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Antarctica hides huge caches of gold, silver, copper and iron. As the ice melts, countries may race to harvest them. Antarctica

Antarctica hides huge caches of gold, silver, copper and iron. As the ice melts, countries may race to harvest them.

A new analysis projects that as much as 120,610 square kilometers of new, ice-free land could emerge in Antarctica by 2300. (Image credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) A warming climate could expose a Pennsylvania-sized chunk of ice-free land in Antarctica by 2300, which could drastically reshape Antarctic geopolitics as…
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April 5, 2026
Inside the Pentagon, fears of a disrupted war effort after Army chief’s ouster Censored Internet

Inside the Pentagon, fears of a disrupted war effort after Army chief’s ouster

WASHINGTON — Merely two weeks had passed since the Iran war began when Gen. Randy George, the Army’s highest-ranking officer, began sounding an alarm. Touring a weapons depot in North Carolina, George warned lawmakers present that the conflict’s vast and ever-growing list of targets was straining U.S. capacity — “depleting our stockpiles…
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April 5, 2026
Trump Administration Targets Bison on Federal Grazing Lands Electric Car

Trump Administration Targets Bison on Federal Grazing Lands

PHILLIPS COUNTY, Mont.—The American buffalo—those ornery, hairy prairie beasts that reign as the official mammal of the United States—have joined wind turbines, electric cars and climate researchers in the cross hairs of the Trump administration. Acceding to anti-bison grumbling from cattle ranchers and Republican politicians in Montana, Interior Secretary Doug…
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April 5, 2026
As Vermont Defends Its Law to Make Fossil Fuel Firms Pay for Climate Adaptation, the Bill Is Already Coming Due Global Warming

As Vermont Defends Its Law to Make Fossil Fuel Firms Pay for Climate Adaptation, the Bill Is Already Coming Due

RUTLAND, Vt.—Eighteen years after the first “climate tort” lawsuit was filed, no U.S. plaintiff has collected damages for the harms of global warming. Now, Vermont’s different legal strategy to make fossil fuel companies pay is facing its first real test. On Monday, the state defended its “climate superfund” law before…
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April 5, 2026
Families of AI171 crash victims seek release of black box data, write to PM Modi Narendra Modi

Families of AI171 crash victims seek release of black box data, write to PM Modi

Synopsis Ten months after a tragic Air India crash, families of victims have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. They are requesting the release of the Cockpit Voice Recorder and black box data. The families seek to uncover the truth behind the calamity. They also expressed difficulties with Air India's…
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April 5, 2026