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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...

Dark matter: Our review suggests it’s time to ditch it in favor of a new theory of gravity

We can model the motions of planets in the Solar System quite accurately using Newton's laws of physics. But in the early 1970s, scientists...

Tonga volcano eruption was among the most powerful ever observed, triggering atmospheric gravity waves

The eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai submarine volcano in January 2022 was one of the most explosive volcanic events of the modern era,...

Scientists describe a gravity telescope that could image exoplanets

In the time since the first exoplanet was discovered in 1992, astronomers have detected more than 5,000 planets orbiting other stars. But when astronomers...

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