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California has lost 60% of its coastal sand dunes since the mid-1800s, a new study shows.

In addition to protecting coastal communities from flooding, dunes support a wide range of plants and animals....

Invented more than 150 years ago, plastic was initially developed as a means to conserve natural resources such as ivory by acting as a substitute. Today, after humanity has

Two powerful earthquakes hit Venezuela within less than a minute on the evening of 24 June, causing widespread...

When governments, nongovernmental organizations, or corporations clear forests, they often commit to net zero deforestation goals, meaning that they will plant an equivalent area of forest elsewhere to offset the effects of what they cut.

But a new study published in

Even among the oddball moons of Neptune, Nereid is an oddball. It follows a long elliptical orbit, with its most distant point nearly 7 times farther than its closest approach. And while Nereid is small, it’s still notably larger and presumably more massive than all but two of Neptune’s 15 other known moons.

Unfortunately, learning more about Nereid and the rest of...