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The Andes are a key supplier of gold for the Amazon Basin

Timothy J. Killeen 15 Aug 2024

Ancient ocean water found in Himalayas could offer insights about evolution

Niladry Sarkar 22 Nov 2023

Philippine fern efficiently absorbs arsenic, copper from toxic mining soil

Mongabay.com 9 Jan 2020

A Brazilian mourns what was lost in the National Museum fire

Peter Moon 6 Sep 2018

Land plants may have evolved much earlier than we thought

Morgan Erickson-Davis 21 Feb 2018
Trekkers don headlamps and helmets at one of Hang En's entrances. Photo by Michael Tatarski for Mongabay.

Son Doong Cave: Tourism and conservation coexist in one of Vietnam’s largest national parks

Michael Tatarski 16 May 2017

Obama creates two new national monuments, protecting 1.65 million acres

Shreya Dasgupta 29 Dec 2016

New study argues the Anthropocene began in 1610

Jeremy Hance 11 Mar 2015

Navy discovers 10,000-sq mile patch of floating rock in South Pacific (photos)

Mongabay.com 11 Aug 2012

Scientists discover ‘Grand Canyon’ of Antarctica buried deep in ice

Mongabay.com 27 Jul 2012

Geology has split the Amazon into two distinct forests

Jeremy Hance 19 Jan 2012

Climate change melting southern Antarctic Peninsula ice shelves

Jeremy Hance 23 Feb 2010

Underwater rocks could be used for massive carbon storage on America’s East Coast

Jeremy Hance 5 Jan 2010

Extinction debt can last millions of years

Rhett A. Butler 29 Jul 2009

Age of the Amazon River estimated at 11 million years

Mongabay.com 8 Jul 2009

New process may fight climate change by storing billions of tons of CO2 in rock

Mongabay.com 4 Nov 2008

Geology, climate links make Guiana Shield region particularly sensitive to change

Mongabay.com 14 Jun 2008

Earth’s minerals kept CO2 levels in balance prior to humans

Mongabay.com 28 Apr 2008

How Old Is the Grand Canyon?

Mongabay.com 6 Mar 2008

Cretaceous sea levels were 550 feet higher than today

Mongabay.com 6 Mar 2008

Amazon river flowed into the Pacific millions of years ago

Mongabay.com 24 Oct 2006

Weight of flooded Amazon river causes Earth to sink 3 inches

Ohio State University News 5 Oct 2005

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