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The pressure on Venus's surface is about 90 times that of Earth, equivalent to being deep in the ocean, making it ...

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With each passing night as, the crescent slowly widens and it begins to appear against a progressively darker background, its ...

Using traditional crossbreeding, researchers have created a new strain of rice that produces much less methane, a potent ...

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A list of the top 10 global regions where natural or anthropogenic sources emit methane on a continuous, "persistent" basis ...

Explore the debate on climate change causes: human activities vs. natural variability. Discover the latest data, scientific ...

A new study finds that the rate of ocean warming has more than quadrupled over the past 40 years — and pinpoints why.

My friend Sammy turned around at his desk and grinned at me. He held out his phone and waved it in front of my face, the universal sign for “Look at this!” It was a video of a capybara in a ...