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    Scientists Say Only 10 Years Left to Save the Planet

    Scientists Say Only 10 Years Left to Save the Planet

    The planet, as we know it, has been given a deadline: 10 years. According to the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, if humans don’t reduce greenhouse gas emissions drastically and maintain carbon sinks, like forests, then the results will be catastrophic for the climate. But the researchers have developed a model that they believe […]

    New Mathematical Equation Shows How Fast Humans Are Wrecking Earth

    New Mathematical Equation Shows How Fast Humans Are Wrecking Earth

    By Robin Scher It is impossible to predict the future. What we can do is extrapolate a vision from our current body of scientific knowledge, mixed with a bit of good old-fashioned imagination. The result is a sort of trailer, which offers us a glimpse of what may be in store. At the moment, our […]

    Humans Have Altered the Climate 170 Times Faster Than Natural Forces, Scientists Warn

    Humans Have Altered the Climate 170 Times Faster Than Natural Forces, Scientists Warn

    By Nika Knight As the Trump administration and Republicans in power in Congress set to work destroying environmental regulations, scientists have added urgency to the resistance with a simple new equation that shows the staggering effect human activity has had on the climate. Their findings? Humans have altered the climate 170 times faster than natural […]

    NASA: Earth Is Warming at Rate ‘Unprecedented in 1000 Years’

    NASA: Earth Is Warming at Rate ‘Unprecedented in 1000 Years’

    By Nadia Prupis Another day, another dire warning about the global climate emergency. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) top climate scientist announced Tuesday that the Earth is warming at a pace not seen in at least the past 1,000 years, making it “very unlikely” that global temperatures will stay below the 1.5 C […]

    It’s Official: The Anthropocene Epoch Is Here

    It’s Official: The Anthropocene Epoch Is Here

    By Deirdre Fulton The Anthropocene Epoch has begun, according to a group of experts assembled at the International Geological Congress in Cape Town, South Africa this week. After seven years of deliberation, members of an international working group voted unanimously on Monday to acknowledge that the Anthropocene—a geologic time interval so-dubbed by chemists Paul Crutzen […]