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Study Revives Idea That Animals Originated 800–700 Million Years Ago

The paper pairs new Mongolian microfossil data with recalibrated molecular clocks to argue that a lack of animals in certain Ediacaran deposits does not prove animals evolved later.

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Super El Niño Intensifies and Triggers Global Preparedness Warnings

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New Map Shows Gondwana Covered About 80% of Earth’s Land 550–500 Million Years Ago

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Perseverance Finds Kaolinite in Jezero, Pointing to Long-Lived Rain on Ancient Mars

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Breakup of Ancient Supercontinent Tied to Rise of Complex Life, New Study Finds

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Southern Ocean Study Warns Stored Heat Could Prolong Warming Even After CO2 Declines

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New Model Ties Nuna’s Breakup to Conditions for Complex Life

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Study Finds Hippos Endured in Central Europe Until 31,000 Years Ago

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Ariane 6 Places First MetOp-SG A1 Weather Satellite into Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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NASA Models Find Greenland Meltwater Runoff Spurs 15–40% Phytoplankton Growth

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Earth Could Set Shortest Day Record in July or August 2025

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Triassic Reptiles Migrated 10,000 Miles Through Inhospitable Tropics

Climate Change

Study Revives Idea That Animals Originated 800–700 Million Years Ago

Super El Niño Intensifies and Triggers Global Preparedness Warnings

New Map Shows Gondwana Covered About 80% of Earth’s Land 550–500 Million Years Ago

NOAA Issues El Niño Watch, Putting 62% Odds on Summer Onset

Forecasts Lift Odds of El Niño by Mid-2026 as Peru Maintains Coastal Niño Alert

Climate Change Is Slowing Earth’s Spin at a Rate Unseen in 3.6 Million Years

Sloan Foundation Names 126 Early-Career Researchers to 2026 Fellows Class

Long Decline in Ocean Calcium Helped Cool Earth, PNAS Study Finds

Mars’ Gravity Helps Drive Earth’s Ice‑Age Cycles, New Simulations Show

North Pacific Winter Storm Track Is Shifting North Faster Than Models Predict

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2025 Logs 69 Magnetic-Storm Days, With Geomagnetic Disturbances at 20-Year Peak

Perseverance Finds Kaolinite in Jezero, Pointing to Long-Lived Rain on Ancient Mars

Breakup of Ancient Supercontinent Tied to Rise of Complex Life, New Study Finds

Southern Ocean Study Warns Stored Heat Could Prolong Warming Even After CO2 Declines

New Model Ties Nuna’s Breakup to Conditions for Complex Life

Study Finds Hippos Endured in Central Europe Until 31,000 Years Ago

Ariane 6 Places First MetOp-SG A1 Weather Satellite into Sun-Synchronous Orbit

NASA Models Find Greenland Meltwater Runoff Spurs 15–40% Phytoplankton Growth

Earth Could Set Shortest Day Record in July or August 2025

Triassic Reptiles Migrated 10,000 Miles Through Inhospitable Tropics

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