Living microbes discovered in Earth's driest desert with new separation technique
The Atacama Desert, which runs along the Pacific Coast in Chile, is the driest place on the planet and, largely because of ...
'The nastiest soils on Earth' are getting recognized as a bigger problem
Acid sulfate soils are characterized by their orange hue and their tendency to kill surrounding vegetation and fish. Anders ...
Human composting offers an environmentally friendly alternative to burial and cremation. Here's how it works.
Tom Harries, CEO and founder of Earth Funeral, explains the process of being turned into soil in about 30 days — and how your ...
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Living microbes discovered in Earth’s driest desert
A new technique allows researchers to separate external and internal DNA to identify microbes colonizing the hostile environment of the Atacama Desert.
Diving deep into life: Discovering a new planet
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Why planting trees in the Arctic is not a good climate solution
As climate change enables the planting of trees further north, initiatives to establish forests in Arctic regions have gained ...
Mysterious craters exploded in Siberia’s permafrost. Scientists say they now know why
A decade ago, a mysterious crater appeared in the Russian Arctic, forming a huge jagged hole hundreds of feet wide. Since ...
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The quest to figure out farming on Mars
Earth’s soil is wet and wiggly ... Residents of Love Canal, a neighborhood in the city of Niagara Falls, New York, reported abnormally high rates of leukemia markers and birth defects before ...
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Research uses lasers to detect landmines, underground objects
Enough landmines are buried underground worldwide to circle Earth twice at the equator, but the identification and removal of these explosives is costly and time-consuming. New research could help ...