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At least 22 people have lost their lives as a result of the eruption of the Marapi volcano in Indonesia, while the search for a missing person continues. Hundreds of rescuers have mobilized for the search, which...
Eleven climbers were found dead in Indonesia on Monday and 12 were missing after the Marapi volcano erupted in West Sumatra, a rescue official said, as search operations - which were halted temporarily over safety concerns...

Landscape dynamics determine the evolution of biodiversity on Earth, research reveals

Movement of rivers, mountains, oceans and sediment nutrients at the geological timescale are the central drivers of Earth's biodiversity, research published in Nature has...

Shedding light on the synthesis of sugars before the origin of life

Pentoses are essential carbohydrates in the metabolism of modern lifeforms, but their availability during early Earth is unclear since these molecules are unstable. A new...

A new map points at the impacts of rare earth elements

A map created by the Debt Observatory in Globalization in collaboration with the EJAtlas of Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat...

Alpine rock reveals dynamics of plate movements in Earth’s interior

Examining how plates move in Earth’s mantle and how mountains form is no easy feat. Certain rocks that have sunk deep into Earth’s interior...

Superdeep diamonds provide a window on supercontinent growth

Diamonds contain evidence of the mantle rocks that helped buoy and grow the ancient supercontinent Gondwana from below, according to new research from a...

Arctic archipelago turns the page on its mining past

At the old Svea mine in the Arctic, broken railway tracks overgrown with weeds lead nowhere. Of the hundred buildings that once made up...

‘Potentially catastrophic’ Hurricane Otis hits Mexico

A major Category 5 hurricane made landfall near Mexico's Pacific beach resort of Acapulco early Wednesday, threatening to wreak "catastrophic" damage, the US National...

Finding Argoland: How a lost continent resurfaced

Geologists have long known that around 155 million years ago, a 5,000 km long piece of continent broke off western Australia and drifted away....

In 250 million years, a single supercontinent will form, wiping out nearly all mammals: Modeling study

A recent study published in Nature Geoscience uses supercomputer climate models to examine how a supercontinent, dubbed Pangea Ultima (also called Pangea Proxima), that...

‘Ring of fire’ solar eclipse will cut across the Americas, stretching from Oregon to Brazil

A rare "ring of fire" eclipse of the sun cuts across the Americas on Saturday, stretching from Oregon to Brazil, and huge crowds were...

Mont Blanc shrinks by over two meters in two years

Western Europe's highest mountain, Mont Blanc, has shrunk by over two meters in height over the past two years, researchers said on Thursday, measuring...

Research presents new development model for the world’s third-longest river

A new research paper published in Science Advances reveals how changes in the size of the Yangtze River watershed may have led to the...

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