The latrine disaster in Erfurt
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Why Japan has issued an advisory for a possible megaquake in the country’s north
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Magnitude 7.6 earthquake hits northern Japan, tsunami warning issued
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USGS V1cam livestream of erupting Kīlauea volcano, Hawaii (west Halemaʻumaʻu crater)
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Volcanic eruption may have triggered Europe's deadly Black Death plague
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Hong Kong buildings blaze kills at least thirty-six people, hundreds missing
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Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low-likelihood, study finds
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Iran's president says capital must move from Tehran over ecological concerns
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How Iran is running out of water
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“The Edmund Fitzgerald - First divers on the Fitz”
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Iceland's volcanoes might have an unexpected new purpose – an architect duo want to harness molten lava to shape the construction of houses and cities of the future
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A tower on Billionaires' Row in New York City is full of cracks. Who's to blame? (gifted link)
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The Icelandic volcanic island of Surtsey emerged in the 1960s, and scientists say studying its development offers hope for damaged ecosystems worldwide
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How the Dutch deleted the sea... and got rich! | Map Men
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Nine volcanic eruptions since late 2023 have shaken Grindavík in Iceland, forcing residents to repeatedly evacuate – most have moved away, but some have stayed, hoping life can return to normal
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Blast at Tennessee munitions plant leaves eighteen missing, possibly dead
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Giant sinkhole in Chilean mining town haunts residents, three years on
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Human impacts of wildfires worsen even as total burned area declines
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Forecast accurately predicting an unusual monsoon season reached thirty-eight million farmers
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The battle for sand: murders, impunity and environmental destruction in the Dominican Republic
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The sinking of the Sleipner A offshore platform in 1991
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A mysterious rose survived weeks under water after Hurricane Katrina. Its origins are still unknown but fans are planting it across the US.
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How can England possibly be running out of water?
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Entire church to be transported across Kiruna in Sweden – landmark 113-year-old wooden building is at risk from subsidence and will be moved 5km on giant rolling platforms
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Climate change made a two-week-long heatwave in Norway, Sweden and Finland around 2°C hotter and at least ten times more likely, study says
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Photos show a Filipino couple walking down a flooded aisle on their wedding day
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Aerophobia is having a moment
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8.8 magnitude earthquake near Russia prompts tsunami alerts in Hawaii, Alaska and West Coast
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US federal government ends information delivery contract critical to hurricane forecasting
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Not every day that Father Christmas briefs his elves about the hazards of sunstroke, but this summer northern Finland has seen temperatures hover around 30°C for days on end
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Radio geeks reveal how to access crucial hurricane data after US Department of Defense cut it off
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The hidden engineering of floating bridges
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Tomorrowland EDM festival main stage destroyed by fire day before opening, but festival will go on
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Nebraska sues neighboring Colorado over how much water it’s drawing from the South Platte River
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Air India 787 crashes after takeoff in Ahmedabad, India
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Scientists estimate European heatwave caused 2,300 deaths last week
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Weather forecast is for extreme heat in Europe. Heat related deaths are expected.
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Two killed, one wounded in sniper ambush as Idaho firefighters come under siege from rifle fire
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An experiment in Lahaina, Maui, is providing prefabricated homes to those affected by the wildfires
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How sewage recycling works
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Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki volcano erupts
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One man's vision brought water back to a drought-ridden Ecuadorian town. He used a map, a myth and a pre-Incan lagoon.
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The Grenfell Tower fire: London’s high-rise scandal
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Survivors and families of those killed in an oil rig disaster forty-five years ago will finally get compensation from the Norwegian state after a close vote passed in the country's parliament
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The Lost Bus | Official teaser
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Millions of Californians will need to change how they landscape their homes
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Hollywood has left Los Angeles. For years, studios found it cheaper to shoot elsewhere. Post-industry-collapse, elsewhere is the only place they’ll shoot.
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Decades of searching and a chance discovery: Why finding Leadbeater’s possum in New South Wales is such big news
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Italy’s Mount Etna, Europe’s largest active volcano, spews plumes of ash
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Smoke to pour into the US as Canada wildfires force province’s largest evacuation in ‘living memory’
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