Missing link to Snowball Earth history emerges from some unusual rocks on Colorado's Pikes Peak
Around 700 million years ago, the Earth cooled so much that scientists believe massive ice sheets encased the entire planet ...
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'Future Earth' discovered by scientists hints at the humbling fate of our planet
Scientists have discovered an Earth-like planet orbiting a dead star 4,000 light years from here, giving us a humbling glimpse into Earth's likely fate.Published in Nature Astronomy, the planet, ...
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What Is the Ozone Layer? Earth's Protective Shield, Explained
The ozone layer is a part of Earth’s atmosphere that captures some of the Sun’s ultraviolet (UV) light emissions. When the ...
Plot twist: A quick history of charts, the elegant messengers of math
This is where we are right now. Today, they dig deeper, to help us see new layers of a problem and start to solve it.
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Did plate tectonics give rise to life? Groundbreaking new research could crack Earth's deepest mystery.
Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than ...
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'God of chaos' asteroid may be transformed by tremors and landslides during 2029 flyby of Earth, study finds
When the 'God of chaos' asteroid Apophis makes an ultraclose flyby of Earth in 2029, our planet's gravity may trigger tremors ...
How we discovered that the ocean’s surface absorbs much more CO₂ than previously thought
A thin layer at the ocean surface called the “ocean skin” increases CO₂ uptake by about 7%. That’s equivalent to the CO₂ ...