Monthly Archives: September 2025

How Warming Climates Are Reducing Global Wind Speeds

We’re now seeing stories like this: Autumn Winds Crucial for European Clean Energy Targets. Oilprice.com says: ‘Europe could only hope wind speeds … How Warming Climates Are Reducing Global Wind Speeds

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Neolithic Gathering and Feasting at the Beginning of Food Production

A few kilometres northeast of modern Şanlıurfa in south-eastern Turkey, the tell of Göbekli Tepe is situated on the highest point of the otherwise barren Germuş mountain range. Rising 15 metres and with an area of about 9 hectares, the … Continue reading

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Continental Drift By Wegner

Continental drift is a theory by Alfred Wegener that Earth’s continents were once joined as a supercontinent called Pangaea and have since drifted to their current locations. Evidence for this includes the way continental coastlines fit together like a jigsaw … Continue reading

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The Rise and Fall of Mesopotamia: Humanity’s First Great Experiment with Civilization

In the fertile lands between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, humanity’s first great experiment with civilization unfolded. This land, known as Mesopotamia, meaning “the land between rivers,” has often been called the cradle of civilization. Here, amid marshes, floodplains, and … Continue reading

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