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How did Mount Everest become the highest peak? In 2006, scientists found a big clue to how some of Earth's tallest mountains formedMount Everest keeps rising. How did it become Earth's highest peak? We know India slammed into Asia millions of years ago. Tectonic plates ...- In 2003, scientists found Chile's Atacama desert so dry it had no detectable DNA. Now it's helping prepare for Mars missionsChile's Atacama Desert serves as Earth's closest Mars analogue due to its extreme dryness. This arid environment, with minimal rainfall and...
- In 1992, Douglas Tompkins began buying Chilean wilderness; decades later, much of it became the 994,000-acre Pumalín National Park, larger than YosemiteDouglas Tompkins bought vast tracts of land in Chile for conservation. He created Pumalín National Park, a reserve larger than Yosemite. Lo...
- On a savanna so acidic that experts called it dead, a Colombian community planted a forest of Caribbean pines for resin; under their shade, a rainforest nobody planted came back on its ownA Colombian community transformed acidic land into a thriving rainforest. Caribbean pine plantations, aided by a fungus, initiated this eco...
- 5.5 magnitude earthquake hits Peru's Andes region, killing at least 5 peopleMore than 20 people were injured, and 300 have been displaced so far. The US Geological Survey (USGS) reported the quake struck on Saturday...
- Why scientists are collecting ice from around the world and storing it deep inside AntarcticaScientists are collecting ice cores from endangered glaciers around the world and storing them in the Ice Memory Sanctuary in Antarctica to...
- 500 years buried in a jar, and still intact: The wild story behind Peru's ancient space foodRare Inca freeze-dried potatoes discovery in Peru reveals 500-year-old chuño food system and ancient empire trade intelligence. Archaeologi...
- In 1911, a local guide's mountain route led to a discovery that made Machu Picchu famous worldwideHiram Bingham's 1911 journey revealed Machu Picchu to the world. Local guides shared vital knowledge, leading Bingham to the ancient Inca r...
- Hantavirus scare a wake-up call: Why India must build its disease X defencesA recent hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship echoes past pandemic scares. Experts warn Disease X, a future unknown pathogen, is a near cer...
- Hantavirus outbreak: How an African lab identified the deadly Andes strainA hantavirus scare aboard a cruise ship off Cape Verde prompted a rapid scientific response, with researchers in Senegal quickly identifyin...
- One Canadian tests positive for hantavirus, BC officials sayA Canadian has tested positive for hantavirus after disembarking a cruise ship. The individual is among four Canadians isolating in British...
- WHO confirms eight cases of Andes hantavirus in outbreakA hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship has infected eight people with the Andes virus. Three individuals have died. The Wo...
- Is Hantavirus the next COVID-like threat? Experts explain the real risks & warning signs you should never ignoreHantavirus Outbreak: A hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship sparks Covid-19 comparisons. Experts clarify hantavirus is distinct, with limit...
- WHO says seven cases of hantavirus confirmed from cruise shipSeven cases of Andes hantavirus are confirmed among passengers on the cruise ship MV Hondius. The World Health Organization updated its tal...
- Two Americans returning from hantavirus-stricken ship in biocontainment units; one tests positive, another has mild symptomsThe US government is repatriating 17 American citizens from the MV Hondius cruise ship following a deadly Andes hantavirus outbreak. One pa...
- US citizen tests positive for hantavirus: health departmentAn American citizen repatriated from a cruise ship hit by hantavirus has tested mildly positive. The passenger is in a biocontainment unit ...
- One US citizen tests mildly positive for hantavirus, another has mild symptomsOne American repatriated from a hantavirus-struck cruise ship has tested mildly positive for the Andes strain, with a second showing mild s...
- Hantavirus in India? Health Ministry activates precautionary surveillance measures; check what is Andes virus, signs, symptoms and prevention tipsHantavirus update: India has heightened surveillance for Hantavirus following an outbreak on the cruise ship MV Hondius, which reported eig...
- Hantavirus cruise ship outbreak: What is Andes strain? Symptoms, mortality rate, treatment, vaccines and all details you need to knowHantavirus Andes strain update: A deadly Andes strain hantavirus outbreak linked to the MV Hondius cruise ship has resulted in three deaths...
- How many countries are affected by the Hantavirus outbreak, how concerning is it?Virus: A hantavirus outbreak linked to the MV Hondius cruise ship has raised global concern, with at least eight countries involved in trac...
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