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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. […]

07/30/2017 / By Rhonda Johansson

A single volcanic eruption caused one of the planet’s most devastating mass extinctions, scientists discover

Geologists now believe that a massive volcanic eruption was the cause of the late Ordovician mass extinction. This is the second recorded biodiversity depletion out of five that scientists have recorded. Previous research has shown that an asteroid impact caused the fifth mass extinction, whereas the third and fourth mass extinctions were brought about by […]

05/05/2017 / By Jayson Veley

Observers worried that “nuclear chain reaction” could still occur at Fukushima… cleanup could take 100 years or more

On March 11, 2011, terror struck northeastern Japan in the form of a massive magnitude-9 earthquake, which in turn unleashed a devastating tsunami that wiped out virtually everything in the city of Sukuiso. The effects of the earthquake were felt around the entire world, and even years later, the people of Japan were still finding […]

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