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Space

How worried should you be about an asteroid smashing into Earth?

The dinosaurs were wiped out by an asteroid, but does that mean we risk suffering the same fate - and should you be worried about the possibility? Leah Crane sets the matter straight

Analysis

THE END 2024 de Joshua Oppenheimer Tim McInnerny Michael Shannon George MacKay Tilda Swinton Bronagh Gallagher Lennie James.

Earth

Joshua Oppenheimer's The End is a superb musical set in the end times

Culture

Earth

Landslide rescuers to get help from rapid analysis of seismic data

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US scientists rebuild climate risk map deleted from government site

Environment

US scientists rebuild climate risk map deleted from government site

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2HAJ7KN This way to experience the impact - sign on the road to Meteor Crater, Northern Arizona, USA

Space

What preparing for an asteroid strike teaches us about climate change

Leader

If an asteroid were heading towards Earth, could you avert disaster?

Space

If an asteroid were heading towards Earth, could you avert disaster?

Features

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Health

Hospital hit by Hurricane Milton gets system to grab water from air

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Earth

Greenland landslide caused freak wave that shook Earth for nine days

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2XG090B This GOES-16 GeoColor satellite image taken at 4:16 p.m. EDT on Friday, July 5, 2024, and provided by NOAA, shows Hurricane Beryl over Mexico?s Yucatan Peninsula. Texas officials urged coastal residents to prepare as the storm moves toward the Gulf of Mexico. (NOAA via AP)

Environment

Hurricane forecasts are improving – but big misses are still possible

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Environment

Seaweed could save a billion people from famine after a nuclear war

A nuclear war could lead to food shortages due to soot blocking out the sun, but a model suggests seaweed farming could expand to meet up to 15 per cent of the food eaten by humans

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Earth

Huge earthquake shook Seattle 1100 years ago and it could happen again

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Environment

Climate change is turning snow to rain and raising risk of floods

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Environment

Ukraine Kakhovka dam explosion: Flooding is devastating wildlife

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Environment

Horn of Africa drought is set to become the region’s worst on record

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