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January 11, 2025
Biologists from Michigan Tech University have been studying the vulnerable wolf population on a secluded island in Lake Superior every winter since 1958. However, due to unforeseen circumstances, this year’s planned seven-week survey had to be ended after only two weeks. The team studying the wolves uses a ski plane to land on the frozen
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WASHINGTON (AP) — For the ninth straight month, Earth has obliterated global heat records — with February, the winter as a whole and the world’s oceans setting new high-temperature marks, according to the European Union climate agency Copernicus. The most recent record-breaking event in this ongoing rise in temperature due to climate change involves sea
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A recent study published in the journal Nature suggests that stone tools unearthed in western Ukraine could possibly be the earliest indication of human occupation in Europe. Archaeologists dug up chipped stones made from volcanic rock in Korolevo during the 1970s. They utilized innovative techniques to determine that the sedimentary rock layers surrounding the tools
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Mexico City is currently experiencing severe drought and water scarcity, to the extent that a rainwater catchment basin caught fire and burned 75 acres of dried-out vegetation on Tuesday. The Mexico City fire department reported that the fire was contained by late afternoon, but images released by the department depicted a layer of smoke still
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The number of Mexican gray wolves in the southwestern United States is increasing, but conservation organizations are expressing concern about the ongoing issue of inbreeding and its impact on the genetic diversity of this endangered species, which poses a threat to their ultimate survival. On Tuesday, officials from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and
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Scientists have verified the existence of a whale near New England that had become extinct in the Atlantic Ocean 200 years ago. This is an exhilarating revelation, but it also highlights the effects of climate change on marine creatures. On March 1, a team from the New England Aquarium in Boston discovered a grey whale
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On April 8, people all over North America will have the chance to witness a total solar eclipse. With only a limited time left, it’s time to decide where you’ll be to experience the darkened skies – whether on land, sea, or air. Individuals residing within the 115-mile-wide (185-kilometer-wide) area of complete darkness may simply
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — New research suggests there’s less oxygen on the icy surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa than thought — and that could affect what if any life might be lurking in the moon’s underground ocean. Scientists believe that there could be microbes thriving in the ocean beneath Europa’s icy surface, even in
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Four astronauts departed for the International Space Station on Sunday to supervise the arrival of two new spacecrafts during their six-month assignment. A Falcon rocket from SpaceX took off at Kennedy Space Center, transporting NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, along with Russian cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin. The astronauts are scheduled to arrive
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A volcano on a deserted island in the Galapagos Islands has recently started erupting, illuminating the dark sky as molten lava flows down the slopes and heads towards the ocean. The La Cumbre volcano, located on Fernandina island, began its eruption on Saturday around midnight, which experts from Ecuador’s Geophysical Institute believe could be its
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