Humanity’s consumption comes at a cost to a wide variety of planetary systems that depend on one another for sustainability. Like dominoes, instability in one leans heavily on others in line, creating a set...
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Giant Study Identifies Dominant Force Driving Evolution on Earth Today : ScienceAlert
Mounting evidence suggests humans are now a major driving force of evolution on Earth. From selective breeding to environmental modifications, we’re altering so much of our world that we’re not only now driving the...
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Odds Are Earth Will Cross a Crucial Temperature Threshold Within Five Years : ScienceAlert
One year in the next five will almost certainly be the hottest on record and there’s a two-in-three chance a single year will cross the crucial 1.5 °C global warming threshold, an alarming new...
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We’d Have a 30-Minute Warning Before a Killer Solar Storm Hits Earth : ScienceAlert
We’ve touched on the hazards of solar storms plenty of times in the past. We’ve also recently started reporting even more stories involving some sort of AI, especially in the last few months since...
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‘Dark Earth’ Buried in The Amazon’s Past Could Help Save Its Future : ScienceAlert
The Amazon rainforest is on the precipice of a catastrophic collapse from which it may never return. The traditional knowledge that once helped cultivate this precious ecosystem could now help it recover, according to...
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Violent Outbursts by a Baby Sun May Have Triggered Life on Earth : ScienceAlert
Like any toddler, the infant Sun was an absolute trial. It kicked and screamed, lashing the space around it with powerful superflares every few days. Once upon a time, we thought that these outbursts...
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Almost 200 Fragments of Mars Made It All The Way to Earth. But How? : ScienceAlert
Of the thousands of meteorites found on Earth, about 188 have been confirmed to be from Mars. How did they get here? Over the tumultuous history of our Solar System, asteroids have smashed into...
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Asteroid Found Orbiting Earth Might Be a Chunk of The Moon : ScienceAlert
The Moon dominates our view of the night sky. But it’s not the only thing orbiting Earth. A small number of what scientists call quasi-satellites also orbit Earth. One of them is called Kamo’oalewa,...
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Rare Earth Metal Detected at One of The Galaxy’s Most Extreme Worlds : ScienceAlert
One of the wildest exoplanets ever found in the Milky Way has just gotten even more interesting. In the atmosphere of KELT-9b, astronomers have detected the rare earth metal terbium swirling around in clouds...
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Alien Civilizations Could Map Earth Using Signals From Mobile Towers : ScienceAlert
Mobile phones are so ubiquitous that we typically don’t think about how they work. They just do, much to our benefit, and sometimes annoyance. But the key to their function is a vast array...
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