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Churning of Earth’s molten interior behind sea level changes

An Australian expert has said that the churning of the Earth’s molten interior may have played a vital role in sea level change over the past two to 20 million years. Geophysicist Dietmar Muller from University of Sydney said that … Continue reading →

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Evolution of Frogs, Rise of Himalayas and Rearrangement of Southeast Asia

The evolution of a group of muscled frogs scattered throughout Asia is telling geologists about the sequence of events that led to the rise of the Himalayas and the Tibetan plateau starting more than 55 million years ago.  Rearrangement of … Continue reading →

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Asteroid Might Collide With the Earth in 2182

The potentially hazardous asteroid ‘(101955) 1999 RQ36’ has a one-in-a-thousand chance of impacting the Earth, and more than half of this probability indicates that this could happen in the year 2182, based on a global study in which Spanish researchers … Continue reading →

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U.K. layers climate shift on Google Earth

The U.K. government  launched a Google Earth layer that models what Earth might look like in the event of a significant worldwide rise in temperature. Specifically, the interactive map visually demonstrates what could happen if carbon emissions are not curbed, … Continue reading →

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