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In many rivers, only a small amount of streamflow remains for nature after water is diverted for hydropower production. In light of climate change and biodiversity loss, this is having increasingly serious consequences. Researchers from WSL,...
Scientists have identified what could be the oldest rocks on Earth from a rock formation in Canada. The Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt has long been known for its ancient rocks—plains of streaked gray stone on the eastern shore...

Strong earthquake hits Chile

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 on the Richter scale hit Chile, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) announced. The press release states that the...

Magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes Atacama area in Chile

An earthquake of 6.1 magnitude struck the Atacama region in central Chile on Tuesday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The earthquake was 123...

Authorities raise alert level around Lascar volcano in northern Chile

Authorities in Chile on Saturday raised the alert level and limited access to the area around the Lascar volcano, after an increase in seismic...

Lascar volcano in Chile stirs, sending plume skyward

A volcano in the Andes in Chile's north rumbled to life early Saturday, triggering minor earth tremors and sending a plume of smoke and...

Sinkhole larger than tennis court has Chile perplexed

Experts in Chile on Tuesday were investigating the appearance of an enormous sinkhole, bigger than a tennis court, that has appeared near a copper...

Megathrust earthquake and tsunami 3,800 years ago kept hunter-gathers in Chile inland for 1,000 years

An international team of researchers has found evidence of a megathrust earthquake occurring approximately 3,800 years ago off the coast of what is now...

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