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Buried Alive: Carbon Dioxide Release from Magma Deep Beneath Ancient Volcanoes Was a Hidden Driver of Earth's Past Climate Oct. 30, 2024 — A team discovered that, contrary to present scientific ...

November 5, 2024 • Black-footed ferrets are one of the most endangered mammals in North America with only an estimated 370 in the wild, according to the World Wildlife Fund.

A new study has revealed significant acceleration in the upper-ocean circulation of the equatorial Pacific over the past 30 years. This acceleration is primarily driven by intensified atmospheric ...

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Four large asteroids will make their closest approaches to Earth on Thursday, each passing by the planet within a 24-hour time frame. Two had already zipped past early in the morning, according to ...

The annual toxic smog that forms over swathes of India and Pakistan is preventable, but the nations’ scientists have too little opportunity to help tackle the problem.

For almost a century, Science News journalists have covered advances in science, medicine and technology for the general public, including the 1925 Scopes “monkey” trial, the advent of the ...

Nov. 1, 2024 — Microplastics have been steadily increasing in freshwater environments for decades and are directly tied to rising global plastic production since ... A Trick of Light ...

Ballouz told Live Science in an email. However, Ballouz added that astronomers have long seen that asteroids that pass close to planets like Earth often lack weathered surfaces. The exact physical ...

We cover the spread of Marburg virus, a stem cell treatment for diabetes and the way dolphins smile in this week’s news roundup.