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Giant boulder on clifftop in Tonga was carried by a 50-metre-high wave

A huge tsunami hit a cliff in Tonga 7000 years ago and carried a 1200-tonne boulder 200 metres inland, making it the biggest wave-lifted boulder ever found on a cliff

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How buried cables are revealing Earth’s interior in incredible detail

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How buried cables are revealing Earth’s interior in incredible detail

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Earthquakes could be an overlooked source of underground hydrogen fuel

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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?

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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?

Geologists estimate Earth contains several trillion tonnes of natural hydrogen that could be used as a clean fuel, but a global search for large reserves hasn’t delivered so far

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

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

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Next Mauna Loa eruption could be forecast months in advance

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

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