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Iceland landscape

Earth

Supercharged geothermal energy could power the planet

The next generation of geothermal plants will unlock more of Earth's bountiful, underground energy and could allow the technology to finally fulfil its promise

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fossil

Earth

Huge fossil-like scars of the Anthropocene mark walls of Russian mine

Regulars

rock fall

Earth

Falling rocks can explode so hard that only nuclear weapons beat them

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Life may have begun on Earth 100 million years earlier than we thought

Earth

Life may have begun on Earth 100 million years earlier than we thought

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Nuclear waste

Physics

Ancient natural nuclear reactors show how to store radioactive waste

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Old rock

Earth

Asteroid strike may have forged the oldest rocks ever found on Earth

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Rock layers show our sun has been in same cycle for 700 million years

Environment

Rock layers show our sun has been in same cycle for 700 million years

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Another supervolcano in California is not as dormant as we thought

Environment

Another supervolcano in California is not as dormant as we thought

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Methane ice and winds on Pluto make strange 'sand' dunes

Space

Methane ice and winds on Pluto make strange 'sand' dunes

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The curious fate of the eighth wonder of the world

Earth

The curious fate of the eighth wonder of the world

People travelled from far and wide to see New Zealand’s spectacular pink and white terraces. Then they were destroyed in a volcanic eruption – or were they?

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Earth

The volcanic eruption on Hawaii is now making an acidic fog

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Earth

The tides are getting stronger thanks to the shifting continents

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Earth

Hawaii volcano is causing havoc and will spew lava for days

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Earth

Moon’s weird pull could help predict deadly volcanic eruptions

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