Geologists find parallels between ancient, global-scale extinction events and modern threats to Earth’s oceans. A series…
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Chaos Researchers Can Now Predict Perilous Points of No Return
A custom-built machine learning algorithm excels at the formidable task of predicting when a complex system…
Massive undersea eruption filled atmosphere with water
Blast from Tonga’s Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano in January could eat away at ozone layer, warm…
A Painful Deadline Nears as Colorado River Reservoirs Run Critically Low
The federal government has told states to agree on urgent water cuts to ensure dams can…
Earth Has a 27.5-Million-Year ‘Heartbeat’, But We Have No Idea What Causes It
In the last 260 million years, dinosaurs came and went, Pangea split into the continents and…
How artificial intelligence can help us figure out how life began
How inanimate molecules first arranged themselves into life is one of the great mysteries. The answer…
Tick survives 27 years in researcher’s lab, 8 years without food
One female also managed to store sperm for at least four years and then successfully reproduce…
A Forgotten Continent From 40 Million Years Ago May Have Just Been Rediscovered
A low-lying continent that existed some 40 million years ago and was home to exotic fauna…
Tsunami hits Tonga after giant volcano eruption
Residents report water crashing through homes as ash rained down from the sky. Read more at…
Evolution Keeps Making And Unmaking Crabs, And Nobody Knows Why
Our planet’s convoluted history of evolving life has spawned countless weird and wonderful creatures, but none…
Antarctic Ice Reveals Human Impact on The Atmosphere Long Before Industrial Fires
Our planet’s air during the preindustrial period was not quite as pristine as you might think,…