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Global temperatures over last 24,000 years show today's warming ...
Nov 10, 2021 · The magnitude and rate warming over the last 150 years far surpasses the magnitude and rate of changes over the last 24,000 years. "This reconstruction suggests that …
Flat wrong: the misunderstood history of flat Earth theories
Jan 29, 2016 · Turtles all the way down. However, from at least the 6th century BCE, the theory of the flat Earth began to fall out of favour. By the time we get to Aristotle in the 4th century BCE, …
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Earth's orbit around the sun - Phys.org
Nov 24, 2014 · First of all, the speed of the Earth's orbit around the Sun is 108,000 km/h, which means that our planet travels 940 million km during a single orbit. The Earth completes one …
How far are the planets from the Sun? - Phys.org
Apr 22, 2014 · Closest: 1.35 billion km / 839 million miles (9.05 AU) Furthest: 1.51 billion km / 938 million miles (10.12 AU) Average: 1.43 billion km / 889 million miles (9.58 AU) Closest to …
Ecological succession is the process by which natural communities replace (or "succeed") one another over time. For example, when an old farm field in the midwestern U.S. is abandoned …
How social media is changing the way people get to know one …
Oct 27, 2021 · Credit: Unsplash/User dole777. Social media has the ability to connect us with almost anyone in the world, but it can also change the way brains form new social …
How does the sun produce energy? - Phys.org
Dec 14, 2015 · The core is the only part of the sun that produces an appreciable amount of heat through fusion. In fact, 99% of the energy produced by the sun takes place within 24% of the …
A comprehensive blueprint for the settlement of Mars - Phys.org
Oct 13, 2023 · As Nuekart explained: "The latter part of the 20th century and early 21st century marked the deployment of various robotic missions to Mars, such as the Viking program, …