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Mapping mine water heat
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Mapping mine water heat

30 June 2026

A quarter of all properties across Great Britian sit above an abandoned coalfield. The water in these flooded old coal mines could potentially be used...

Seafloor clues to Snowball Earth
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Seafloor clues to Snowball Earth

3 June 2026

The Cryogenian Period (720–635 million years ago) witnessed two “Snowball Earth” glaciations—extreme global ice ages thought to represent the largest...

Ocean cost of carbon
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Ocean cost of carbon

11 March 2026

The economic toll of climate change has been substantially underestimated, according to new research, because a critical component has been overlooked:...

Increasing road resilience
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Increasing road resilience

28 February 2024

Roads in the Fenlands area of south Lincolnshire are of national importance, providing vital transport routes for the transfer of agricultural products...

Volcanic connections
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Volcanic connections

28 February 2024

Constraining the subsurface behaviour of magma using surface observations is notoriously difficult. At oceanic hotspots, the crust is relatively thin,...

Metals from asteroids
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Metals from asteroids

1 December 2023

Asteroids are often portrayed as interstellar treasure troves of precious metals. Asteroid mining may provide a valuable source of key metals for use on...

Microplastic sediment sinks
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Microplastic sediment sinks

30 November 2023

Microplastics and their potential impacts on life on Earth have been the subject of increasing focus in recent years. Of particular interest are the ‘missing’...

Volcanic bouncing bombs
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Volcanic bouncing bombs

30 November 2023

The growing human presence near active volcanoes has raised concerns about volcanic hazards. Currently, more than one billion people live within a 100...

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