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Human Evolution: ‘Our Ultimate Fate Comes Down to… Three Possibilities’
8+ hour, 17+ min ago (1021+ words) Everything around us seems to be changing at breakneck speed. Twenty years ago, smartphones were niche products. Twenty years before that, computers were clunky behemoths. Forty years before that, far more Americans traveled by train than by plane. Forty years…...
Surprise! Study says Late Jurassic CO2 was 1,200 ppm, dipped to 750 ppm in the Cretaceous
5+ mon, 5+ day ago (325+ words) A previously untapped source of data sheds new light on the climate of the early Earth: fossilized dinosaur teeth show that the atmosphere during the Mesozoic era, between 252 and 66 million years ago, contained far more carbon dioxide than it does…...
Study: Climate Change Did Not Drive Giant Kangaroos to Extinction
11+ mon, 3+ week ago (303+ words) Essay by Eric Worrall Another mystery case of megafauna disappearing shortly after the arrival of humans with sharp sticks. Demise of Australia's large kangaroos likely not caused by climate change, study suggests By'Andrew WulfeckPublished'January 22, 2025 11:49pm EST ADELAIDE, Australia "A new study…...