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Welcome to Hawaii's 'plastic beach', one of the world's dirtiest places. Hawaii has long evoked images of a Pacific paradise but Kamilo Beach, located on the Big Island, presents a starkly different reality. Hawaii??s efforts to push back on rampant plastics consumption have been among the boldest in the country. ?? Liz Barney / Guardian / eyevine Contact eyevine for more information about using this image: T: +44 (0) 20 8709 8709 E: info@eyevine.com http://www.eyevine.com

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In millions of years, what could a future civilisation learn about us?

Millions of years after humans vanish, fossil clues showing how we lived and dominated the planet may confuse future civilisations, says a new book by Sarah Gabbott and Jan Zalasiewicz

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Clever chemistry can make rocks absorb CO2 much more quickly

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Antarctic daily sea ice Jan 1st 2024

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Earth wouldn’t have ice caps without eroding rocks and quiet volcanoes

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A ridge in south-east Sicily that was eroded by the megaflood

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Sicily's hills were 40 metres below water during Earth's megaflood

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Mars may have a solid inner core like Earth does

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The town of Colonnata (Italy), which lies beneath marble quarries in the Apuan Alps. Colonnata is famous for the lard produced there, and for being inhabited by marble quarrymen.

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Incredible images tell the tale of the world’s most prized marble

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Are vast amounts of hydrogen fuel hidden below Earth's surface?

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MILTON, ON - APRIL 13: Professor Tim Patterson of Carleton University transports a frozen core sample at Crawford Lake on April 13, 2023 in Milton, Ontario. Patterson is a member of the Anthropocene Working Group and has been conducting research based on frozen core samples from the lake. He is among a group of scientists who think we have entered a new geological epoch. (Photo by Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

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The Anthropocene was officially spurned in 2024, but the idea lives on

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Stalagmites at Oregon Caves National Monument

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What ancient stalagmites can tell us about life on a hotter Earth

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Eruption of Mauna Loa on 8 December 2022

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Next Mauna Loa eruption could be forecast months in advance

An analysis of crystals in lava from the 2022 eruption of Mauna Loa has revealed an unknown magma reservoir within the volcano, which could extend forecasts of eruptions from minutes to months

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Living microbes found deep inside 2-billion-year-old rock

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How 'river piracy' made Mount Everest grow even taller

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Cave diver explores a Mexican sinkhole in atmospheric photograph

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Earthquakes may explain how huge gold nuggets form in quartz rock

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