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In Alaska, a region devoid of any volcanoes might be concealing a surprising geological phenomenon beneath its surface. Researchers have recently shed light on the potential...
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Studies have reported widespread declines in terrestrial insect abundances in recent years1–4, but trends in other biodiversity metrics are less clear-cut5–7. Here we examined long-term trends in 923 terrestrial insect assemblages monitored in 106 studies, and found concomitant declines in abundance and species richness. For studies that were resolved to species level (551 sites in 57 studies), we observed a decline in the number of initially abundant species through time, but not in the number of very rare species. At the population level, we found that species that were most abun...
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A pioneering new earthquake analysis has shed new light on the potential for large tsunamis - including one 28 metres tall - sweeping into our coastlines....
Some modern earthquakes could be aftershocks created as a result of massive quakes that struck in the 1800s.