631 results for "climate change"

Scientists have proposed using diamond dust to cool the planet by reflecting sunlight away from Earth, potentially lowering global temperatures by 1.6°C over 45 years. While sulfur dioxide has been…

Ocean noise pollution has long been a concern for marine life, but recent studies suggest that climate change is set to exacerbate this issue. As global temperatures rise, the underwater...

Recent research has revealed that the melting of polar ice caps, driven by climate change, is causing Earth's rotation to slow down, leading to an increase in the length of...

The recent deadly heatwave that has affected large swaths of Mexico, Central America, and the southern United States was made 35 times more likely due to human-induced global heating, according...

Rocket Lab successfully launched a NASA cubesat early on May 25, 2024, as part of the Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment (PREFIRE). This mission aims to study how...

Recent studies confirm a concerning trend: tropical cyclones in coastal regions around the globe are intensifying at a faster rate, with climate change playing a significant role in this escalation....

“As we put more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere and temperatures rise, we are quickly rewinding the climate clock to climate states not seen in human history,” wrote acclaimed University...

This weekend’s “Galaxy Report” ranges from the fragile lifespan of technological civilizations to Stephen Hawking’s ‘lost’ Nobel Prize to probing for life on Saturn’s moon, Titan to colonizing Mars could...

Posted on Oct 17, 2020 in Climate Change, Evolution, Science The human experience on our pale blue dot “has lasted for less than 10 one-billionths of cosmic history surrounded by...

Posted on Feb 16, 2020 in Climate Change, Evolution, Science Following the appearance of the neocortex some 250,000 years in our past, Homo sapiens evolved as the only species on...

Posted on Jan 29, 2020 in Science Carbon dioxide makes up more than 95 percent of Mars’s atmosphere, which has a surface pressure of only 0.6 percent that of Earth....

On June 8, 2019,  The Daily Galaxy reported that the impacting object that produced Mars Borealis Basin must have been about 2,000 kilometers (1,200 miles) across –an asteroid larger than...

The “Planet Earth Report” connects you to headline news on the science, technology, discoveries, people and events changing our planet and the future of the human species. The Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid...

In the mid-1980s, a group of American archaeologists pored over satellite images trying to understand what had become of the Mayan civilization that had once ruled over Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula,...

Posted on May 13, 2021 in Climate Change, NASA, News, Science “There is something about the Himalayas not possessed by the Alps, something unseen and unknown,” said mountaineer and botanist...

Posted on May 16, 2019 in Astronomy, Climate Change, NASA, Science A new animated video shows what it would be like to soar over Mount Sharp, which NASA’s Curiosity rover...

Posted on Apr 22, 2019 in Climate Change, Science “Venus is like Earth in so many ways,” explained Stephen Hawking, who is now buried in Westminster Abbey next to Issac...

Posted on Mar 6, 2019 in Evolution, Science Dinosaurs were unaffected by long-term climate changes and flourished before their sudden demise by asteroid strike at the end of the Cretaceous...

Posted on Feb 22, 2019 in Evolution, News, Science “The cold would have been a shock from which most creatures would never have recovered, disappearing entirely from the fossil record:...

Posted on Jan 17, 2019 In 2010, almost a decade ago in our current Anthropocene Era, “The Galaxy” published the following quote from National Academy of Sciences: “The planet is...

Posted on Dec 11, 2018 in Climate Change, Evolution, News, Science “We’ve seen big things happen in Earth’s history—new species evolved, life persists and species survive. But many species will...

“The AI does not hate you, nor does it love you, but you are made out of atoms which it can use for something else. —Eliezer Yudkowsky, research fellow, Machine...

Posted on Nov 2, 2018 in Biology, Climate Change, Evolution, Science “Only about 3,300 of the 1.5 million known species have had their genomes sequenced,” said Harris Lewin from University...

“Our group has discovered that, contrary to what could be expected intuitively, the never-before-seen rainfall has not triggered a flowering of life in Atacama, but instead, the rains have caused...

Posted on Oct 8, 2018 in Climate Change, Environmental, Science Our Blue Planet is in the grips of the Sixth Mass Extinction: The best-case scenario projects that humans will add...

Posted on Sep 2, 2018 in Biology, Climate Change, Environmental, Science A global study on dramatic changes to Earth’s vegetation as it emerged from the last ice age and temperatures...

Posted on Sep 26, 2018 in Climate Change, Science “The mosses are our sentinel for the whole ecosystem.” Vegetation in Antarctica is changing rapidly in response to a drying climate...

Posted on Sep 10, 2018 in Biology, Climate Change, Science As goes Yellowstone, so goes the planet: climate change will drastically alter Yellowstone in coming decades, with warmer temperatures, longer...

Posted on Aug 6, 2018 in Climate Change, Discovery, Environmental “During the rise of mammals, Earth’s temperatures spiked in a scary way that the planet may experience again soon. They...

Posted on Jul 16, 2018 in Biology, Climate Change, Environmental, Science “While we’ve learned a lot about ocean viruses in recent decades, we know next to nothing about soil viruses,”...

Posted on Jun 1, 2018 in Uncategorized "If global warming gets really nasty, everything from energy harvesting to food production is going to get severely stressed and our large human...

Astronomers have inventoried a sizable share of the universe’s stars, galaxies, comets, and black holes. But are planets with sustainable civilizations also something the universe contains? Or does every civilization...

Posted on May 8, 2018 in Astronomy, Climate Change, Geology Scientists drilling deep into ancient rocks in the Arizona desert say they have documented a gradual shift in Earth’s orbit...

Posted on Mar 26, 2018 in Uncategorized Nearly 30 years ago, the Galileo spacecraft flew past Earth on its journey to Jupiter, prompting astronomer Carl Sagan to develop a novel...

Posted on Feb 9, 2018 in Climate Change Winter is shrinking in places like Hayward, Wis., reports the New York Times, a town of 2,300 that swells to more than...

Posted on Feb 16, 2017 Oxygen is an essential necessity of life on land. The same applies for almost all organisms in the ocean. However, the oxygen supply in the...

Posted on May 27, 2016 in Uncategorized Radar measurements of Mars’ polar ice caps reveal that the mostly dry, dusty planet is emerging from an ice age, following multiple rounds...

Posted on Dec 26, 2021 in Climate Change, Evolution, Science “There was forest-destroying acid rain and a landscape so barren that rivers had stopped winding. There were carbon dioxide levels...

    “After nuclear war, human- induced global warming is the greatest threat to human life on the planet. Today’s 7.5 billion human beings are already the most predatory species...

“Taking advantage of breakthroughs in artificial intelligence (AI), satellite imaging, and high-resolution simulation the ‘Earth Machine’ aims to change how climate models render small-scale phenomena such as sea ice and...

Posted on Jun 2, 2018 in Climate Change, Environmental, Evolution “I don’t want to be the last generation to live out here,” says a young crabber in Jeff Leeds Cohn’s...

Posted on Nov 21, 2017 in Climate Change, Evolution In the past 540 million years, the Earth has endured five mass extinction events, each involving processes that upended the normal...

Posted on Feb 3, 2011 in Uncategorized With snows ravaging most of the USA we thought it appropraite not to forget that in 2010, members of the National Academy of...

Mars terraforming has long captivated scientists and space enthusiasts alike. A groundbreaking study published in Science Advances presents a novel approach to transform the Red Planet's atmosphere and temperature, potentially…

Major new challenges may be arising in the place of actions targeting global warming. The latest studies have emphasized that emissions of methane produced by nature, more so from tropical wetlands...

Recent studies have provided new insights into the genetic mechanisms that enabled early humans to adapt to colder climates after their migration out of Africa. Researchers have identified a specific...

The European Space Agency (ESA), in collaboration with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), has successfully launched the Earth Cloud Aerosol and Radiation Explorer (EarthCARE) mission. This mission, a significant...

NASA is gearing up for the launch of two climate science cubesats as part of the Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-Infrared Experiment (PREFIRE) mission. These cubesats aim to capture...

The specter of "climate lockdowns" has emerged as a new measure against extreme heat, a development driven by global warming and exacerbated by phenomena like El Niño. Introduction: The Genesis...

Posted on Nov 29, 2022 in Artificial Intelligence, Astrobiology, Climate Change, Consciousness, Evolution, Extraterrestrial Life, Future, Mass Extinction, Physics, Planet Earth, quantum physics, Science, Science News, Technology Today’s stories include...