Lava Nears Iceland’s Blue Lagoon

Lava Nears Iceland’s Blue Lagoon

A tongue of lava from the eruption flowed into the parking lot of the geothermal spa.

Published Nov 27, 2024

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Human Fingerprints on an Ancient Landscape

Human Fingerprints on an Ancient Landscape

The Cretaceous sandstone of Libya’s Messak Settafet plateau shows signs of a modern oil field and Stone Age quarries and hunting sites.

Published Nov 26, 2024

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New View of the “City Under the Ice”

New View of the “City Under the Ice”

A novel radar image reveals structural elements of Camp Century, an abandoned U.S. military base buried within the Greenland Ice Sheet.

Published Nov 25, 2024

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Windy City of Lights

Windy City of Lights

Orange, yellow, and white lights span Chicago at night, illuminating its gridded downtown and tracing its sinuous rivers and parks.

Published Nov 24, 2024

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Global Freshwater Abruptly Declines

Global Freshwater Abruptly Declines

The amount of freshwater stored on land and underground has plummeted in the past decade, which might indicate that Earth’s continents have entered a persistently drier phase.

Published Nov 23, 2024

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