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Hawaiian Observatory Clocks Highest Annual Jump in Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Since Its Records Began 67 Years Ago
The change measured by the Mauna Loa Observatory was likely driven by wildfires and continued burning of fossil fuels, ...
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Researchers Have Found an Inca Tunnel Beneath the Peruvian City of Cusco
It’s long been rumored that a network of old, underground tunnels lies beneath Cusco, Peru, the capital of the ancient Incan ...
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President Trump Orders the U.S. to Exit the World Health Organization and Paris Climate Agreement on His First Day in Office
President Donald Trump signed a slew of executive orders on the first day of his second term in office on Monday, and among ...
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A Los Angeles Photographer Captures the Devastating Fires Threatening His Beloved Community
Ivan Kashinsky has traveled the world for Smithsonian magazine, but when disaster struck earlier this month, he rushed home ...
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Ivan Kashinsky
Based in Los Angeles, Ivan Kashinsky is a documentary photographer who has worked extensively in Latin America. He has worked ...
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Bob Dylan’s Drafts of ‘Mr. Tambourine Man’ Lyrics Sell for $508,000 at Auction
The rare papers were part of a larger collection from rock journalist Al Aronowitz, a close friend of Dylan’s in the 1960s ...
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Giant, Mysterious Spires Ruled the Earth Long Before Trees Did. What Exactly Are These Odd-Looking Fossils?
For more than 150 years, scientists have debated whether Prototaxites—which stood roughly 24 feet tall and 3 feet wide—were an early lichen or fungus, like a “giant mushroom” ...