Category: Earth Science
15,000 Scientists Beg Humans to Stop Killing Earth
(via HypnoArt/Pixabay) The brightest minds in the world would really like you to stop killing everyone. You may not think you are, but you are. I am …
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Mass global extinction that wipes out human civilization will begin in 2100, mathematician predicts
A mass extinction which wipes out humanity will be underway by the year 2100, scientists have claimed. By the end of the century, it’s feared that so much carbon will have been added to the oceans that the planet will have passed a “threshold of catatastrophe” which leads to the destruction of our …
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Nibiru, Climate Change, and Other Pseudoscience
In four days, Nibiru will strike the Earth, raining destruction upon us all. September 23, 2017 to be precise. At least according to a YouTube video …
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Moon discovery may expand where we search for alien life
Every discovery we make about the universe has implications for us. Understanding how our solar system formed, and how we got here, helps us figure out how likely it is that we’ll find life on other planets. Even just our corner of the galaxy is vast; anything we can do to help narrow the …
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Has humanity conquered extinction? Our civilisation may now be IMMORTAL
GETTYHumans may have conquered extinction Civilisation must pass a “Great Filter” before it can consider itself immortal, and we seem to have reached …
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The Reason We’ve Never Found Intelligent Life Might be Because We Are Already Going Extinct
The Fermi Paradox The Milky Way Galaxy alone is home to between 100 billion and 400 billion stars, and each is potentially orbited by planets. There …
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What are Chemtrails? Jet plane conspiracy theory followed by film stars and politicians
GETTYThe chemtrails conspiracy theory is backed by Hollywood hardman Chuck Norris. Well that is if you believe the growing chemtrails conspiracy …
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Bill Maher Tells Donald Trump To Forget Mars, “Make Earth Great Again”
Update with video Bill Maher said forget (more or less) Mars. Using a more potent F word, Maher welcomed Earth Day by devoting his New Rules segment …
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Happy Earth Day. Enjoy It While You Last.
The planet will probably be fine (after some catastrophes, maybe without humans). The people who know the most about life on Earth tend to be the most impressed by its staying power. Harvard professor Andrew Knoll marvels that our planet has sustained life continuously for four billion years — most …
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Scientists just found telltale evidence of an ancient methane explosion in the Arctic
More than 100 million years ago, a sudden period of global warming — possibly brought on by a series of volcanic eruptions — released a massive upwelling of previously frozen methane gas from the bottom of the Arctic Ocean into the water, new research suggests. And the discovery has scientists …
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Scientists will attempt to be the first to drill into Earth’s mantle
Scientists want to plumb the Earth for one of its last secrets. An international group of researchers led by Japan’s Agency for Marine-Earth Science …
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The Fireball That Killed the Dinosaurs Could Help Us Find Life on Other Planets
When David Kring of the University of Arizona gave a presentation at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in 1991, he didn’t expect a packed …
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