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Earth observation, climate, geology, oceans, ecosystems and the living world.
Earth & Life
Woman finds 132-year-old message in a bottle on Australian beach, note matches ship's log perfectly
A German oceanographer's 1886 experiment in drift-tracking survived 132 years at sea to become the oldest message in a bottle ever recovered, its contents still legible and matching historical ship records.
Arctic town hits 38°C, shattering record for extreme heat above the Circle
Nearly all the world's silicon chips start with quartz from a tiny North Carolina town
Scientists map fungal networks spanning 110 quadrillion kilometres underground
Scientists count entire penguin colonies from space using guano stains
Hundreds of thousands of volunteers sorted millions of Serengeti wildlife photos
Amateur astronomer discovers ancient asteroid impact crater hidden in Quebec satellite imagery
Ribbon worm in lab tank confirmed as oldest ever at 30 years old
Earth's center of mass wanders millimetres each year with seasonal shifts
Earth was recycling ocean water into its mantle 3.1 billion years ago
Lights lure baby sea turtles away from ocean toward deadly roads
