New evidence gleaned from Antarctic seashells confirms that Earth was already unstable before the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs.
Earth Sciences
Jan 7, 2020
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There are so many stories flying around about the horrors already being wrought by climate change, you're probably struggling to keep up.
Environment
Dec 27, 2019
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Clouds of dust rose behind the wheels of the pickup truck as we hurtled over the back road in Palo Verde, El Salvador. When we got to the stone-paved part of the road, the driver slowed as the truck heaved up and down with ...
Environment
Sep 6, 2019
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Twenty-five years ago, humanity first witnessed a collision between a comet and a planet. From July 16 to 22, 1994, enormous pieces of the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 (SL9), discovered just a year prior, crashed into Jupiter over ...
Space Exploration
Jul 1, 2019
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We are living through a period of unprecedented environmental breakdown which is increasingly being referred to as "the Anthropocene". As the term becomes more and more pervasive, I want to explain why, as a psychologist ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 12, 2019
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In the midst of a raging heatwave, most people think of the ocean as a nice place to cool down. But heatwaves can strike in the ocean as well as on land. And when they do, marine organisms of all kinds – plankton, seaweed, ...
Environment
Mar 5, 2019
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It's almost 40 years since scientists discovered what wiped out the dinosaurs: an asteroid hitting Earth near modern-day Mexico. That was it, or so we thought.
Earth Sciences
Feb 22, 2019
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The recent heatwaves have proved deadly to many Australian animals, from feral horses to flying foxes.
Ecology
Feb 4, 2019
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Wow. Sunday night's total lunar eclipse offered an amazing view, and for a few astute observers, a little surprise.
Space Exploration
Jan 24, 2019
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In recent years, the number of confirmed extra-solar planets has risen exponentially. As of the penning of the article, a total of 3,777 exoplanets have been confirmed in 2,817 star systems, with an additional 2,737 candidates ...
Astronomy
Aug 22, 2018
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