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New Study Challenges 'Sixth Mass Extinction' Claim
A new study published in PLOS Biology refutes claims of a sixth mass extinction, finding that while biodiversity loss is real, extinction rates of plants and animals don't match those of past mass extinctions, with only 102 genera going extinct in the last 500 years, mostly on islands.
New Study Challenges 'Sixth Mass Extinction' Claim
A new study published in PLOS Biology refutes claims of a sixth mass extinction, finding that while biodiversity loss is real, extinction rates of plants and animals don't match those of past mass extinctions, with only 102 genera going extinct in the last 500 years, mostly on islands.
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16% Bias Score
Pacific Starfish Die-Off Caused by Vibrio pectenicida Bacteria
Scientists have identified Vibrio pectenicida bacteria as the cause of a ten-year pandemic that killed at least 5 billion starfish along the Pacific coast, from Mexico to Alaska, impacting over 20 species and particularly devastating the sunflower starfish population (Pycnopodia helianthoides), whic...
Pacific Starfish Die-Off Caused by Vibrio pectenicida Bacteria
Scientists have identified Vibrio pectenicida bacteria as the cause of a ten-year pandemic that killed at least 5 billion starfish along the Pacific coast, from Mexico to Alaska, impacting over 20 species and particularly devastating the sunflower starfish population (Pycnopodia helianthoides), whic...
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16% Bias Score
Sixth Mass Extinction: Scientific Predictions Confirmed
Edward O. Wilson and Richard Leakey predicted a sixth mass extinction caused by human activities like deforestation, pollution, and overexploitation of resources; scientific data now supports their claim, highlighting the loss of over 350 vertebrate species since 1500 and a 30% decline in many survi...
Sixth Mass Extinction: Scientific Predictions Confirmed
Edward O. Wilson and Richard Leakey predicted a sixth mass extinction caused by human activities like deforestation, pollution, and overexploitation of resources; scientific data now supports their claim, highlighting the loss of over 350 vertebrate species since 1500 and a 30% decline in many survi...
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24% Bias Score
Extended ISS Mission Concludes: 286-Day Stay Highlights Space Travel Challenges
NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore returned after a 286-day mission to the ISS due to Boeing Starliner malfunctions, conducting 900 hours of research while awaiting SpaceX transport.
Extended ISS Mission Concludes: 286-Day Stay Highlights Space Travel Challenges
NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore returned after a 286-day mission to the ISS due to Boeing Starliner malfunctions, conducting 900 hours of research while awaiting SpaceX transport.
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28% Bias Score
Supernovas May Have Triggered Two Mass Extinctions on Earth
A new study suggests that two of Earth's biggest mass extinction events might have been caused by nearby supernovas, based on calculations of supernova rates from the past billion years and their potential impact on Earth's ozone layer.
Supernovas May Have Triggered Two Mass Extinctions on Earth
A new study suggests that two of Earth's biggest mass extinction events might have been caused by nearby supernovas, based on calculations of supernova rates from the past billion years and their potential impact on Earth's ozone layer.
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40% Bias Score
Supernovae Linked to Two Mass Extinction Events
A study suggests that two of Earth's five mass extinction events may have been caused by nearby supernovae, occurring roughly every 400 million years, based on an analysis of OB stars and the timing of ozone depletion events.
Supernovae Linked to Two Mass Extinction Events
A study suggests that two of Earth's five mass extinction events may have been caused by nearby supernovae, occurring roughly every 400 million years, based on an analysis of OB stars and the timing of ozone depletion events.
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36% Bias Score
CO2's Impact on Earth's History and Future
Peter Brannen's "The Story of CO2 Is the Story of Everything" chronicles the history of CO2 on Earth, linking its fluctuations to major biological events and warning that current emission rates are ten times faster than during past mass extinctions, potentially leading to an uninhabitable planet.
CO2's Impact on Earth's History and Future
Peter Brannen's "The Story of CO2 Is the Story of Everything" chronicles the history of CO2 on Earth, linking its fluctuations to major biological events and warning that current emission rates are ten times faster than during past mass extinctions, potentially leading to an uninhabitable planet.
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8% Bias Score
Tropical Forest Collapse Amplified Permian Extinction's Global Warming
A new study in Nature Communications reveals that the collapse of tropical forests during the Permian extinction (Great Dying) significantly amplified and prolonged global warming by reducing carbon sequestration and silicate weathering, resulting in a climate tipping point that wiped out 90% of lif...
Tropical Forest Collapse Amplified Permian Extinction's Global Warming
A new study in Nature Communications reveals that the collapse of tropical forests during the Permian extinction (Great Dying) significantly amplified and prolonged global warming by reducing carbon sequestration and silicate weathering, resulting in a climate tipping point that wiped out 90% of lif...
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40% Bias Score
Tardigrade's Resilience: A Contrast to Humanity's Vulnerability
The article nominates the tardigrade, Milnesium tardigradum, as invertebrate of the year due to its exceptional resilience, surviving extreme conditions like outer space and decades of freezing; its ability to suspend metabolism and enter a desiccated state allows it to endure environmental catastro...
Tardigrade's Resilience: A Contrast to Humanity's Vulnerability
The article nominates the tardigrade, Milnesium tardigradum, as invertebrate of the year due to its exceptional resilience, surviving extreme conditions like outer space and decades of freezing; its ability to suspend metabolism and enter a desiccated state allows it to endure environmental catastro...
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48% Bias Score
Supernovas May Have Caused Two Unexplained Mass Extinctions on Earth
A new study hypothesizes that two of Earth's largest mass extinctions, the Late Devonian (372 million years ago) and Late Ordovician (445 million years ago), might have been caused by nearby supernovas, suggesting that supernova radiation could have damaged the ozone layer, leading to a chain of eve...
Supernovas May Have Caused Two Unexplained Mass Extinctions on Earth
A new study hypothesizes that two of Earth's largest mass extinctions, the Late Devonian (372 million years ago) and Late Ordovician (445 million years ago), might have been caused by nearby supernovas, suggesting that supernova radiation could have damaged the ozone layer, leading to a chain of eve...
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40% Bias Score
Supernovas May Have Caused Two of Earth's Mass Extinctions
New research hypothesizes that nearby supernovas, occurring approximately every 500 million years based on calculations from the Gaia space telescope, may have caused the Late Ordovician and Late Devonian mass extinctions by damaging Earth's ozone layer, though direct evidence is lacking.
Supernovas May Have Caused Two of Earth's Mass Extinctions
New research hypothesizes that nearby supernovas, occurring approximately every 500 million years based on calculations from the Gaia space telescope, may have caused the Late Ordovician and Late Devonian mass extinctions by damaging Earth's ozone layer, though direct evidence is lacking.
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52% Bias Score
Mass Extinctions: A Gradual Process, Not a Single Event
A recent study challenges the notion that mass extinctions are instantaneous events, arguing that the dinosaur-killing event spanned millions of years; this raises concerns that a sixth mass extinction might be gradually unfolding due to a combination of smaller-scale catastrophes.
Mass Extinctions: A Gradual Process, Not a Single Event
A recent study challenges the notion that mass extinctions are instantaneous events, arguing that the dinosaur-killing event spanned millions of years; this raises concerns that a sixth mass extinction might be gradually unfolding due to a combination of smaller-scale catastrophes.
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48% Bias Score
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