It’s larger than Greater London and lies in the crater of an asteroid that struck Earth 214 million years ago… Now it’s home to black bears
4 news sources are covering this Science story right now — Newsylist is tracking how fast it spreads.
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- Velocity & Diffusion: Coverage escalated across 4 distinct news outlets with 4 published articles, achieving a live velocity of 2.
- Primary Driver: 4 news sources are covering this Science story right now — Newsylist is tracking how fast it spreads.
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"It’s larger than Greater London and lies in the crater of an asteroid that struck Earth 214 million years ago… Now it’s home to black bears" is generating significant coverage in the Science category, with 4 articles from 4 distinct sources tracked by Newsylist so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include Moneycontrol.com, Newser, Metro.co.uk and BBC Wildlife Magazine. Newsylist measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
Synthesized from multi-source international reporting and live coverage telemetry under Newsylist open intelligence methodology.
Synthesized under Newsylist open intelligence methodology from multi-source international newsroom telemetry. Updated 46d ago.
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