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A group of climate experts, including Prof James Hansen, claim recent heat waves and extreme summers can be attributed to […]
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An eruption occurred at Tongariro at approximately 11:50 pm last night, (Monday August 6). GNS Science has issued an ash […]
Continue readingCuriosity rover landing, search for life on Mars – experts respond
UPDATED: NASA’s latest Mars rover, Curiosity, is making its final approach to the Red Planet, due to touch down today […]
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Devices installed in squid trawling nets to prevent sea lion bycatch lack evidence that they actually prevent sea lion deaths, […]
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