Credit: Harrison Haines from Pexels The spectacular aurora at the beginning of May this year showed the power that solar storms can unleash as radiation, but every now and then the sun does something far more destructive. Known as “solar particle events,” these bursts of protons directly from the sun’s surface can shoot out like … Read more
Geologists digging into the massive West Antarctic ice sheet have uncovered the remains of an ancient river system that once flowed for nearly a thousand miles. The discovery provides a glimpse into Earth’s history and hints at how extreme climate change could alter the planet, according to their findings, published June 5 in the journal … Read more
Scientists have long debated why woolly mammoths, giant sloths and 44 giant plant-eating ‘megaherbivores’ went extinct starting around 50,000 years ago. Some paleontologists, biologists, and others have argued that drastic climate change events during the last two ice ages were responsible for the extinction of these majestic creatures. But a new study has found another … Read more