Posted on Jan 22, 2019
The “Planet Earth Report” connects you to the headline news on the science, technology, discoveries, and events changing our planet and the future of the human species.
CNN VIDEO: ‘The only thing we can do is adapt’: Greenland ice melt reaching ‘tipping point,‘ study finds
Oceans Are Getting Louder, Posing Potential Threats to Marine Life –Increasing ship traffic, sonar and seismic air gun blasts now planned for offshore drilling may be disrupting migration, reproduction and even the chatter of the seas’ creatures.
Why the ‘Great Wave’ has mystified art lovers for generations –A massive wave threatens to engulf three fishing boats, its foam crown extending like claws, menacing the rowers below. It’s an epic scene of human struggle and natural terror that dwarfs the sacred Mount Fuji just behind it.
PBS VIDEO: Day the Dinosaurs Died –Experts drill into the impact crater of an asteroid that created a worldwide cataclysm.
Unknown Beams Detected Shooting Up from Depths of Antarctica’s South Pole –“May Shatter the Standard Model of Physics”
Why our galaxy probably isn’t full of alien civilizations killed off by climate change –If extraterrestrials are out there, odds are they’re too clever to have been blindsided by global warming run amok.
BBC Future: How to see climate change through other eyes –An artificial intelligence that scoured the internet for photos created these eerie and striking composite images of a warming world.
Brain Candy: “Beyond Comprehension” –‘The Observable Universe Is Only a Tiny Fraction of the Aftermath of the Big Bang’
The Sleepy Japanese Town Built Inside an Active Volcano –It’s been about 230 years since the last eruption killed half the population. But locals won’t let the volcano dictate their future.
Images of Creatures from Unexplored Antarctica Depths
