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04/04/2018 / By Ethan Huff

If the Earth’s magnetic field reverses, scientists think they know where ground zero will be

Many skeptics have been speculating over the past several years about Earth undergoing some major changes in the very near future – mainly with regards to the “flipping” of its magnetic field. And new research out of New York claims to have uncovered precisely where “ground zero” of this major event will take place. According […]

10/06/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

Volcanic activity in Antarctica responsible for changes in climate in the region; not global warming

According to new findings that were published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a series of volcanic eruptions are responsible for the rapid climate change that took place in the Southern Hemisphere at the end of the most recent ice age. The researchers from the Desert Research Institute (DRI) say that a […]

09/26/2017 / By Michelle Simmons

We’re doing it to ourselves: Human activity found to impact weather, weather outcomes

Thunderstorms and flooding are expected to become more intense because of human activities, according to reports by Science Daily. In the first report by the Science Daily, scientists observed how thunderstorms directly above two of the world’s busiest shipping lanes were more powerful than storms in areas of the ocean where ships do not travel. […]

08/29/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

Just one asteroid strike thrust the planet into YEARS of darkness, killing almost everything

Around 65.5 million years ago, an asteroid about six to nine mi — or 10 to 15 km — in diameter collided with the Earth. Known as the Chicxulub impactor, the meteor created an enormous impact crater underneath the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. It’s believed that the Chicxulub impactor was what caused the mass extinction […]

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