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Earth & Life
Earth observation, climate, geology, oceans, ecosystems and the living world.


Rocks in remote Quebec are Earth's oldest intact fragment from its first 500 million years

Life's common ancestor emerged in Earth's harshest conditions

Young Sun's superflares may have jump-started chemistry for life on Earth

Berlin nightingales are singing louder to overcome traffic noise

Korea's demilitarized zone becomes wildlife refuge, off-limits even to scientists

The spice worth empires and atrocities, now two dollars a jar

Beach color is a geological fingerprint of nearby rock and ancient life

Orca mother carries dead calf for thousand miles, then does it again

Ancient Mediterranean flood unleashed water 1,000 times mightier than the Amazon

Every wild land mammal on Earth — elephants, deer, wolves, mice and the rest — adds up…
