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These bizarre lights in the sky hint at a way to predict earthquakes

Semi-mythical "earthquake lights" may be accompanied by changes to Earth's magnetic field. Now researchers say these changes could be used to forecast major tremors

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Earthquake lights taken over Mt. Kimyo, Japan in 1968.

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World's first drilling project to seek natural hydrogen hits a snag

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A well for hydrogen production in Geneva, Nebraska

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Shiveluch volcano eruption in Russia smothers nearby villages in ash

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Alamy Live News. 2PM361B This handout photo released by the Head of the Ust-Kamchatsky municipal district Oleg Bondarenko on Tuesday, April 11, 2023, shows volcanic ash covering the ground in Ust-Kamchatsky district after the Shiveluch volcano's eruption on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russian far east. Shiveluch, one of Russia's most active volcanoes, erupted Tuesday, spewing clouds of ash 20 kilometers into the sky and covering broad areas with ash. (The Head of the Ust-Kamchatsky municipal district Oleg Bondarenko via AP) This is an Alamy Live News image and may not be part of your current Alamy deal . If you are unsure, please contact our sales team to check.
The ice sheet near Pituffik, Greenland

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Next 10,000 years of Greenland ice sheet could be decided this century

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Oxygen on early Earth may have come from quartz crushed by earthquakes

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The evidence was found in a group of sedimentary and volcanic rocks in western Australia

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Earliest evidence of a meteorite hitting Earth found in Australia

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Gold hydrogen: Is there a huge reserve of clean fuel in Earth's crust?

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Reconstruction of Earth's surface 90 million years ago, showing North America, Europe and Africa fragmented

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Watch how the continents have shifted over the past 100 million years

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A red-eyed tree frog in its Costa Rican rainforest home

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Some of the stunning winners of the Sony World Photography Awards

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Launching a huge dust cloud from the moon could ease global warming

Launching a million tonnes of moon dust around Earth could dim sunlight across our planet by 1.8 per cent. This would reduce the global temperature, but whether it would be worth the resources, and the risks involved in such a strategy, are unclear

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Magnificent photograph captures eruption of Fagradalsfjall volcano

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Two major earthquakes cause devastation across Turkey and Syria

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Earth's 'geological thermostat' is too slow to prevent climate change

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The mysterious underwater avalanches reshaping Earth

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