Scientists have captured Earth’s climate over the last 485 million years. Here’s the surprising place we stand now.
An effort to understand Earth’s past climates uncovered a history of wild temperature shifts and offered a warning on the ...
How to Cool the World Without Blocking the Sun
Microbes, after all, play enormously consequential roles in the world around us and within us—I should credit the trillions ...
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Forest Fires in the Amazon Threaten Earth’s Stability
This year has been the worst for the Amazon rainforest in almost two decades. Although there has been a measured decline in ...
Study charts how Earth's global temperature has drastically changed over the past 485 million years, driven by CO₂
A new study co-led by the Smithsonian and the University of Arizona offers the most detailed glimpse yet of how Earth's ...
Reindeer herders are fighting to save their land and a way of life
Europe’s only indigenous group are in a battle to survive on the frontlines of the climate crisis. Meet the community ...
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Hasselblad's limited edition X2D 100C is for 'Adventurous Photographers'
Hasselblad has announced the 'Earth Explorer' limited edition X2D kit, which it says is 'designed for photographers who ...
Astronomers just detected the biggest black hole jets ever seen—and named them Porphyrion
The largest known black hole jets, 23 million light years across, have been discovered in the distant universe. This pair of ...
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Sentinel-2C Captures First Images Shortly After Launch
The Sentinel-2C satellite has started providing imagery of Earth only two weeks after launch, demonstrating the capabilities it will offer to the Copernicus program, the Earth observation endeavour in ...
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Earth's Global Temperature Has Changed Drastically in the Last 500 Million Years, Largely Due to Carbon Dioxide Levels
A new study offers the most detailed glimpse yet into how Earth's surface temperature has changed over the past 485 million ...
How A River Changing Course Led People To Form The First Governments
People in ancient Mesopotamia depended on rivers. But rivers sometime moved, imposing stress on communities. Research shows ...
Who’s the Dodo Now? A Famously Extinct Bird, Reconsidered.
A comprehensive review of dodo science offers new insights into the biology and behavior of the much-ridiculed bird.
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Earth’s surface temperature heating more rapidly than it has in past 485 million years, scientists say
Researchers created a curve of global mean surface temperature throughout deep time, providing context for understanding ...