While life on Earth appeared extremely early in the planet’s history, it wasn’t until a mere 600 million years ago that complex life exploded onto the scene, with the long-standing reign of single-celled organisms giving way to more complex lifeforms, such as animals, fungi and plants. However, multicellular creatures mayread more
A rare temperature spike in the atmosphere high above Antarctica is threatening to split the southern polar vortex, bringing with it the potential for extreme weather events across the Southern Hemisphere. In July 2024, a Sudden Stratospheric Warming (SSW) event was detected in the skies above the Southern Ocean that surroundsread more
June 2024 marked the twelfth consecutive month that the average global temperature was 1.5°C (2.7°F) above the pre-industrial average, according to Europe’s Copernicus Climate Change Service. This string of record-high temperatures marks a trend that, if it is to continue into the years to come, could mean that we areread more
Two authors of middle and high school science textbooks report that they have been informed that references to climate change must be removed from their publications in order to be accepted for use in Florida’s public schools, according to an article published in the Orlando Sentinel, a move that appears to be based on “ideological grounds”read more