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Stark, haunting images show Kazakhstan's former nuclear testing ground

These stunning photographs are all shortlisted for the Sony World Photography Awards 2024

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Photographer Name: Jasper Doest Image Name: Untitled Year: 2024 Image Description: Elephants charge through Livingstone?s narrow streets, their towering figures trumpeting into the night. Altered habitats mean they emerge from the national park at dusk to seek food within Livingstone. A nighttime curfew, urging the community to stay indoors, aims to reduce human-wildlife conflict. Series Name: In the Footsteps of Giants Series Description: The delicate equilibrium between humans and elephants in rural parts of Zambia is being disturbed as both populations vie for limited resources. The expansion of settlements and unsustainable agriculture is encroaching on elephant habitats, jeopardising the well-being of both human livelihoods and the elephant population. The question arises: can humans and elephants coexist? These problems have been escalating in the past decade, and with the expectation of increased droughts due to our warming climate, establishing transfrontier wildlife corridors becomes essential. However, the establishment of these corridors faces challenges posed by settlements, agriculture and infrastructure, which results in daily human-wildlife conflict. As these persistent issues continue it is increasingly evident that the local community plays a vital role in fostering a harmonious coexistence between humans and elephants. Developing economically and socially viable models for coexistence within the local community will be crucial for the long-term survival of both elephants and humans. Copyright: ? Jasper Doest, Netherlands, Finalist, Professional competition, Wildlife & Nature, Sony World Photography Awards 2024

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Surprise decision not to define the Anthropocene shocks scientists

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Eerie green sunsets after 1883 Krakatoa eruption finally explained

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Coast Mountains #16, British Columbia, Canada, 2023

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Stark mountain landscapes exposed in Canada as glaciers shrink

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Iojima Island in Japan sits at the edge of the huge underwater Kikai-Akahoya volcano caldera

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Largest volcanic eruption in recorded history happened 7300 years ago

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Bacteria could help turn CO2 to rock under extreme conditions

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Giant magma flow in Iceland was the fastest ever recorded

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Huge deposit of natural hydrogen gas detected deep in Albanian mine

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The second of four seamounts recently discovered by the team on Schmidt Ocean Institute

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Enormous underwater mountains discovered off west coast of Americas

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Ocean thunderstorms generate the most intense lightning ever observed

An analysis of satellite observations has identified some extreme thunderstorms over the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Mexico with lightning flashes so frequent that the sky would appear continuously lit

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The volcanic lightning that occurs within the ash clouds emitted during some volcanic eruptions could be a source of nitrogen

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Lightning during volcanic eruptions may have sparked life on Earth

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Lithium mining looks set to reshape Bolivia's Salar de Uyuni salt flat

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Lithium mining looks set to reshape Bolivia's Salar de Uyuni salt flat

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A crater on the Yamal Peninsula, northern Siberia

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Siberia’s mysterious exploding craters may be caused by hot gas

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World's first tunnel to a magma chamber could unleash unlimited energy

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World's first tunnel to a magma chamber could unleash unlimited energy

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