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The polar vortex is weakening unusually early. Here’s what that could mean for the weather
High in the stratosphere miles above the North Pole, an atmospheric fortress of wind normally strengthens quietly throughout autumn. Right now, however, forecasters are watching it wobble weeks ahead of schedule—triggering warnings of a historic breakdown that could reshape weather patterns for the next two months. An Atmospheric Whirlpool Wobbling Ahead of Schedule The polar…
Permafrost Is Thawing From the Inside Out—and It’s Unleashing an Entirely New Kind of Landslide
From a helicopter flying over a remote part of Canada’s Northwest Territories, geologist Joseph Young saw something that puzzled him: hillside after hillside that appeared to be collapsing. The slopes weren’t just slipping. In the words he later shared with Science News, they were “just collapsing with landslides everywhere.” The strange pattern led his team…
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Archaeologists Found 120,000-Year-Old Human Footprints Where They Shouldn’t Be
Seven prints pressed into the mud of a long-vanished lake in Saudi Arabia are among the oldest traces of our species in Arabia, and they may belong to…
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Striking Photos Reveal the Legacy of Yellowstone’s Wolves—30 Years After Their Return
Early in the morning in Yellowstone’s Lamar Valley, visitors line up behind spotting scopes, hoping to catch sight of a wolf. Decades after these predators returned to the…
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Some Evidence Suggests Amelia Earhart Was Eaten by Crabs. The Twist: She Could Have Eaten Them to Survive.
One of the most discussed theories about the fate of aviator Amelia Earhart involves a remote Pacific island and its enormous crabs.…
The night-sky image so incredible the NZ man behind it has been accused of using AI
A New Zealand astrophotographer layered hundreds of real exposures into one image of a sky crowded with satellites, and thousands of viewers…
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