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Antarctic sea ice reached 'record-smashing low' last month
By Sascha Pare published
The extent of sea ice in Antarctica has shrunk compared with the long-term average for this time of year between 1981 and 2010 by an area four times the size of Texas.
Catastrophic climate 'doom loops' could start in just 15 years, new study warns
By Ben Turner published
Climate "tipping points," such as the loss of the Amazon rainforest or the collapse of the Greenland ice sheet, could come within a human lifetime, scientists have said.
Do the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean mix?
By Meg Duff published
Photos show what looks like a line between the Atlantic and Pacific with different water colors on either side, but is there some kind of barrier or do the two oceans mix?
Ground beneath Italy’s awakening 'supervolcano' rose 66 feet before its last eruption
By Ben Turner published
In 1538, the ground beneath the Campi Flegrei supervolcano rose by six stories. Then it burst.
Yellowstone supervolcano magma chamber has far more melted rock than thought
By Sascha Pare published
Scientists have worked out the consistency of the magma under the Yellowstone caldera using seismic waves — and the reservoir is filled with "mush" that doesn't pose an imminent eruption threat.
Wind and solar power overtakes coal for the first time ever in the US
By Ben Turner published
Wind and solar power produced a combined 252 terawatt-hours in the first five months of 2023, compared with coal's output of 249 TWh
Colossal cave in Mexico that formed 15 million years ago is even more enormous than we thought
By Lydia Smith published
The Sistema Huautla in Oaxaca is the 10th deepest cave on Earth, and a explorers with a 2023 expedition to map the system have added over 700 feet to its length.
Climate change causes a mountain peak frozen for thousands of years to collapse
By Aimee Gabay published
Fluchthorn in the Silvretta Alps is now around 60 feet (19 m) shorter than it was before — and more mountains are expected to follow suit as temperatures thaw the permafrost holding them together.
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