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Giant wildfires can create their own weather. Here's how.
Wildfires can generate tornado-like fire whirls and other "unpredictable and erratic" weather. An atmospheric scientist explains how.
Volcano in Tanzania with weirdest, runniest magma on Earth is sinking into the ground
Tanzania's outlandish Ol Doinyo Lengai volcano, the only volcano on Earth that is currently erupting carbonatite lava, has been sinking at a rate of 1.4 inches per year for the past decade.
Minerals evolve under pressure in the same way life does, researchers find
Researchers say they've discovered evidence for the recently proposed 'law of increasing functional information' by proving that minerals evolve as life does.
Salar de Uyuni: The world's largest salt desert and lithium reservoir surrounded by volcanoes
The Salar de Uyuni desert is famous for its gleaming surface waters and hexagonal salt crust patterns, but below this otherworldly landscape lie about 11 million tons of highly sought-after lithium.
World's largest iron ore deposits formed over 1 billion years ago in supercontinent breakup
Huge iron ore deposits in Western Australia's Hamersley Province formed when major tectonic events led to the breakup of supercontinent Columbia and to the amalgamation of Australia.
Never-before-seen shapes up to 1,300 feet long discovered beneath Antarctic ice
The unusual patterns, found beneath West Antarctica's Doston Ice Shelf, could help scientists to better understand how glaciers erode.
Continental collision 2.1 billion years ago may have sparked '1st attempt' at complex life on Earth
Researchers have laid out the case for complex life evolving 2.1 billion years ago, but not everyone is convinced it started so early.
Even trees 'hold their breath' to avoid harmful wildfire smoke, research finds
Trees don't like to breathe wildfire smoke, either.
