The extremely messy, profoundly confusing fight over who should profit from animal DNA
At COP16, a meeting under the Convention of Biological Diversity, countries will negotiate a plan to manage access to DSI, or ...
How to Cool the World Without Blocking the Sun
Microbes, after all, play enormously consequential roles in the world around us and within us—I should credit the trillions ...
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California Neighbors and Cities Fight Over Sand as Beaches Shrink
The U.S. Geological Survey estimates that California could lose up to 75 percent of its beaches in the next 75 years. The changes have sparked multimillion-dollar restoration projects and lawsuits ...
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Can Earth survive without humans?
Humans have influenced the planet like no other species. The impact we've made on Earth is undeniable. But have you ever ...
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Former Piney Point Owner Liable for Tampa Bay Pollution Tied to Massive 2021 Fish Kill
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A federal judge has found HRK Holdings LLC liable for a major pollution event in 2021. HRK’s Piney ...
Prehistoric Earth Was Very Hot. That Offers Clues About Future Earth.
At times during the past half-billion years, carbon dioxide warmed our planet more than previously thought, according to a ...
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Did Earth Once Have a Ring Like Saturn? Geologists Find Evidence for a Halo of Orbiting Space Rocks 466 Million Years Ago
A ring could explain a mysterious arrangement of impact craters near the equator and might even have caused an ice age, ...
Live Science22h
Earth's outer core may hold a hidden 'doughnut'
A newly discovered doughnut shape in Earth's outer core may reveal elements that help drive the formation of the planet's ...
It's official, folks! The ESA has finally confirmed that Earth indeed has life (here’s why!)
The European Space Agency's JUICE spacecraft just confirmed Earth's habitability during its flyby. But why was this even necessary?