One of the maverick solar physicists that changed the way we look at the behavior of the Sun says that we may already have reached the peak of the current solar cycle—bringing with it increased chances for stronger solar storms—as signaled by a complete flip of the Sun’s magnetic field. The currentread more
A new study of the human genome has discovered evidence that humanity nearly went extinct nearly 900,000 years ago, due to the species having dwindled to less than 1,300 reproductively-capable individuals, quite probably from a climate-related disruption. This genetic bottleneck persisted for over 100,000 years, and would explain a gapread more
Half of the world’s economies are at least five years past their peak fossil fuel usage for power generation, according to a new study, with 107 of the countries surveyed burning less coal, oil and gas to produce electricity than they were between five and 23 years ago, resulting inread more
Researchers that are making efforts to clarify the data being collected on Antarctic sea ice by satellites using ground-based instruments are reporting that the extent of ice surrounding our southernmost continent has shrunk to a record low, nearly one million square kilometers (386,000 square miles) less than when record keepingread more