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Gold hydrogen: Is there a huge reserve of clean fuel in Earth's crust?

Geologists think there may be vast natural stores of hidden hydrogen gas within Earth, but no one is sure how much there is or how much could be recovered for energy

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Watch how the continents have shifted over the past 100 million years

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Reconstruction of Earth's surface 90 million years ago, showing North America, Europe and Africa fragmented

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Some of the stunning winners of the Sony World Photography Awards

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Launching a huge dust cloud from the moon could ease global warming

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Magnificent photograph captures eruption of Fagradalsfjall volcano

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Magnificent photograph captures eruption of Fagradalsfjall volcano

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TOPSHOT - People search for survivors in Diyarbakir, on February 6, 2023, after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country's south-east. - At least 284 people died in Turkey and more than 2,300 people were injured in one of Turkey's biggest quakes in at least a century, as search and rescue work continue in several major cities. (Photo by ILYAS AKENGIN / AFP) (Photo by ILYAS AKENGIN/AFP via Getty Images)

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Two major earthquakes cause devastation across Turkey and Syria

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An aerial shot of Li River and Mashan Mountain in Yangshuo County, Guilin

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Earth's 'geological thermostat' is too slow to prevent climate change

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https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/mineral-laden-water-emerging-hydrothermal-vent Mineral-laden water emerging from a hydrothermal vent on the Niua underwater volcano in the Lau Basin, southwest Pacific Ocean. As the water cools, minerals precipitate to form tower-like ?chimneys.? Image taken during 2016 cruise ?Virtual Vents.?

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The mysterious underwater avalanches reshaping Earth

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Earthquakes suggest Earth's core has started spinning more slowly

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How a planet became a character in my new novel

My new novel The Terraformers explores what you might include - and leave out - if you were building an Earth-like planet. I spoke to some scientists to see what might work, says Annalee Newitz

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Launching vehicle loaded with an ORCA type detection unit KM3NeT - LOM-on-anchor.jpg KM3NeT the next generation neutrino telescopes KM3NeT is a research infrastructure housing the next generation neutrino telescopes. Once completed, the telescopes will have detector volumes between megaton and several cubic kilometres of clear sea water. Located in the deepest seas of the Mediterranean, KM3NeT will open a new window on our Universe, but also contribute to the research of the properties of the elusive neutrino particles. With the ARCA telescope, KM3NeT scientists will search for neutrinos from distant astrophysical sources such as supernovae, gamma ray bursters or colliding stars. The ORCA telescope is the instrument for KM3NeT scientists studying neutrino properties exploiting neutrinos generated in the Earth's atmosphere. Arrays of thousands of optical sensors will detect the faint light in the deep sea from charged particles originating from collisions of the neutrinos and the Earth. The facility will also house instrumentation for Earth and Sea sciences for long-term and on-line monitoring of the deep sea environment and the sea bottom at depth of several kilometers.

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Help in the hunt for neutrinos while exploring deep-sea ecosystems

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In 2023, we have many opportunities to build a better future

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Protesters hold placards during a "Look up" march, to call on the presidential candidates to take into account the climate emergency, which protesters say is largely absent from the election campaign, less than two weeks after a warning from UN climate experts and a month before the presidential election, in Paris on March 12, 2022. - According to the organisers, nearly 150 marches are expected to take place across France, supported by NGOs, associations or other groups. The protests are dubbed "Look up" in reference to the film "Don't look up", a metaphor for the climate crisis that has been a hit on Netflix. (Photo by Alain JOCARD / AFP) (Photo by ALAIN JOCARD/AFP via Getty Images)

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2022: The year of rolling polycrisis, but with a few glimmers of hope

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HUNGA TONGA-HUNGA HA'APAI, TONGA ??? DECEMBER 24, 2021: In this image 2. of a series created on January 19, 2022, Maxar overview satellite imagery shows the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano on December 24, 2021, before the eruption on January 14th , 2022 in Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai Islands, Tonga. (Photo by Maxar via Getty Images)

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Tonga volcano eruption was the most explosive of the 21st century

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