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Berlin’s ancient ‘Dicke Marie’ oak feels effects of prolonged dry spell | Germany

An ancient English oak believed to be Berlin’s oldest tree is suffering the effects of a prolonged dry spell in…

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World

How activity in Earth’s mantle led the ancient ancestors of elephants, giraffes, and humans into Asia and Africa

What roils beneath the Earth’s surface may feel a world away, but the activity can help forge land masses that…

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Did it rain or snow on ancient Mars? New study suggests it did

Visit ancient Mars — a surprisingly temperate planet where snow or rain falls from the sky, and rivers rush down…

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Rover finds hints of an ancient Martian carbon cycle

The Curiosity mission started near the bottom of the crater, at the base of a formation called Aeolis Mons, or…

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Environment

Like the Ritz for wildlife: the joy of recreating England’s ancient hedges | Conservation

The 30-metre ridge runs across the moor near Yar Tor on Dartmoor, one of several faint lines that crisscross the…

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Environment

Council plans legal action over ancient London oak felled by Toby Carvery | Trees and forests

Toby Carvery has been threatened with legal action by a council over the felling of an ancient oak in a…

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Environment

Felling of ancient London oak tree reported to police | Trees and forests

The sudden felling of one of the oldest and largest oak trees in London has been reported to police, as…

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World

Ancient tools from a South African cave reveal connections between prehistoric people

In a cave overlooking the ocean on the southern coast of South Africa, archaeologists discovered thousands of stone tools, created…

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Sink or Swim: The fate of sinking tectonic plates depends on their ancient tectonic histories

Newly published research has revealed that compositional rock anomalies within oceanic plates caused by ancient tectonics influence the trajectory and…

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Ancient fossil sheds big light on evolution mystery: Solving a 100-year arthropod mystery

For over a century, the Cambrian arthropod Helmetia expansa remained a mystery. Discovered by paleontologist Charles Doolittle Walcott in 1918,…

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