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Earth
Ancient mystery on K’gari: World’s largest sand island lakes dried up during rainy era
K’gari, the largest sand island on Earth, is famous for its clear freshwater lakes. New research from the University of…
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Earth
Congo basin blackwater lakes are releasing ancient carbon into the atmosphere
Tropical swamps and peatlands are critical players in Earth’s carbon cycle and, by extension, the global climate. In regions such…
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Travel
On a Great Lakes Cruise, a Chicagoan Learns to See Lake Michigan Anew
The view of Lake Michigan from the cedarwood sauna on the Ponant Le Champlain was an expanse of blue as…
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Sport
1 dead in crash involving Iowa Lakes Community College baseball team
Feb 11, 2026, 10:28 PM ET TWIN LAKES, Iowa — A community college bus carrying the school’s baseball team crashed…
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‘We had Norway’s glacial lakes to ourselves’: readers’ favourite breaks in Scandinavia and Finland | Scandinavia holidays
Glorious summer hiking in Norway A week’s hiking in Jotunheimen national park (230 miles north of Oslo) last summer brought…
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