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A 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck far off southwest Australia on Wednesday, but no tsunami warning was issued. The epicenter was in the Indian Ocean 2,069 kilometers (1,283 miles) southwest of Albany on the southwest tip of Western Australia state at...
New Curtin-led research has revealed that water played a far bigger role than previously thought in shaping Earth's first continents, transforming the planet's early crust and helping to build the landmasses we see today. In an article published in Communications...

Mountain permafrost is warming across Europe, study shows

Permafrost temperatures in Europe's mountain regions are rising steadily, in some cases by more than 1°C over the last decade. The results of a...

Earliest evidence of cave lions in southern Europe discovered

Cave lions lived in what is now Italy around 660,000 to 610,000 years ago. This is confirmed by a metatarsal bone from the Notarchirico...

Archaeologists uncover Europe’s hidden Bronze Age megastructures

Archaeologists from University College Dublin, working with colleagues from Serbia and Slovenia, have uncovered a previously unknown network of massive sites in the heart...

Archaeologists uncover Europe’s oldest stilt village

Beneath the turquoise waters of Lake Ohrid, the "Pearl of the Balkans", scientists have uncovered what may be one of Europe's earliest sedentary communities,...

Asteroid hits Earth hours after being spotted, meteor turns into ‘beautiful’ fireball over Europe

An asteroid hit Earth hours after it was discovered Monday, turning into a dazzling fireball that was spotted throughout Europe. Around 12:18 p.m. ET Sunday,...

Europe drought: German industry at risk as Rhine level falls

Germany's main industry lobby group warned Tuesday that factories may have to throttle production or halt it completely because plunging water levels on the...

Climate change drives Europe towards record fire year

The fires that have torched through Europe are on course to make 2022 a record year for forest loss on the continent, as scientists...

Wildfires blaze across sweltering southwest Europe

Southwest Europe baked under sweltering temperatures on Friday for a fifth day, with the heat sparking devastating wildfires, forcing the evacuations of thousands and...

Europe’s largest land predator unearthed on the Isle of Wight

Research led by palaeontologists at the University of Southampton has identified the remains of one of Europe’s largest ever land-based hunters: a dinosaur that...

Europe’s hottest summers

Sweltering temperatures in Spain and France spotlight the increasing frequency of heatwaves in Europe. In just over two decades, the continent has experienced its five...

Stretching sands as desertification spreads to Europe

Drought and desertification threatens to degrade land in Europe and around the world. The scale of the issue is sometimes under-appreciated, but drylands cover over...

Europe saw warmest summer on record in 2021

Scientists say last summer was the hottest summer on record in Europe, with temperatures a full 1 degree Celsius (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit) higher than...

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