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In Germany, a clean energy shift is politics-as-usual
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Deep-sea black carbon comes from hydrothermal vents
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Villagers follow the geology to safer water in Bangladesh
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Reconciling theory with the reality of African heatwaves
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Geometry guided construction of earliest known temple, built 6,000 years before Stonehenge
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Extreme rainfall events cause top-heavy aquatic food webs
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