Earth

  1. Earth

    Eruptions create new islands in the Red Sea

    Satellite maps reveal the formation of two new volcanic islands in the Red Sea.

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  2. Environment

    Mystery toxins in tainted New Zealand honey nabbed

    Sweet and stealthy toxins have been caught sticky-handed, potentially solving a decades-long mystery of tainted honey in New Zealand.

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  3. Climate

    Titanic typhoons are in the forecast

    Warming subsurface water in the Pacific will boost average typhoon intensity 14 percent by 2100, new research predicts.

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  4. Animals

    Wealth of cephalopod research lost in a 19th century shipwreck

    Nineteenth-century scientist Jeanne Villepreux-Power sent her research papers and equipment on a ship that sank off the coast of France, submerging years’ worth of observations on cephalopods.

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  5. Climate

    Everest could lose most of its ice by the end of the century

    Glaciers around Mt. Everest will lost most of their ice by the end of the century, new research predicts.

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  6. Climate

    Everest could lose most of its ice by 2100

    The Everest region of the Himalayas could lose 73 to 96 percent of its ice by 2100, new research predicts.

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  7. Climate

    Next icy era may be on hold

    Carbon emissions from humans may have postponed Earth’s next glaciation, new research suggests.

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  8. Environment

    Rising dolphin deaths linked to Deepwater Horizon spill

    Lung lesions and other injuries link an extensive die-off of dolphins in the Gulf of Mexico to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

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  9. Climate

    Tranquil ecosystems may explain wild swings in carbon dioxide stashing

    Semiarid ecosystems, such as grasslands and shrublands, are behind the large variation in the amount of atmospheric carbon dioxide sucked in by land each year.

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  10. Climate

    Once-stable Antarctic glaciers are now melting rapidly

    A group of glaciers in Antarctica that were once stable started rapidly melting in 2009, new research shows.

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  11. Animals

    Rising temperatures may cause problems for cold-blooded critters

    Ectotherms cannot easily handle extreme temperatures, a new study finds.

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  12. Environment

    E-cigarette flavorings may harm lungs

    Certain e-cigarette flavors, such as banana pudding, may damage lung tissue

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