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NASA’s New Space Laser Will Track Earth’s Vanishing Ice
On September 15, NASA will launch a laser 499km above the Earth to scan our planet’s ice sheets like never before, recording changes in the elevation of these frozen landscapes down to the width of a pencil.
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A Fight Over Killing Bobcats Is Raging Across The US Midwest
This past autumn, Ohio found itself at the epicentre of a fight over a long-lost predator that’s quietly making inroads across the US Midwest: the bobcat.
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Australia Is Bracing For An ‘Insane Fire Season’
Australia is getting a head start on what looks to be an incredibly brutal year of bushfires.
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What Ancient Maya Forests Can Tell Us About Our Future
More than 3,000 years ago, the ancient Maya spread across the Yucatán Peninsula and neighbouring areas, clearing rainforest for agriculture and cities as they went. Though their civilisation mysteriously collapsed around the ninth century, it left an indelible mark on the region’s tropical rainforests, one that presents a warning to people clear-cutting the tropics today.