2019-03-01
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Antarctica’s Largest Glacier Found to be ‘Fundamentally Unstable’ by New Study
May 26, 2016Large-scale glacial melt is one of the realities that is being addressed by researchers in regards to global warming, as these systems of ice are the chief source of water contributing to sea level rise as global temperatures increase. There... continued
Big Oil Knew About Global Warming — Nearly a Half-Century Ago
May 25, 2016Last fall, an expose on extensive research into what Exxon knew regarding the petroleum industry's impact on climate change was published, including evidence that they conducted extensive research into the issue in the 1970s and 1980s. Their findings resulted in... continued
High School Student Uses the Stars to find Lost Mayan City
May 24, 2016A new archaeological discovery has been made, and as with the previous discovery of undiscovered chambers in the Bent Pyramid in Egypt, the key to making the find was found in the cosmos: this time, the connection was made by... continued
List of Biosignature Elements to Help in the Search for Extraterrestrial Life
May 22, 2016Due to the limitations presented by our culture's fledgling space travel technology, simply going to a planet orbiting another star isn't a practical way of determining whether or not there's any life there. Instead, researchers are using indirect methods of... continued
April 2016 Temperatures Marks 12th Straight Record-Breaking Month
May 21, 2016Breaking yet another record, the global average temperature for April of 2016 marked the 12th consecutive month with temperatures above the 20th century average, with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reporting levels a full 1.10ºC above normal. This makes... continued
Modern Archaeology Pushes Back Human Timeline for Habitation in the Americas
May 19, 2016The mainstream scientific theory that North and South America's indigenous cultures came across the Bering land bridge from Asia at the end of the last ice age appears to be in jeopardy, with the growing acceptance of archaeological finds across... continued
Extreme Heat Waves may Occur Annually in Africa by 2040
May 18, 2016A new study has highlighted a disaster that is brewing for countries in Africa due to the issue of global warming: the study's climate models show that extreme heat waves may become an annual occurrence detrimentally impacting both life expectancy,... continued
Space Debris Gouges International Space Station’s Observation Window
May 17, 2016As the old saying goes, life can move pretty fast, but this is especially true in space, where the difference in orbital velocities between two different objects can literally be faster than a speeding bullet. Last month, British astronaut Tim... continued
Aircraft Debris found in South Africa & Mozambique “Almost Certainly” from Missing Flight MH370
May 14, 2016Two new pieces of debris that are suspected to have been part of Malaysia Airlines' missing Flight MH370 Boeing 777 aircraft have been recovered on beaches in South Africa and Mozambique. This follows the recovery of two other pieces of... continued
Five Islands in the South Pacific have Disappeared due to Sea Level Rise
May 13, 2016A new study has found that five previously-charted small islands in the Solomon Island chain have slipped beneath the ocean, due to the effects of climate change-related sea level rise, and from the erosion caused by the encroaching ocean. These... continued