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There's an ongoing battle to save a part of this planet from destructive mining that most people don't know about. Not only ...

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Dozens of companies and academic groups are pitching the same theory: that sinking rocks, nutrients, crop waste or seaweed in ...

When the president talks about security in the Arctic, he’s talking about climate change.

During a voyage off the east coast of Africa, researchers collected detailed measurements of massive swirling currents that ...

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NASA warns of an unexpected surge in sea levels in 2024. Discover why oceans are rising faster than expected and what it ...