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Scientists found a rhythmic mantle plume beneath Ethiopia is slowly tearing Africa apart - hinting at the birth of a new ...

Tourists and officials were startled by a hydrothermal explosion at Black Diamond Pool in July 2024. Geoscientists are working out how and why it occurred to better understand these hazardous events.

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THE word environment per se did not appear in international law until the latter part of the 20th century. Be that as it may, ...

An earthquake shook the Redding area early Friday morning. The quake, which struck just before 4 a.m., registered a magnitude ...

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A high-speed rail line, a joint venture under China's Belt and Road Initiative, is the first of its kind in Indonesia and has ...

SUNNYVALE — Apple has bought a big South Bay office campus for $350 million in a deal that means the tech titan has now spent ...