Is this the end? Scientists reveal timeline for human extinction from Earth

Is this the end? Scientists reveal timeline for human extinction from Earth

Clip from Article: "...A recent report by TOI shares research led by Dr. Alexander Farnsworth, a Senior Research Associate at the University of Bristol. His study, published in Nature Geoscience, claims that the Earth’s continents are slowly drifting toward each other and will eventually form a supercontinent called Pangea Ultima. This shift will change the Earth’s climate dramatically, making it unsuitable for most life forms. ..."

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An asteroid will dramatically burn up in Earth's atmosphere today

An asteroid will dramatically burn up in Earth's atmosphere today

Clip from Article: "...Astronomers have spotted a 70-centimetre asteroid that is set to hit the atmosphere above northern Siberia at 4.15 pm GMT, making a fireball in the sky..."

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Earth just experienced a severe geomagnetic storm. Here's what that means – and what you can expect.

Earth just experienced a severe geomagnetic storm. Here's what that means – and what you can expect.

Clip from Article: "The planet was just slammed with what government officials dubbed a severe geomagnetic storm, the second-highest level of NOAA's rating system. The event brought "a major disturbance in Earth's magnetic field" that may have impacted infrastructure and made the northern lights visible farther than usual, officials said.

NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center issued a geomagnetic storm watch on Saturday, saying that a coronal mass ejection was detected and expected to hit the planet late that same day with impacts into Monday. Coronal mass ejections, or CMEs, are when a large cloud of plasma and magnetic field bursts from the sun's corona. ..."

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What a Major Solar Storm Could Do to Our Planet

What a Major Solar Storm Could Do to Our Planet

Clip from Article: "...Disturbances on the sun may have the potential to devastate our power grid and communication systems. When the next big storm arrives, will we be prepared for it? ..."

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NBC | 'Real King Kong' Was Killed by Climate Change — More Than 215,000 Years Ago

NBC | 'Real King Kong' Was Killed by Climate Change — More Than 215,000 Years Ago

Clip from Article: "While the fictional King Kong died after falling off the Empire State Building, NBC News has reported that a giant ape sometimes dubbed the “real King Kong” was wiped out in a less dramatic — albeit just as tragic — way.

According to NBC, Gigantopithecus blacki — standing 10 feet tall and weighing up to 650 pounds — roamed the forested plains of southern China's Guangxi region hundreds of thousands of years ago, until it went extinct due to climate change. ..."

Reference Source: redstate.com

Uh, oh, we lost it! | Lost asteroid 2007 FT3 'unlikely' to hit Earth in 2024, NASA says

Clip from Article: "The asteroid was first spotted in 2007 but scientists eventually lost track of it...NASA has quelled concerns that a lost 54-million-ton asteroid could potentially hit Earth this year, devastating large regions of the planet. The space agency issued a statement in response to a November report from GB News, which stated that 2007 FT3 had a slim chance of hitting Earth in 2024. Scientists eventually lost track of the 984-foot asteroid after first spotting it in 2007, categorizing it as a "lost asteroid." reported at the time that there was a roughly..."

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