The Arctic is likely to become “ice-free“ by midcentury—and could pass that grim milestone much sooner—unless much more is done to combat climate change ...

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A summit many hoped would yield a landmark treaty to tackle a global plastic pollution crisis ended in disappointment after ...

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A man scouring Google Earth found a mysterious scar in the Australian outback. And now scientists know what caused it ...

Lightning strikes in the atmosphere can trigger a rain of high-powered “killer electrons” in low-Earth orbit that form ...

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Matej Lipar is Adjunct Research Fellow in Curtin University’s School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, and head of the ...

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Two sets of fossilized footprints from early human species were made within a few hours of each other about 1.5 million years ...