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Zooplankton research highlights key role in marine carbon storage

Zooplankton are one of the most diverse and abundant groups of organisms on Earth.  New research outlines their essential role in marine carbon storage

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Zooplankton are one of the most diverse and abundant groups of multicellular organisms on Earth

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Kenneth Libbrecht: How to grow a perfect snow crystal

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Kenneth Libbrecht creates perfect designer snow crystals

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Remarkable images capture the diversity of Earth's ice formations

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Canton Z?rich, Switzerland Ice has formed around a waterfall near Gibswil. Icicles growing from the top, and ice formations growing from the bottom have coalesced into one continuous column. Page 16 + 17
The eye of Hurricane Beryl on 1 July

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The most powerful images of the natural world from 2024

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A single snow crystal in close up

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Supersized snowflakes: A scientific quest to make enormous snow

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MILTON, ON - APRIL 13: Professor Tim Patterson of Carleton University transports a frozen core sample at Crawford Lake on April 13, 2023 in Milton, Ontario. Patterson is a member of the Anthropocene Working Group and has been conducting research based on frozen core samples from the lake. He is among a group of scientists who think we have entered a new geological epoch. (Photo by Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

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The Anthropocene was officially spurned in 2024, but the idea lives on

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Phytoplankton data collected from a satellite

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Monitoring ocean chlorophyll could reduce impact of warming seas

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Why scientists scanned giant hailstones in a dentist's office

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Stalagmites at Oregon Caves National Monument

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What ancient stalagmites can tell us about life on a hotter Earth

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Ocean acidification is reaching deeper waters

Rising carbon dioxide levels are driving an increase in the ocean’s acidity – and this change is sinking deeper as emissions increase, putting even more marine organisms at risk

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A new volcanic eruption on Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula

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Iceland’s Reykjanes volcanic eruption captured in stunning drone shots

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We may have solved the mystery of what froze Earth's inner core

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Eruption of Mauna Loa on 8 December 2022

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Next Mauna Loa eruption could be forecast months in advance

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Endurance THE DISCOVERY OF SHACKLETON'S LEGENDARY SHIP By John Shears and Nico Vincent

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Striking image shows well-preserved wreck of Shackleton’s doomed ship

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