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Cave diver explores a Mexican sinkhole in atmospheric photograph

This claustrophobia-inducing image is taken from photographer Martin Broen's new book Light in the Underworld, a collection of shots from the Yucatán’s cenotes, or sinkholes

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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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A dramatic twist to the Gaia hypothesis

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2TDDHCE Bob Givehchi, right, and his son Daniel, 8, Toronto residents visiting Miami for the first time, walk past debris and palm trees blowing in gusty winds, at Matheson Hammock Park in Coral Gables, Fla., Friday, Dec. 15, 2023. It's beginning to look at lot like?hurricane season, at least across much of South Florida, where it's been windy and rainy for two days and the forecast predicts more of the same this busy holiday season weekend. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

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Part of the Atlantic is cooling at record speed and nobody knows why

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In the village of Tshabula, villagers search for cobalt and copper in the waste tailings dumped by the lorries of the Chinese company Commus, which extracts minerals from one of the town's largest open-cast mines.

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Dramatic images show the dark side of cobalt mining boom

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Record-breaking drill core reaches 1.2 kilometres into Earth's mantle

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Warner Bros handout film still: Twisters. (from_left)_Lily_(Sasha_Lane)_and_Tyler_(Glen_Powell),_in_Twisters

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New Scientist recommends Twisters – action sequel with added tornadoes

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Red-winged parrot (Aprosmictus erythropterus) natural pied mutant colour morph, landing in farmland to feed, Northern Territory, Australia.

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Ambitious story of how life shapes Earth ends superb trilogy

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Nature's Ribbon ? Winner ? Ammar Alsayed Ahmed, United Arab Emirates

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Mangrove forests celebrated in stunning photographs

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25 Jinyun Quarries ? DnA_Design and Architecture

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Epic images show old mines transformed into a library, lab and museum

Amazing images of an open-air library, underground lab and design museum show the reincarnation of dead mines, captured in a new book, 102 Things to Do With a Hole in the Ground

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Shock discovery reveals deep sea nodules are a source of oxygen

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What would Earth look like in 25 years? I asked the experts

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What would Earth look like in 25 years? I asked the experts

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HUNGA TONGA-HUNGA HA'APAI, TONGA ??? JANUARY 6, 2022: In this image 3. of a series created on January 19, 2022, Maxar overview satellite imagery shows the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano on January 6, 2022, before the eruption on January 14th , 2022 in Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai Islands, Tonga. (Photo by Maxar via Getty Images)

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Record amount of water from 2022 Tonga eruption is still in atmosphere

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Still from Dreams of the ravaged, a short documentary film about three young survivors of super typhoon Odette, a tropical cyclone that hit the Philippines in 2021

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Watch Philippines typhoon disaster film winner of Earth Photo 24 award

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