7 layers of Earth you didn’t know about
The Earth’s interior is far more complex than what we are taught in school. Instead of just three layers- crust, mantle, and ...
4 Key Facts: How the Montreal Protocol Saved Earth’s Ozone Layer—and Millions of Lives
Adopted 35 years ago, the Montreal Protocol remains a groundbreaking environmental agreement, credited with saving millions ...
Earth’s Invisible Shield Rebounds: The Remarkable 2024 Ozone Recovery
In 2024, the ozone hole over the Antarctic showed a notable reduction in size, ranking as the seventh smallest since ...
A giant meteorite boiled the oceans 3.2 billion years ago. Scientists say it was a ‘fertilizer bomb’ for life
When a meteorite with the mass of four Mount Everests hit Earth 3.2 billion years ago, it caused global chaos and provided an ...
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Meteorite 200 times bigger than the dinosaur-killer hit Earth, boiled oceans, and sparked life
Meteorite impacts helped create Earth’s oceans and continents. They sparked life’s evolution through changes in the ...
NOAA: Antarctic ozone hole has shrunk, full recovery predicted
A hole in the atmosphere's ozone layer is the seventh-smallest since recovery began in 1992, the National Oceanic and ...
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Dinosaurs thrived after ice, not fire, says a new study of ancient volcanism
The Triassic-Jurassic Extinction, 201.6 million years ago, has been considered by some to have been a fairly slow-burn event, ...
NASA Image Reveals Ozone Hole Three Times Size of US
The ozone layer, a critical atmospheric shield ... The hole reached its greatest one-day extent for the year on September 28, at 8.5 million square miles. NASA Earth Observatory "The gradual ...
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A giant meteorite boiled the oceans 3.2 billion years ago. Scientists say it was a ‘fertilizer bomb’ for life
The small, round particles, which can be glassy or crystalline, occur when large meteorites hit Earth, and they form sedimentary layers in rocks that are known as spherule beds. The team collected ...
The Best Cooling Pillows You Never Have to Flip
The Lagoon Otter Pillow can help ease neck pain because you don’t have to worry about your pillow being too high or low.
Revealed: 2024 ozone hole over the Antarctic is declared the 7th-smallest since 1992 as NASA predict the date when the layer could close
Scientists say the hole in the ozone layer above the North Pole is at the seventh smallest size since harmful chemicals called CFCs were banned in 1992.