Cloud seeding, flash floods, and a thirsty city: The UAE’s fragile relationship with rain
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The World Has Five Oceans, Not Four – Discover The Latest One
Time to refresh your geography: Earth actually has five oceans, not four, as many of us were taught.…
These devices harvest drinking water from air even in the planet’s driest places. Critics say they’re an expensive distraction
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It lives in the ice — Strange ‘glass-made’ creature emerges from a collapsed iceberg
There are more creatures living in the deep seas than those found “close” to the surface. Some are…
How Climate Change Is Threatening Summer Tours and Festivals
In late July, Willie Nelson was onstage during his set on the Outlaw Music Festival tour in Raleigh,…
‘We have to act really fast’
A new study indicates that the collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation — which would be a…
Vast Subterranean Ocean Discovered 700 Kilometers Below Earth’s Surface Astounds Scientists
Just when you thought planet Earth couldn’t get any more mysterious, along comes a finding that would make…
Why some animals become immortalized in stone as fossils
Most of what we learn about ancient animals comes from hard parts – shells, bones, and sometimes soft…
‘There will be no such thing as … waste’
Twenty-one-year-old Julian Brown wants to get rid of all the plastic waste. According to The Root, he has…
Legal capture of endangered manta ray sparks bipartisan outrage in Florida | Florida
Florida authorities have agreed to review the issuing of special permits allowing companies to capture endangered creatures to…
A new grid is born — 1,000 km of lines to end gas and petrol across one continent
Within the central and south Pacific Ocean is a vast geographical region with the greatest stretch of sea…
Where do wind turbines go to die? These scientists have a plan
It is supposedly the cleanest of green technologies — but wind power has a dirty secret. When turbines…