natural disasters
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Dust Doomed the Dinos, Scientists Say
We all know how the story goes: a large asteroid falls to Earth from space, slamming into the Yucatán Peninsula with 100 million megatons of force. The impact spawned tsunami waves best measured in miles and kicked up dust, soot, and sulphur that blotted out the Sun, causing the death of about 75% of Earth’s…
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Excessive Heat and Rainfall Combos Will Be Practically Everywhere If Emissions Keep Rising, Study Says
The climate crisis is going to expose more of the world to both hotter weather and heavy rainfall. This could create dangerous flood conditions new research has found. A study recently published in Earth’s Future outlines how a lot of the planet is going to face down a combination of heat and floodwaters. When the…
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Colorado Will Look Like a Different State by 2080
Colorado is going to become hotter, dryer, and a lot less skiable in just a few decades, according to new research.
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Massive Earthquake Rocked Chilean Coastal Communities 3,800 Years Ago, Scientists Say
New archaeological and geological evidence points to an ancient earthquake that devastated populations along a 998 km-long stretch of the South American coastline some 3,800 years ago. But the evidence also suggests that the affected communities found ways to cope.