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River in northern Alaska turns orange due to rising heavy metal pollution | World News

A river in northern Alaska made the scientific community focus on it recently after parts of its waterway had changed their colour dramatically, a fact that led to the establishment that the source was beneath the ground, not just a temporary surface change. The change in colour has been connected to the fact that the […]

NASA warns of a growing South Atlantic Anomaly weakening Earth’s magnetic shield |

Earth’s magnetic field acts like a protective cocoon, shielding the planet from harmful charged particles racing in from the Sun and deep space. But over the South Atlantic, that shield has developed an unusually weak patch known as the South Atlantic Anomaly. Recent observations show that this anomaly is not only expanding but also shifting, […]

Magnitude 7.5 earthquake strikes Drake Passage; no tsunami threat issued

A strong earthquake with a revised magnitude of 7.5 struck the Drake Passage on Thursday, shaking the remote region between South America and Antarctica but posing no widespread tsunami threat, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.Initially reported as an 8.0 magnitude event, the US Geological Survey (USGS) later downgraded the quake and confirmed it […]