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Worst mass extinctions may have been caused by rising mountains

Life

Worst mass extinctions may have been caused by rising mountains

A pair of mass extinctions struck in quick succession just before the dinosaur era, and the birth of a mountain range in South Africa may have been partly to blame

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dinosaur

Life

Yorkshire's Jurassic World: David Attenborough opens new show

Culture

Earth had water even before the collision that made the moon

Space

Earth had water even before the collision that made the moon

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Weird Antarctic ice may explain how life endured on frozen Earth

Life

Weird Antarctic ice may explain how life endured on frozen Earth

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Mystery honeycombs in rock may be created by water and salt

Earth

Mystery honeycombs in rock may be created by water and salt

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sand

Earth

We all need to take our heads out of the sand

Leader

sand

Earth

World without sand: The race to save a precious resource

Features

Sound waves may be able to trigger earlier tsunami warnings

Physics

Sound waves may be able to trigger earlier tsunami warnings

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Wave of massive volcanoes created Earth's first supercontinent

Earth

Wave of massive volcanoes created Earth's first supercontinent

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Tsunami warning for US west coast after magnitude-7.9 earthquake

Humans

Tsunami warning for US west coast after magnitude-7.9 earthquake

A tsunami alert was issued for the US west coast, and then cancelled, after a major earthquake struck at sea off the coast of Alaska

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Earth

Mount Etna may not really be a ‘proper’ volcano at all

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Space

We may be able to see mountains and valleys on distant worlds

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Earth

Storm waves can move boulders heavier than the Statue of Liberty

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Earth

Otherworldly 'earth pyramids' make the Alps look alien

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