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Asteroid the size of an elephant passes Earth in one of closest encounters ever | Science & Tech News
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An asteroid the size of an elephant has passed by Earth in one of the closest encounters ever recorded. The space rock, named 2023 BU, was projected to zoom over the southern tip of South America at about 12.29am on Friday, only 2,200 miles (3,540km) above the Earth’s surface. This makes it the fourth closest…
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Elephant extinction must be avoided for sake of climate, study warns | Climate News
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The extinction of critically endangered elephants could amplify global warming, scientists have warned. As if the prospect of Earth’s biggest land mammal disappearing forever wasn’t bad enough, losing them would have a potentially devastating impact on the planet’s second-biggest rainforest. The elephant population in the Congo Basin, which spans several countries in central and western…