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Earthquakes suggest Earth's core has started spinning more slowly

Measurements of seismic waves travelling through Earth’s inner core indicate that its rotation may be slowing, switching its direction relative to the rest of the planet’s spin

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How a planet became a character in my new novel

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Help in the hunt for neutrinos while exploring deep-sea ecosystems

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Launching vehicle loaded with an ORCA type detection unit KM3NeT - LOM-on-anchor.jpg KM3NeT the next generation neutrino telescopes KM3NeT is a research infrastructure housing the next generation neutrino telescopes. Once completed, the telescopes will have detector volumes between megaton and several cubic kilometres of clear sea water. Located in the deepest seas of the Mediterranean, KM3NeT will open a new window on our Universe, but also contribute to the research of the properties of the elusive neutrino particles. With the ARCA telescope, KM3NeT scientists will search for neutrinos from distant astrophysical sources such as supernovae, gamma ray bursters or colliding stars. The ORCA telescope is the instrument for KM3NeT scientists studying neutrino properties exploiting neutrinos generated in the Earth's atmosphere. Arrays of thousands of optical sensors will detect the faint light in the deep sea from charged particles originating from collisions of the neutrinos and the Earth. The facility will also house instrumentation for Earth and Sea sciences for long-term and on-line monitoring of the deep sea environment and the sea bottom at depth of several kilometers.
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In 2023, we have many opportunities to build a better future

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Protesters hold placards during a "Look up" march, to call on the presidential candidates to take into account the climate emergency, which protesters say is largely absent from the election campaign, less than two weeks after a warning from UN climate experts and a month before the presidential election, in Paris on March 12, 2022. - According to the organisers, nearly 150 marches are expected to take place across France, supported by NGOs, associations or other groups. The protests are dubbed "Look up" in reference to the film "Don't look up", a metaphor for the climate crisis that has been a hit on Netflix. (Photo by Alain JOCARD / AFP) (Photo by ALAIN JOCARD/AFP via Getty Images)

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2022: The year of rolling polycrisis, but with a few glimmers of hope

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HUNGA TONGA-HUNGA HA'APAI, TONGA ??? DECEMBER 24, 2021: In this image 2. of a series created on January 19, 2022, Maxar overview satellite imagery shows the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano on December 24, 2021, before the eruption on January 14th , 2022 in Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai Islands, Tonga. (Photo by Maxar via Getty Images)

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Tonga volcano eruption was the most explosive of the 21st century

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Wintry scenes top Weather Photographer of the Year competition

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How well do you know your animal poo? Find out with this picture quiz

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How well do you know your animal poo? Find out with this picture quiz

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The Volcano review: Heartbreaking documentary relives Whakaari tragedy

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Marine sciences must cast off an imperial legacy of ocean exploitation

A century and a half after HMS Challenger embarked on the first global survey of the ocean, some ideas from the era still linger. They urgently need to be left behind, says Helen Scales

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Marine sciences must cast off an imperial legacy of ocean exploitation

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How did so many giant meat-eating dinosaurs co-exist in the Jurassic?

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Yellowstone supervolcano contains twice as much melted rock as thought

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Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano is erupting for the first time since 1984

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The Darkness Manifesto review: Why we need to turn out the lights

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