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Human well-being on a finite planet towards 2100," uses a system dynamics-based modeling approach to explore two future ...

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"NWA 16788 is a discovery of extraordinary significance — the largest Martian meteorite ever found on Earth, and the most ...

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Less research on environmental risks means we will be forced to operate with an incomplete understanding of those risks.

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Our sun is classified as a G2 medium-sized star. We believe it’s about four billion, 600 million years old, halfway through its lifetime. It burns four million tons of hydrogen every ...