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How Do Crater Lakes Form
When you look out across a mountain lake it can be easy to think it was always so serene, but this couldn't be…
Animals And Plants In The Rainforest
The rainforest is a three-dimensional world, with multiple levels of wildlife up its towering trees!
What Caused The Tunguska Event Of 1908
What caused this mid-air explosion over Russia more than 100 years ago?
On the morning of 30 June 1908, the sky…
Lost Continent in Indian Ocean
BELOW THE INDIAN Ocean, a continent has lain hidden for millions of years
Do Flowers Use Electrical Signals To Attract Pollinators
EVERYONE KNOWS THAT flowers use bright colours and enticing fragrances to attract pollinators - but what’s not so…
Deepest Set of Hydrothermal Vents In The World
Exploring the depths of the Caribbean Sea, a robotic submersible has found the deepest set of hydrothermal vents in…
How Mega Tsunamis Are Formed
RECENT EVENTS IN Japan and southeast Asia have ensured we are all too aware of the tsunami-triggering potential of…
How Aurora Lights Are Formed
BOMBARDED FROM SPACE, the air glows; shimmering curtains of light drift across the sky to form aurorae. In…
Does Temperature Increase Or Decrease With Altitude
We're taught hot air rises and we can see this in practice when a hot-air balloon climbs into the sky. So why does…
What Deforestation Mean
Deforestation is when a wooded area like part of a rainforest is cleared to make way for a different type of land…