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


Colorblind octopuses vanish by sensing hue through their skin

Living bridges grown from tree roots keep strengthening for centuries

Mosquitoes target you based on your skin's fatty acids, not sweetness

Coldest spot on Earth is so frigid a breath would freeze your lungs

Your morning coffee uses 140 litres of hidden water to grow the beans

Antarctic glacier drains California-sized area at 800 metres a year

Boiling river in Peruvian Amazon puzzles geologists with no volcano in sight

Chocolate's hidden water cost drains drought-stricken regions

Dogs chose empty yellow bowls over food in puzzling color preference test

Scientists sealed 800 microbes in oak boxes to study for 500 years
