How much damage could possible Iceland volcano eruption cause?
A town has been evacuated in southwestern Iceland after hundreds of earthquakes caused by shifting underground magma sparked fears of a full-blown volcanic eruption.
A town has been evacuated in southwestern Iceland after hundreds of earthquakes caused by shifting underground magma sparked fears of a full-blown volcanic eruption.
Environment
Nov 16, 2023
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Thousands of scientists who work for California began a rolling three-day strike Wednesday—the first walkout by a state civil service union.
Other
Nov 16, 2023
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When armed conflict breaks out, we first focus on the people affected. But the suffering from war doesn't stop when the fighting does. War trashes the environment. Artillery strikes, rockets and landmines release pollutants, ...
Environment
Nov 14, 2023
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From Christmas gifts to sheep, residents forced from an Icelandic town damaged by hundreds of earthquakes in recent days were able to briefly return on Monday to retrieve their belongings, authorities said.
Environment
Nov 14, 2023
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Political violence is eroding the overall health of democracy in the United States, according to more than 100 global scholars surveyed for a new report.
Social Sciences
Nov 7, 2023
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The results of Poland's parliamentary elections held on Oct. 15, 2023, have been lauded as a blow against populism—and they may also hold important lessons for reversing democracy's decline.
Political science
Nov 1, 2023
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Central American nations braced Monday for Tropical Storm Pilar, with authorities in El Salvador reporting two deaths linked to heavy rains and wind preceding the arrival of the tempest.
Environment
Oct 31, 2023
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Ireland has formally opened the new women's wing of the Limerick prison.
Social Sciences
Oct 20, 2023
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New research from the University of Liverpool's Department of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology, together with the Department of Classics and Ancient History, University of Warwick, has used gold impurities in silver coins ...
Archaeology
Oct 16, 2023
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First came the darkening skies, then the crescent-shaped shadows on the ground, and finally an eruption of cheers by crowds that gathered Saturday along the narrow path of a rare "ring of fire" eclipse of the sun.
Space Exploration
Oct 14, 2023
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