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geology

Earth

Earthquakes could be an overlooked source of underground hydrogen fuel

Laboratory measurements of crushed quartz suggest earthquakes generate huge volumes of hydrogen underground, a potential source of energy for life below the surface – and people above it

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Welcome to Hawaii's 'plastic beach', one of the world's dirtiest places. Hawaii has long evoked images of a Pacific paradise but Kamilo Beach, located on the Big Island, presents a starkly different reality. Hawaii??s efforts to push back on rampant plastics consumption have been among the boldest in the country. ?? Liz Barney / Guardian / eyevine Contact eyevine for more information about using this image: T: +44 (0) 20 8709 8709 E: info@eyevine.com http://www.eyevine.com

Earth

In millions of years, what could a future civilisation learn about us?

Culture

Earth

Clever chemistry can make rocks absorb CO2 much more quickly

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Antarctic daily sea ice Jan 1st 2024

Earth

Earth wouldn’t have ice caps without eroding rocks and quiet volcanoes

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A ridge in south-east Sicily that was eroded by the megaflood

Environment

Sicily's hills were 40 metres below water during Earth's megaflood

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Space

Mars may have a solid inner core like Earth does

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The town of Colonnata (Italy), which lies beneath marble quarries in the Apuan Alps. Colonnata is famous for the lard produced there, and for being inhabited by marble quarrymen.

Earth

Incredible images tell the tale of the world’s most prized marble

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Environment

Are vast amounts of hydrogen fuel hidden below Earth's surface?

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MILTON, ON - APRIL 13: Professor Tim Patterson of Carleton University transports a frozen core sample at Crawford Lake on April 13, 2023 in Milton, Ontario. Patterson is a member of the Anthropocene Working Group and has been conducting research based on frozen core samples from the lake. He is among a group of scientists who think we have entered a new geological epoch. (Photo by Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Earth

The Anthropocene was officially spurned in 2024, but the idea lives on

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Stalagmites at Oregon Caves National Monument

Earth

What ancient stalagmites can tell us about life on a hotter Earth

Wildfires are already changing as a result of climate change but we don’t know what will happen as our planet gets even warmer. The answer could be hidden underground

Features

Earth

Next Mauna Loa eruption could be forecast months in advance

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Life

Living microbes found deep inside 2-billion-year-old rock

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Earth

How 'river piracy' made Mount Everest grow even taller

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Earth

Cave diver explores a Mexican sinkhole in atmospheric photograph

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