#Serbia promises clean-up of hydro reservoir

#Serbia promises clean-up of hydro reservoir

“#Serbia promises clean-up of hydro reservoir” POTPECKO LAKE, Serbia – Almost as far as the eye can see, trash spreads out over Serbia’s Potpecko Lake, lapping against the dam that crosses it. Built up over many years against a backdrop of rolling rural hills, the ocean of plastic now threatens to clog up the dam’s…

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#Russian divers hunt for ancient bones in frozen river

#Russian divers hunt for ancient bones in frozen river

“#Russian divers hunt for ancient bones in frozen river” Ancient shark teeth, bones of woolly rhinoceros, mammoths and other extinct animals – those are rare artifacts which attract Russian paleontologists to the ice-covered Tobol river some 1,242 miles east of Moscow. For almost two decades scientists have teamed up with divers for a bone hunt…

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#Reawakened Yellowstone geyser won’t predict the volcanic ‘big one’

#Reawakened Yellowstone geyser won’t predict the volcanic ‘big one’

“#Reawakened Yellowstone geyser won’t predict the volcanic ‘big one’” The famous Steamboat geyser in Yellowstone National Park won’t foretell a major volcanic eruption, according to scientists. The geyser in the Norris Geyser basin shoots water more than 300 feet into the air during its major eruptions. Steamboat, which is the world’s tallest active geyser, reawakened with prolific eruptions in…

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#More than 1.5B masks will pollute oceans this year: report

#More than 1.5B masks will pollute oceans this year: report

“#More than 1.5B masks will pollute oceans this year: report” More than 1.5 billion disposable face masks will wind up in the world’s oceans this year — polluting the water with tons of plastic and endangering marine wildlife, according to a Hong Kong-based environmental group. A report by OceansAsia cites a global market research report…

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#Antarctica rocked by 30,000 tremors in three months, Chilean scientists say

#Antarctica rocked by 30,000 tremors in three months, Chilean scientists say

“#Antarctica rocked by 30,000 tremors in three months, Chilean scientists say” SANTIAGO – More than 30,000 tremors have rocked Antarctica since the end of August, according to the University of Chile, a spike in seismic activity that has intrigued researchers who study the remote, snowbound continent. Scientists with the university’s National Seismological Center said the…

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#Scientists plan mission to iceberg drifting toward island

#Scientists plan mission to iceberg drifting toward island

“#Scientists plan mission to iceberg drifting toward island” A team of scientists is being sent to study the world’s biggest iceberg, which is potentially on a collision course with an island in the South Atlantic Ocean, according to reports. The “A68a” iceberg – which NASA estimates to be roughly the size of Delaware – broke from the Larsen C Ice…

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