Glaciers ‘bulldozed’ snowball Earth and changed ocean chemistry, paving the way for complex life, scientists say
Glaciers once inched toward the sea, gouging rocks. When the ice masses melted, they infused oceans with nutrients that may ...
Could cloud seeding ease Arizona's drought? Lawmakers renew debate over 'geoengineering'
A measure to ban geoengineering in Arizona has been amended to allow cloud seeding, which has been under study for years.
Worried about asteroids? This is the scale NASA uses to gauge how much danger they pose.
NASA raised eyebrows earlier this month when it announced that astronomers were tracking a massive asteroid that poses a small, but troubling, chance of striking Earth in the coming years. The space ...
Stanford Scientists Just Found a Faster, Cheaper Way to Store Carbon Permanently
A team at Stanford has developed a powerful yet low-energy way to trap atmospheric CO2 using heated minerals. By enhancing ...
Solar system's journey through Orion complex 14 million years ago may have altered Earth's climate
An international research team led by the University of Vienna has discovered that the solar system traversed the Orion ...
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Mars once had 'vacation-style' beaches and shorelines similar to Earth
Mars may once have hosted a warm, ocean-bearing environment, according to new data collected by a rover that explored an area ...
Asteroid 2024 YR4’s chances of colliding with Earth drop near zero
The chances of asteroid 2024 YR4’s odds of colliding with Earth in 2032 have dropped to nearly zero, thanks to new ...
The riskiest asteroid on record now has near-zero chance of hitting Earth
The chances of asteroid 2024 YR4’s odds of colliding with Earth in 2032 have dropped to nearly zero, thanks to new observations of the space rock.
Earth in the clear from Asteroid 2024 YR4 strike in 2032 after impact chances drop to nearly zero
Earthlings can keep their plans seven years from now after scientists have officially declared Asteroid 2024 YR4 is not a ...
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Common rocks turned into great carbon trappers with new technology
Experts have found a way to make silicates rapidly absorb carbon, thanks to what they describe as a “new chemistry.” ...
What Earth would look like if Yellowstone's supervolcano erupted
From the cities instantly incinerated to the global volcanic winter, AI reveals what life would look like if the Yellowstone ...
Odds of 'city killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 fall once again, now to 0.28%, NASA says
The odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 striking Earth have fallen once again, now to 0.28%, NASA announced on Thursday.