continent
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Firefighters across Europe have been facing intense pressure and a strain on resources as serious wildfires continue to rage across the continent, fuelled by extreme heatwaves.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Every continent on the globe is burning less—some much less—than usual.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Yet for many who venture into the wild elsewhere on the continent, vultures are not the first birds to capture their attention.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Millions of Europeans will contemplate the sky in awe on Wednesday as a rare total solar eclipse crosses part of the continent and plunges a swathe of Spain into eerie daytime darkness.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
Some of the men had never been out of England before, let alone imagined a voyage to the southern continent.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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Long before dinosaurs ruled the continents and modern crocodiles first appeared, their ancestors were already going through a decisive phase in their evolutionary history.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
So scientists anchor the world’s coordinates to far-off stillness: quasars, the luminous cores of galaxies billions of light-years away, observed nightly by radio telescopes across multiple continents and cross-checked with lasers bounced off satellites.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
A change in one major ocean current can alter rainfall and extreme weather thousands of miles away, affecting ecosystems, water supplies, and communities across several continents.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
“Fans are flying across countries, if not continents, to experience ‘The Odyssey’ and Imax 70 millimeter,” he added.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
You know, the two-tone ones where continents are patches of green in the ocean of blue?
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
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