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How to extinguish a fifty year old fire

For many years, the Derweze Crater in Turkmenistan has been on fire. Now it needs to be deleted, but that's not so simple.

The world's fields are filled with supertoxins.

Neonicotinoids are prohibited in open spaces in the EU. However, the insecticides still cause issues. Also because the super poisons are being shipped to the global South to meet our demand for cheap meat.

The oldest known DNA has been deciphered

In sediments from Northern Greenland, paleogenists have found gene fragments that are two million years old. They recreated an entire prehistoric ecosystem, including an unexpected species, using the oldest environmental DNA known to science.

In 2022, Ozonloch shrank.

The Montreal Protocol to preserve the ozone layer is still in effect: The ozone hole over the south pole was once again somewhat smaller in 2022.

The nation of honey and milk

Technically, humans have been utilizing the air's supply of nitrogen for about a century. There has likely never been as much biologically available nitrogen in the atmosphere as there is right now, with grave consequences not just for the planet's metabolism.

Why the Nyiragongo suddenly spat lava

The Nyiragongo is regarded as Africa's most dangerous volcano. The mountain didn't exhibit any typical symptoms during the 2021 outbreak. Apparently due to the unnoticed creation of a sizable underground magmareservoir.

Natural disasters might be less powerful

According to a UN study, if people would better prepare, natural disasters would be easier to manage. Moreover, disasters frequently share the same causes.

40% of all men manage to avoid women

Compared to women, men have a shorter life expectancy. The data, however, prevents us from being able to pinpoint exactly how the sexes differ. There should be another number.

Equally round brains despite different skull shapes

The skull of the early Homo sapiens was shaped differently than the head of today's people. Consequently, the brain ought to be different. However, this most likely does not apply.

Killt C14 method for CO2 emissions

Carbon isotopes can be used to determine the age of a discovery. However, as more CO2 is released into the atmosphere, the 14C dating may soon be useless.

What nature is worth

The IPBES calls for more consideration of the immaterial values of nature in political decisions. These are far too frequently disregarded in favor of economic expansion and profit.

Overlooked and undervalued

Science's currency is publications. But compared to men, women are less frequently identified as the authors of research articles. Frequently, your contribution is just embezzled.

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