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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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Our planet has been asteroid-smashed, melted and eroded, enough that most of its original armor has been long buried. Except ...

#11. The Moon’s temperature can vary from 242° Fahrenheit in a sunny spot to −334° Fahrenheit in a shady spot near one of its poles. On the Celsius scale, that’s a range from 117° to −203°.

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