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When rainforests died, the planet caught fire: New clues from Earth’s greatest extinction

The collapse of tropical forests during Earth’s most catastrophic extinction event was the primary cause of the prolonged global warming…

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Earth’s weather satellites just spent 10 years watching Venus — here’s what they found

Imaging data from Japan’s Himawari-8 and -9 meteorological satellites have been successfully used to monitor temporal changes in Venus’ cloud-top…

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Environment

The Guardian view on Donald Trump’s China deal: rare earths pave the green road to militarisation | Editorial

It’s an irony that the minerals needed to save the planet may help destroy it. Rare earth elements, the mineral backbones…

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This Chinese Spacecraft Is Traveling to One of Earth’s Quasi-Moons

The China National Space Administration has shared the first image from its Tianwen-2 probe, which is en route to Kamo‘oalewa,…

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Earth’s core mystery solved: How solid rock flows 3,000 kilometers beneath us

Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, shifting tectonic plates — these are all signs that our planet is alive. But what is revealed…

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One of Earth’s ancient volcanic mysteries solved

Geologists led by the University of Maryland and the University of Hawai’i finally connected the dots between one of the…

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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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Earth’s 3rd-warmest March on record » Yale Climate Connections

March 2025 was Earth’s third-warmest March in analyses of global weather data going back to 1850, NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental…

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Early Earth’s first crust composition discovery rewrites geological timeline

Researchers have made a new discovery that changes our understanding of Earth’s early geological history, challenging beliefs about how our…

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Earliest days of Earth’s formation

New research led by a York University professor sheds light on the earliest days of the earth’s formation and potentially…

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