Life made the modern Earth as much as the Earth made life, a new book by a philosopher of consciousness argues. That dynamic leaves humans with a unique set of moral questions, Peter Godfrey-Smith of ...
It's tough accomplishing everything we want to get done in a day. But it would have been even more difficult had we lived earlier in Earth's history. Although we take the 24-hour day for granted, in ...
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Scientists found the coldest seawater in history from when Snowball Earth reached freezing temperatures of minus 15° Celsius
Earth froze over 717 million years ago. Ice crept down from the poles to the equator, and the dark subglacial seas suffocated ...
Learn about how Earth’s history is written in its rocks with this excerpt from “How to Read a Rock” Jan Zalasiewicz The pine tree, in this age-old relationship, is supported by the rock, and gains ...
Earth's magnetic field preserved the planet's habitability at two key points in its history, scientists have said. By developing a strong shield around the planet early after it formed, the magnetic ...
Over four millennia ago, in the final days of the Akkadian Empire in Mesopotamia, a drought swept over the region, afflicting lands as far away as Greece and what’s now Pakistan. Probably driven by ...
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Early Eocene forest, Wyoming, U.S. Illustration by Julius Csotonyi, Smithsonian Institution Pollinators play a vital role in fertilising flowers, which grow into seeds and fruits and underpin our ...
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