A new study shows that the increasing melt of the polar ice sheets is causing the planet’s crust to warp, as the weight of the ice is lessened; causing an upward rebound of the bedrock in the affected regions, and horizontal movement of the landscape. Although the decrease in iceread more
The discovery of a large cache of bone tools dated to 400,000 years ago may change how paleontologists view the evolution of tool use amongst early humans. Discovered at a site called Castel di Guido near Rome, Italy, the collection consists of 98 tools made from the bones of theread more
For the first time in recorded history rain has fallen at Greenland’s Summit Camp, lasting several hours, this event melted more than a third of a million square miles of ice in one day. At 5:00 AM local time on August 14, the temperature at Summit Camp, at an elevation ofread more
Two researchers from the Santa Fe Institute in New Mexico are proposing a redefinition of the term “life” to extend beyond individual biological organisms to include structures and concepts that are produced not only by what would traditionally be considered lifeforms, but also to extend that definition to phenomena thatread more