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Earth observation, climate, geology, oceans, ecosystems and the living world.
The Strait of Malacca and Singapore Strait grow so shallow in places that fully laden…
A cave in the Pyrenees at 7,330 feet above sea level contained 23 ancient fireplaces…
Seahorses, giant clams and even the occasional dugong have been recorded in the murky…
In 1820, the whaleship Essex was rammed and sunk by an 85-foot sperm whale in the…
West Africa produces roughly 2/3 of the world's cocoa and lost up to 40% of its harvest…
The town of Mawsynram in northeastern India receives roughly 11,872 millimetres of rain…
Sunsets on Mars glow blue rather than red, because the fine dust suspended in its thin…
Centralia, Pennsylvania has burned underground since 1962, and the unsettling lesson…
The first humans on Mars will not just be explorers crossing a red desert
A single cotton T-shirt requires approximately 2,700 litres of water to produce, the…
