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China’s Everest obsession: How tourism and climate change are transforming the mountain

"To the discerning eye, other mountains are visible—giants between 23,000 and 26,000 feet high. Not one of their slenderer heads even reaches their chief's...

Toxic Thailand rivers pinned on Myanmar mines

A sprawling new mine is gouged into the lush rolling hills of northeast Myanmar, where civil war has weakened the government's already feeble writ,...

Study offers detailed look at winter flooding in California’s central valley

California's Central Valley—one of the nation's most critical agricultural regions and home to over 1.3 million people—is prone to flooding. Mapping the extent of...

New study uncovers brutal punishment and public display of medieval woman on Thames foreshore

In 1991, the remains of a woman were discovered on the early medieval foreshore of the Thames River. The skeletal remains were moved to...

Greenland’s melting ice caps reveal the true extent of climate change

For most of us, first-hand knowledge of Greenland is probably limited to flying over it en route to North America. It's likely that you've...

Subantarctic Mode Waters traced to distinct origins in Indian and Pacific oceans

In the southern flanks of the Indian Ocean and the central and eastern Pacific, just north of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, lie the Subantarctic...

Why forests aren’t coming back after gold mining in the Amazon

Forests in the Peruvian Amazon aren't growing back after gold mining—not just because the soil is damaged by toxic metals, but because the land...

How Switzerland’s Birch glacier collapsed

A cascade of events in the Swiss Alps led to the dramatic collapse of the Birch glacier, wiping out Blatten village in the valley...

Tracing the genetic trails of Colombia’s early hunter-gatherers who disappeared completely

People coming from the north settled South America. The first hunter-gatherers entered the continent from the region of what is Colombia today and then...

How Greenland’s glacial troughs influence ocean circulation

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) serves as the Atlantic Ocean's conveyor belt, transporting warm water north toward the Arctic Circle and returning cold,...

Severe floods threaten historic Romanian salt mine

Romanian authorities scrambled Friday to save a salt mine in the northern village of Praid from further damage after heavy rains worsened flooding at...

Should we add a Category 6 hurricane to the Saffir-Simpson scale? Experts weigh in

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is predicting an above-average Atlantic hurricane season from June 1 through Nov. 30. A Northeastern researcher says the forecast...

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