse

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1 year ago

A Major Ocean Current May Be Hurtling Towards Collapse

Molly Taft

You’re Drawing Icebergs All Wrong

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1 year ago

You’re Drawing Icebergs All Wrong

Make Your Loved One Swoon With NOAA’s Adorable Satellite-Themed Valentines

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1 year ago

Make Your Loved One Swoon With NOAA’s Adorable Satellite-Themed Valentines