The Dawn of the Forests Brought Waves of Death to the Oceans–New research supports the idea that pulses of nutrients flushed from Devonian forests fueled ocean algae blooms that suffocated marine life, reports Inside Science. Physicists think that those same symmetries may also reveal time’s original secret, reports Quanta. The Night 46 Million Grasshoppers Went to Vegas-In a new study, ecologists document the impact that the world’s brightest city has on the insect population, reports The New York Times.Ĭosmic Triangles Open a Window to the Origin of Time–A close look at fundamental symmetries has exposed hidden patterns in the universe. The findings from the nation’s top science institute indicate that the US could be edging toward starting research into a topic that just a few years ago was all but taboo.”Īmazing Footage of a Drone Flying Through an Erupting Volcano in Iceland –– Soaring through Iceland’s Fagradalsfjall volcano reports James Vincent for the The Verge. The US Is One Step Closer to Establishing a Research Program to Block the Sun, reports Brian Kahn for Gizmodo –“The National Academies of Sciences released a monster report on Thursday outlining how the US could create a plan to block the sun should the world not reduce carbon emissions fast enough or if global warming becomes a threat to human existence. The inside story behind the historic first flight on Mars–Even if the Ingenuity helicopter fails, it is already a success - an engineering resource for a grand future of flight on other worlds, reports Astronomy. “Are we an aberration, an evolutionary accident, or are we one of millions of evolving beings scattered throughout the distant reaches of the cosmos?” The Aliens Before Us –“We are Not the First Technological Civilization” (Or, are We?), reports The Daily Galaxy. “The forest we have today is the product of one event 66 million years ago.” “If you returned to the day before the meteorite fall, the forest would have an open canopy with a lot of ferns, many conifers and dinosaurs,” says Carlos Jaramillo at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama. Now, some astronomers think it could instead be a black hole from the big bang, offering a rare glimpse into the early universe, reports New Scientist.Īsteroid that killed the dinosaurs gave birth to the Amazon rainforest, reports New Scientist –Before the asteroid hit the Yucatán peninsula in what is now Mexico, South America’s rainforests were made up of vastly different greenery than the abundance of flowering plants they now contain. Is there an ancient black hole at the edge of the solar system? –Hints of a hefty source of gravity beyond Pluto sparked the search for a possible “Planet Nine”. “Planet Earth Report” provides descriptive links to headline news by leading science journalist about the discoveries, technology, people, and events changing our knowledge of Planet Earth and the future of the human species.
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