The largest individual structure humanity has ever created is not a skyscraper, a pyramid or even the Great Wall of China: it’s a landfill. Fresh Kills landfill on Staten Island absorbed hundreds of millions of tonnes of New York’s rubbish in its 53-year life. The site closed in 2001, but at
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Verdant hills stretch into the distance at Hell’s Gate National Park, where zebras, buffalos, antelopes, baboons and other wildlife roam an idyllic landscape of forests, gorges and grassy volcanoes near the shores of Lake Naivasha. (more…)
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Drilling will start this week at what could become the UK's first deep geothermal electricity plant in Cornwall. (more…)
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The warning from the world's top climate scientists that carbon dioxide (CO2) will need to be removed from the atmosphere to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees (more…)
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An interactive map developed by Aalto University has mapped the shocking water shortage the world currently faces. (more…)
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The National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), in partnership with Hybrid Group, a Nigerian firm involved in provision of safety, project management and allied services, has called on Nigerians to be more safety conscious in order to prevent and reduce the risk of disasters in the country. (more…)
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The nation needs to ramp up efforts to suck heat-trapping gases out of the air to fight climate change, a new U.S. report said. (more…)
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Mass extinction events spanning two global warming periods in Earth’s history wiped out huge amounts of ocean life and destroyed reef ecosystems, a new study warns. (more…)
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Scientists have finally confirmed the theory that Earth has a solid core after uncertainty lingered over the topic for more than 80 years. (more…)
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Take a look at a world map and you’re likely to think that North America and Russia are both larger than Africa. (more…)
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