What’s in the pink fire retardant being dropped on LA, and is it dangerous?
An airplane drops pink flame retardant throughout the Eaton Fire in Los Angeles, California on Monday(Jan. 13). (Image credit: Benjamin Fanjoy/Bloomberg by means of Getty Images) Pink fire retardant is…
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What’s the difference between an active, dormant and extinct volcano?
(Image credit: Antonio Busiello/Getty Images) Volcanoes do not run on human timescales. They might go peaceful for centuries, just to rumble to life with ravaging eruptions. Their eruptions might last…
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‘A harbinger of what’s to come:’ NASA satellites show massive drop in global freshwater levels
Drought-fuelled wildfires burned 40 % of forests, meadows and wetlands in Ibera National Park, northeastern Argentina in 2023. ( Image credit: Joaquin Meabe/Getty Images) Earth’s overall fresh water has actually…
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What’s the difference between a tsunami and a tidal wave?
The 2011 tsunami wave striking the coast of Minamisoma in Fukushima prefecture. (Image credit:-/ JIJI PRESS/AFP through Getty Images) Tidal bores and tsunamis– the 2 most effective kinds of wave…
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