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Marine microorganisms in the Southern Ocean may find themselves in a deadly vise grip by century’s end as ocean acidification creates a shallower horizon for life, new University of Colorado Boulder research finds. Continue reading “Fatal horizon, driven by acidification, closes in on marine organisms in Southern Ocean”
A controversial theory that suggests an extraterrestrial body crashing to Earth almost 13,000 years ago caused the extinction of many large animals and a probable population decline in early humans is gaining traction from research sites around the world. Continue reading “Did an extraterrestrial impact trigger the extinction of ice-age animals?”
Humanity and the way we feed, fuel and finance our societies and economies is pushing nature and the services that power and sustain us to the brink, according to WWF’s Living Planet Report 2018. The report presents a sobering picture of the impact of human activity on the world’s wildlife, forests, oceans, rivers and climate, underlining the rapidly closing window for action and the urgent need for the global community to collectively rethink and redefine how we value, protect and restore nature. Continue reading “Staggering extent of human impact on planet revealed in new report”
Most asteroids and meteorites originate from the splintering of a handful of minor planets formed during the infancy of our solar system, a new study shows. Continue reading “Most of Earth’s meteorites came from five or six ancient planets”
The early Earth might have been habitable much earlier than thought, according to new research from a group led by University of Chicago scientists. Continue reading “Earth could have supported continental crust, life earlier than thought”
What happens when the solar wind suddenly starts to blow significantly harder? According to two recent studies, the boundaries of our entire solar system balloon outward — and an analysis of particles rebounding off of its edges will reveal its new shape. Continue reading “As solar wind blows, our heliosphere balloons”
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