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Is the earth’s crust cracking beneath southern Africa?

A new plate boundary could be emerging beneath this river system in Zambia. © Neil Aldridge/iStock A new plate boundary could be...
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Younger Dryas: Volcanic cold snap instead of impact?

There is new evidence that volcanic eruptions were the trigger for a cold snap 12,900 years ago. © emrahuygun/ iStock Impact or...
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Deforestation is pushing the Amazon closer to its tipping point

View of cleared areas in the Amazon rainforest. © Uwe Bergbwitz/ iStock The Amazon rainforest is more vulnerable than expected: if deforestation...
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More and more marine mammals outside their habitats

This walrus has repeatedly appeared on the coast of Scotland, here on the Scottish Isles of Scilly. © Dan Jarvis, BDMLR/Diversity, CC by...
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Where was my place 320 million years ago?

Location of the continents 258 million years ago. The pink area marks today's Netherlands. © Utrecht University Tectonic time travel: An interactive...
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Fight for survival in the Jurassic Sea

This is what the injured ichthyosaur Temnodontosaurus cf. trigonodon might have looked like during its lifetime. © Joshua Knüppe Survived despite injury:...
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Microplastics contribute measurably to global warming

Nano and microplastics also float in the atmosphere - and influence the climate there. © studio023/ iStock Microplastics have long been everywhere...
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Adventure and marine conservation

A distance of 24,300 nautical miles in 80 days. In November 2024, the well-known sailing athlete Boris Herrmann will set off for...
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How drought harms bumblebees

A field bumblebee (Bombus pascuorum) visiting flowers. © Hanno Korten/University of Würzburg The year 20222 was characterized by heat and drought in...
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A map of the sense of smell

The olfactory receptors in the nose of mice are highly organized. © Datta Lab Whether hearing, seeing, tasting or touching: For most...
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Extinct species continue to shape food webs today

Richly connected or flat and patchy? The extinction of large mammals has profoundly altered food webs in various parts of the world. ©...
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Rainforest is recovering better than feared

Pristine rainforest in northwest Ecuador. Researchers have compared this forest with that of regenerated areas. © Javier Aznar What happens to cleared...
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The “cradle of humanity” is falling apart

View of a rock formation in the Turkana Trench - the earth's plate is thinning beneath the surface. © Christian Rowan The...
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Earliest annelid fossils identified from the Cambrian

Fossil of the annelid Zhangjiagoivermis longicruris from the Early Cambrian. © Xiaofeng Xian, Huaqiao Zhang and Shuhai Xiao As early as 535...
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The universal rhythm of nature

Observations of fireflies provided the impetus for the discovery of nature's rhythm. © kororokerokero/ iStock Be it the blinking of fireflies, the...
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Industrial chemicals delay recovery of the ozone layer

The concentration of ozone-damaging substances in the atmosphere is measured at measuring stations like this one on the Jungfraujoch in the Alps. ©...
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Huge magma reservoir discovered beneath Tuscany

The oldest geothermal power plant in the world, Larderello, is located in Tuscany. Geologists have now discovered the reason for the heat underground....
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Mammalian ancestor laid eggs 250 million years ago

Drawing of a fossil Lystrosaurus embryo in the egg. These mammalian ancestors lived 250 million years ago. © Julien Benoit / Sophie Vrard...
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New process recycles phosphorus from sewage sludge

The element phosphorus is not only important as a plant nutrient, it is also an indispensable industrial raw material. © Just_Super/ iSTock ...
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Newly discovered microbe provides insights into the beginnings of life

Researchers have discovered ancient Asgard archaea in these stromatolites in Shark Bay, Western Australia. © University of New South Wales/Adobe Stock The...
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