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Simulating a Virtual World…For 500 Years! (youtu.be)
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The People Have a Right to Climate Data | NY Times Op-Ed (www.nytimes.com)
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Learning skillful medium-range global weather forecasting (www.science.org)
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Research suggests European Alps eroding slower than >10,000 years ago (phys.org)
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Extreme cold still happens in a warming world—in fact climate instability may be disrupting the polar vortex (phys.org)
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Fast and destructive density currents created by ocean-entering volcanic eruptions (www.science.org)
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Why Holes at the Bottom of the Ocean Disappear and Reappear (www.atlasobscura.com)
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Greenland's ice sheet melting faster than scientists previously estimated, study finds (www.cbsnews.com)
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Experts Confirm: Icelandic Faultline Has Awakened After 800 Years (www.sciencealert.com)
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Canadian-built underwater observatory transmitting data from around Antarctica | CTV (www.ctvnews.ca)
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Lost 'Atlantis' continent off Australia may have been home for half a million humans 70,000 years ago (www.livescience.com)
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Evidence of human influence on Northern Hemisphere snow loss - Nature (www.nature.com)
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Waste-eating worms could help reduce damaging greenhouse emissions from dumping food waste into landfill (phys.org)
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Grindavík eruption - Þorbjörn (live feed of lava entering Icelandic town) (www.youtube.com)
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Columbia, Rodinia and Pangaea: A history of Earth's supercontinents (www.livescience.com)
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The continents we live on today are moving, and over hundreds of millions of years they get pulled apart and smashed together again. Occasionally, this tectonic plate-fueled process brings most of the world's landmasses together to form a massive supercontinent.

There's no strict definition for a supercontinent, but researchers like Joseph Meert, a professor of geosciences at the University of Florida, say they should include around 75% of the available landmass.

Scientists are still debating how many supercontinents have existed in Earth's history, but they're sure of at least three. Here are all of the known supercontinents that have existed and a few honorable mentions. Live Science spoke with Meert, to check the dates of the supercontinents on this list, but keep in mind they're still only estimates.

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Scientists explain why the record-shattering 2023 heat has them on edge. Warming may be worsening (abcnews.go.com)
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Increase in rice farming in sub-Saharan Africa found to be producing rising amounts of methane (phys.org)
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Prediction market: Will the average global temperature in 2024 exceed 2023? (manifold.markets)
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Norway votes for deep-sea mining despite environmental concerns (www.theguardian.com)
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Amazon basin experiences worst drought in 40 years: EU study (brazilreports.com)
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Warmer winters and more flooding will be the norm in the UK, scientists warn (www.theguardian.com)
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World's first tunnel to a magma chamber could unleash unlimited energy (www.newscientist.com)
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Satellite images reveal just how much cities on the US East Coast are sinking (www.livescience.com)
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Earlier collapse of Anthropocene ecosystems driven by multiple faster and noisier drivers - Nature Sustainability (www.nature.com)
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These Are the Highest-Resolution Photos Ever Taken of Snowflakes (www.smithsonianmag.com)
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