Forest fires in Russia have so far burned an area larger than the size of Greece, according to Greenpeace Russia. On Monday, the environmental organization criticized government officials for their inaction in the region amid record heat waves. Using satellite data, Greenpeace Russia reported that approximately 19 million hectares, approximately …
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How did Earth’s tectonic plates form? You might think that this would be an easy question to answer, considering that we are now trying to pin down the details of when it happened, and if there is tectonic activity on the Moon. But our knowledge of how this planetary mechanism …
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Click here if you are having trouble viewing the slide show on a mobile device. Joey Chestnut did not need a crowd or his closest competitor. Instead, in one of the most unusual editions of one of the most distinctively American traditions, the San Jose native shot down his 1,000th …
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MIAMI – As the NBA seeks to resume its suspended season due to the coronavirus pandemic, there are now several confirmed cases of COVID-19 on the Miami Heat list. A source confirmed to Local 10 news that a third Heat player tested positive for the new coronavirus. The team has …
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Earth’s oceans simmer with heat trapped by increasing amounts of greenhouse gases. But a patch of water in the North Atlantic stubbornly resists the trend and actually drops the temperature. This ‘cold drop’ has been a topic of interest to climatologists since it was first seen in 2015. Unfortunately, the …
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