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Here are 3 amazing feats of spiders
Halloween time is spider time. Three amazing spider skills you might not have known about.
October 30, 2020
The Arctic hasn’t been this warm for 3 million years
The last time CO2 concentrations reached today’s level was 3 million years ago, during the Pliocene Epoch. Hear from geoscientists who see evolving conditions in the Arctic as an indicator of how climate change could transform the planet.
October 25, 2020
Earth just had its hottest September on record
September 2020 was our planet's hottest September since 1880. With 3 months left, 2020 could rank among the top 3 warmest years on record for the globe.
October 20, 2020
Worsening rifts and fractures spotted at 2 important Antarctic glaciers
Satellite imagery has revealed that 2 of the fastest-changing glaciers in Antarctica - Pine Island and Thwaites - are fracturing and weakening faster than ever, a step towards the glaciers' disintegrating and causing sea levels to rise dramatically.
October 14, 2020
Ancient microbial life used arsenic to thrive in a world without oxygen
Today, most life on Earth is supported by oxygen. But ancient microbial mats existed for a billion years before oxygen was present in the atmosphere. So what did life use instead?
October 12, 2020
Is Iceland’s most active volcano about to erupt?
The ice-covered Grímsvötn volcano produced an unusually large and powerful eruption in 2011. Now, says this volcanologist, there are clear signs that Grímsvötn is getting ready to erupt again.
October 9, 2020
Did this mass extinction event trigger dawn of the dinosaurs?
New research suggests that a series of huge volcanic eruptions, 233 million years ago, led to a mass extinction event that heralded the dawn of the dinosaurs.
October 2, 2020
Which insects have the worst stings?
Some of the most painful stings come from tarantula hawk wasps, warrior wasps, and bullet ants.
September 30, 2020
2020 Arctic sea ice minimum 2nd lowest on record
On September 15, 2020, Arctic sea ice reached its annual minimum extent, the 2nd-lowest on record. The Arctic region in general is warming 3 times faster than the rest of the planet.
September 22, 2020
