Maya demand an end to doomsday myth
Guatemala's Mayan people accused the government and tour groups on Wednesday of perpetuating the myth that their calendar foresees the imminent end of the world for monetary gain.
Archaeology
Oct 25, 2012
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News tagged with time cycle
The 'Stonehenge calendar' shown to be a modern construct
Stonehenge is an astonishingly complex monument, which attracts attention mostly for its spectacular megalithic circle and "horseshoe," built around 2600 BC.
Archaeology
Mar 23, 2023
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Discovery of 'young' deep groundwater tells surprising tale
Groundwater at depths of several hundred meters or more can be hundreds of millions of years old and are often thought of stagnant and isolated from the atmosphere and the water cycle—a reason these subsurface areas are ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 20, 2022
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Moon mission delays could increase risks from solar storms
Planned missions to return humans to the Moon need to hurry up to avoid hitting one of the busiest periods for extreme space weather, according to scientists conducting the most in-depth ever look at solar storm timing.
Space Exploration
May 20, 2021
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Extreme volcanism did not cause the massive extinction of species in the late Cretaceous
A study published in the journal Geology rules out that extreme volcanic episodes had any influence on the massive extinction of species in the late Cretaceous. The results confirm the hypothesis that it was a giant meteorite ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Sep 20, 2021
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Long-Term carbon storage in Ganges basin may portend global warming worsening
(PhysOrg.com) -- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) scientists have found that carbon is stored in the soils and sediments of the Ganges-Brahmaputra basin for a surprisingly long time, making it likely that global ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 9, 2011
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Teachers' well-being doesn't fully recover over the Christmas break, study finds
Primary and secondary school teachers experiencing high levels of exhaustion when term ends are typically still recovering by the time school starts again, a research project into teachers' mental health over Christmas breaks ...
Social Sciences
Jan 13, 2023
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NASA extends TIMED mission for fourth time
Nine years after beginning its unprecedented look at the gateway between Earth's environment and space, not to mention collecting more data on the upper atmosphere than any other satellite, NASA's Thermosphere Ionosphere ...
Space Exploration
Nov 5, 2010
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Changes in oxygen concentrations in our ocean can disrupt fundamental biological cycles
New research led by scientists at the University of Bristol has shown that the feedback mechanisms that were thought to keep the marine nitrogen cycle relatively stable over geological time can break down when oxygen levels ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 25, 2019
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Engineering of the Mississippi River has kept carbon out of the atmosphere, says new study
A new study co-authored by a Tulane University geoscientist shows that human efforts to tame the Mississippi River may have had an unintended positive effect: more rapid transport of carbon to the ocean.
Environment
Mar 23, 2021
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