450-million-year-old fossil provides the missing link in jellyfish evolution
Soft-bodied animals almost never become fossils. Their bodies break down quickly and leave...
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Scientists create a safe and natural wash that strips pesticides off fruit and slows spoilage
Researchers have found that a new fruit wash strips away most surface pesticides...
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Many forests are not recovering after wildfires – California shows why
California’s forests are changing in ways that are hard to ignore. Fires are no longer rare...
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How Earth Day has evolved and what it means now in 2026
More than 50 years ago, millions of people took to the streets with a simple demand:...
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Coastal groundwater is disappearing in many regions worldwide
Groundwater stored near the world’s coastlines supports drinking water supplies for...
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Moringa seeds may help remove microplastics from drinking water
A tree better known for its nutritional value may also offer a simple way to...
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Plants are climbing higher across the Himalayas as the climate warms
The upper edge of continuous plant growth has moved higher across every Himalayan...
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Climbing plant uses a very rare scent to control exactly when and where its only allowed pollinator visits
Researchers have identified that a climbing vine called Smilax insularis controls its...
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Remote volcano wakes up after 700,000 years of dormant silence
A volcano in southeastern Iran has nudged upward by about 3.5 inches (9 centimeters)...
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Ice Age girl reveals earliest known genetic disorder
A girl buried in Italy more than 12,000 years ago has become the earliest person...
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Earth’s ocean temperatures reached all-time high levels in 2025, with no end in sight
Air temperatures grab the headlines, but most of the planet’s extra heat ends up somewhere else –...
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Scientists issue a disturbing warning over ‘Day Zero Drought’ timelines in the US and globally
Water security is quickly becoming an existential threat for most nations on Earth,...
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Saving birds doesn’t require giant forests – nearby trees matter more
What if saving birds does not always require huge forests? What if a few trees in the right...
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Shell-cracking turtles defied the odds of extinction
A new study has found that turtles with jaws strong enough to crack open snails and clams...
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Invasive plants are moving into new regions as the climate changes
Plants around the world are slowly changing, and most people do not notice it. New...
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Earth’s Magnetic Field: Origin, Structure, and Impact on Humanity
Earth’s magnetic field, also known as the geomagnetic field, is a powerful, vital...
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Microplastics are raining down and building up in forests worldwide
Tiny plastic particles have turned up almost everywhere scientists look. They have been...
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World Frog Day 2026: The fight to save amphibians
Frogs may go largely unnoticed in our daily lives, but they are constantly at...
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Satellites watch as a 650-foot mega-tsunami sends seismic waves around the world for nine days
For years, Greenland’s rugged eastern coast sat in near silence. Then, in an instant, seismic...
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Seawater experiment shows new path for removing carbon dioxide
Researchers report that adding sodium hydroxide to seawater triggered measurable uptake of...
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