The Earth Has Been Spinning (Ever So Slightly) Faster Than Normal, and Nobody Knows Why
The length of the day on August 5 was one of the shortest on record, due to a recent increase in the speed that the Earth spins at. While nobody will actually notice the 1.33 milliseconds shaved off of what everyone would just assume to be another Tuesday, it is just one of a handful […]
New Evidence for the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis Has Emerged, This Time From the Ocean Floor of the Arctic
New evidence for the case of a large comet impacting the Earth’s atmosphere over North America nearly 13,000 years ago has been discovered, this time in the form of microscopic debris recovered from beneath the ocean floor in the Arctic. The powerful, high-altitude explosion that would have resulted from such an event would go a […]
Glaciers Melting Due to Global Warming Could Trigger Widespread Volcanic Eruptions
A new study of Chile’s melting glaciers has revealed that the loss of mountain ice may allow formerly-inactive volcanoes to erupt, events that could worsen the climate effects that caused the glaciers to retreat to begin with. The study warns that the same fate may await numerous glacier-capped volcanoes around the world, including more than […]
Four Once-In-A-Millennium Storms Occurred in the Span of Just Four Days This Month
No less than four once-in-a-millennium storms struck different areas of the United States between July 4th – 8th, a four-day span—that resulted in major flooding in their respective regions, leading to the deaths of at least 129 people, and leaving even more missing. While the statistical probability of such events happening would typically be extremely […]