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- Huge 30-kilometre wide meteorite crater found under Greenland glacier Thu, 15 Nov 18, 6:00amRadar surveys have revealed a crater left when a kilometre-wide asteroid hit Greenland – and the impact could explain a climate mystery
- Why Earth’s water could be older than Earth itself Fri, 2 Nov 18, 11:00pmHow did water survive Earth's searingly hot birth? A radical new answer turns planetary history on its head – and could revolutionise the search for alien life
- Quakes prompt UK fracking operations to pause several times Thu, 1 Nov 18, 5:00amA rash of recent earthquakes in Lancashire, UK has prompted fracking operations to halt temporarily on six separate occasions
- Weird rocks in Australia are a missing piece of the Grand Canyon Wed, 24 Oct 18, 9:40pmSome rocks in Tasmania, Australia, look out of place. Now an analysis suggests they were once part of the rocks that form the Grand Canyon in the US
- Supercharged geothermal energy could power the planet Fri, 19 Oct 18, 10:00pmThe next generation of geothermal plants will unlock more of Earth's bountiful, underground energy and could allow the technology to finally fulfil its promise
- Huge fossil-like scars of the Anthropocene mark walls of Russian mine Tue, 16 Oct 18, 6:00pmVast machines have left the subterranean world of a potash mine in the Urals with ammonite-like whorls, photographed for a project to highlight lasting human impacts on the planet.
- Falling rocks can explode so hard that only nuclear weapons beat them Wed, 10 Oct 18, 2:00amIf big rocks fall far enough they can explode with more energy than any non-nuclear bomb – and the ensuing shockwave can snap large trees half a kilometre away
- Front-runner in Brazil’s election wants to pull out of climate treaty Mon, 8 Oct 18, 9:52pmThe far-right winner of the first round of Brazil's presidential election wants to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement and cut down the Amazon rainforest
- Dramatic pictures of the storm damage from Florence and Mangkhut Tue, 25 Sep 18, 5:00pmExtreme storms Hurricane Florence and Typhoon Mangkhut have caused destruction and taken lives across the globe this week, forcing millions to evacuate their homes
- Photography: heating up the climate campaign Fri, 21 Sep 18, 4:00amAt Unseen Amsterdam, striking images of a melting glacier are stirring visitors to action
- When Records Melt review: new exhibit heats up the climate campaign Fri, 21 Sep 18, 4:00amAt Unseen Amsterdam, the striking images of a climate campaign are stirring visitors to action
- Review: When Records Melt heats up the climate campaign Fri, 21 Sep 18, 4:00amAt Unseen Amsterdam, the striking images of a climate campaign are stirring visitors to action
- Earliest known animal was a half-billion-year-old underwater blob Fri, 21 Sep 18, 4:00amThe weird ‘Ediacaran’ fossils have stumped scientists for decades - now fat molecules found inside some of them confirm they are the most ancient animals we know
- Global warming is melting glaciers and that means more tsunamis Fri, 7 Sep 18, 12:00amMountainsides are becoming less stable as glaciers retreat, leading to more landslides that can trigger massive - but localised - tsunamis
- Biodiversity in crisis: Earth’s giant construction projects mapped out Sat, 1 Sep 18, 2:00amThe planet’s largest areas of undisturbed wilderness in Siberia and tropical rainforests are under threat from huge waves of development. Here’s what it looks like
- Special report: The new megaprojects changing the face of our planet Fri, 31 Aug 18, 10:00pmAcross the world, new roads, railways, dams and power lines are encroaching on previously virgin territory – with untold consequences for Earth’s wildlife
- Biodiversity in crisis: When roads, dams and power lines kill Fri, 31 Aug 18, 10:00pmThe world is undergoing an unprecedented building boom, with untold consequences for wildlife. Can the needs of nature and development ever be reconciled?
- How a janitor wowed Darwin by solving the ice age mystery Fri, 24 Aug 18, 10:00pmSelf-educated ice sage James Croll cracked the conundrum of why Earth periodically freezes over. He was feted in his time, so why did the world forget him?
- New world map is a more accurate Earth and shows Africa’s full size Wed, 22 Aug 18, 6:00pmThe “Equal Earth” projection shows the true area of continents such as Africa without greatly distorting their shapes and is already being adopted by NASA
- NASA’s deep-space mission to a $10 quintillion all-metal world Wed, 22 Aug 18, 1:00amThe unique metal asteroid Psyche may be a space miner's fantasy – but there are better reasons to want to visit it, says mission leader Lindy Elkins-Tanton
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