Gold mining in the Amazon removes so much water from the ground that it's too hot and dry for seedlings to survive.

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Mini sand dunes form from bouncing sand on hard surfaces. A new model explains their growth on both Earth and Mars. A new ...

A new United Nations report has confirmed what many farmers and climate scientists have feared for years: the Earth is drying ...

Known as the Sargasso Sea, sailors have crossed it for centuries, but few notice the border when they slip into glassy indigo ...

A recent study shows that land in South Africa is rising. This rise links to drought and water loss. Earlier, seismic ...

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The footprints of a reptile-like creature appear to have been laid down around 356 million years ago, pushing back the ...

If you are sneezing this spring, you are not alone. Every year, plants release billions of pollen grains into the air, specks ...

Beginning in the 1960s, Soviet vehicles left in Earth’s orbit were each given the Cosmos name ... Sorge emphasized that if Cosmos 482 hits dry land, it’s crucial that bystanders do not attempt to ...

Life thrives far beneath the surface, in places once thought too harsh for survival. In the shadows of Earth’s crust, tiny ...