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15 remarkable discoveries of 2024

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CNN — It may be an archaeologist’s job to unearth astounding discoveries, but every year some people just have an extraordinarily lucky — or strange — day. A 12-sided enigma One of archaeology’s most fascinating mysteries began a new chapter when amateur archaeologists in England found a large Roman dodecahedron — one of 130 of the 12-sided ancient objects known …

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Research expedition aims to understand global effects of Greenland’s melting ice

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Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A team of researchers is launching a scientific expedition to Greenland to advance understanding of …

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8 months ago

Cause and Effect | Understanding the real threats of a civilisation collapse

Hindustan Times

At the UN climate summit in Poland in 2018, biologist David Attenborough made a foreboding speech. With that in mind, some scientists in their paper "Climate change and the threat to civilisation" defined civilisation collapse as "the loss of societal capacity to maintain essential governance functions, especially maintaining security, the rule of law, and the provision of basic necessities”. They …

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1 year, 2 months ago

These 6,000-year-old sandals found in a Spanish cave are Europe’s oldest shoes

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CNN — New analysis has identified the oldest shoes ever discovered in Europe, according to a study published this week in the journal Science Advances. The 22 woven sandals date from 6,000 years ago, radiocarbon analysis found in the study led by researchers at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and Alcalá University in Spain. The very dry conditions within the …

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1 year, 5 months ago

CLIMATE CHANGE | Humans’ impact on the earth began a new epoch in 1950s called Anthropocene: scientists

The Hindu

Published : Jul 13, 2023 12:46 IST - 4 MINS READ From climate change to species loss and pollution, humans have etched their impact on the earth with such strength and permanence since the middle of the 20th century that a special team of scientists says a new geologic epoch began then. “It’s quite clear that the scale of change …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Anthropocene, the new epoch marked by human impact on Earth, began in 1950s, say scientists

The Hindu

Humanity has etched its way into Earth’s geology, atmosphere and biology with such strength and permanence, a special team of scientists figures we have shifted into a new geologic epoch, one of our own creation. A geological task force is recommending to mark this new epoch’s start in the small but deep, pristine Crawford Lake outside Toronto, Canada with a …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Scientists now say a new epoch – the Anthropocene, marked by human impact on Earth – began in 1950s

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “It’s no longer just influencing Earth’s sphere, it’s actually …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Evidence in Canada lake indicates start of new Anthropocene epoch

Al Jazeera

A group of scientists say human activity has fundamentally altered the geology, atmosphere and biology of the earth. Scientists say human activity has so fundamentally altered the geology, atmosphere and biology of the earth that it has entered a new geologic epoch known as the Anthropocene. On Tuesday, members of the Anthropocene Working Group presented evidence of that shift from …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Planet Earth is 'quite sick': 7 of 8 boundaries for safe and just world already breached, study says

Raw Story

If Earth were to get an annual health checkup akin to a person's physical exam, a doctor would say the planet is "really quite sick right now." The new paper, written by many of the same people, introduces justice considerations into the framework, leading the authors to propose a set of "safe and just" Earth system boundaries at global and …

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1 year, 11 months ago

When Did the Anthropocene Actually Begin?

Wired

This story originally appeared in The Guardian and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Scientists are attempting to answer this epochal question in the coming months by choosing a place and time to represent the moment when humanity became a “geological superpower,” overwhelming the natural processes that have governed Earth for billions of years. They could decide the start …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: on extinction

The Hindu

Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: on extinction 1 / 5 | Scientists warn that we’re undergoing another mass exctinction event. The Holocene Extinction Cretaceous-Paleogene Extinction Triassic-Jurassic Extinction Permian-Triassic Extinction Dinosaurs went extinct about 65 million years ago, after living on Earth for about 165 million years. The Holocene Extinction Cretaceous-Paleogene Extinction Triassic-Jurassic Extinction Permian-Triassic Extinction The Permian mass extinction, …

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3 years, 6 months ago

Humans are causing mass extinction at a rate not seen since the last major extinction event

Salon

Roughly 66 million years ago, an asteroid or comet struck the planet and wiped out three-quarters of every animal and plant species alive. The study, which was published last month in the journal Communications Earth & Environment, closely analyzed past extinction rates for freshwater animals and plants, then used that information to extrapolate likely future extinction rates. "Our results indicate …

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3 years, 10 months ago

Climate Change Tracker: World is at its hottest in 12,000 years

Live Mint

Although human beings have been around for about 200,000 years, we have never had it as good as in the past 12,000 years or so. Around then, Earth entered a new geological epoch called the Holocene, one marked by mild temperatures and a stable climate, a period in which the human race thrived, built civilisations and developed sophisticated culture. A …

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15 remarkable discoveries of 2024

Research expedition aims to understand global effects of Greenland’s melting ice

Cause and Effect | Understanding the real threats of a civilisation collapse

These 6,000-year-old sandals found in a Spanish cave are Europe’s oldest shoes

CLIMATE CHANGE | Humans’ impact on the earth began a new epoch in 1950s called Anthropocene: scientists

Anthropocene, the new epoch marked by human impact on Earth, began in 1950s, say scientists

Scientists now say a new epoch – the Anthropocene, marked by human impact on Earth – began in 1950s

Evidence in Canada lake indicates start of new Anthropocene epoch

Planet Earth is 'quite sick': 7 of 8 boundaries for safe and just world already breached, study says

When Did the Anthropocene Actually Begin?

Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: on extinction

Humans are causing mass extinction at a rate not seen since the last major extinction event

Climate Change Tracker: World is at its hottest in 12,000 years