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Arctic Much Warmer 2,000 Years Ago

Written by Kenneth Richard

During the Roman Warm Period ~2,000 years ago, sea levels were significantly higher than they are now.  Modern coastlines are 2 miles down from where they were during the Roman invasion of Britain in 43 AD, strongly implying that surface air temperatures were much warmer ~2,000 years ago compared to today.

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Critics: Nutrition Science is Mostly Junk

Written by www.bmj.com

 Drs. Mozaffarian and Forouhi raise a crucial question in their article, “Dietary guidelines and health—is nutrition science up to the task?”[1] That task, of course, is whether our nutrition recommendations have effectively prevented the major chronic diseases of our time.

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NASA Baffled by Holes in the Arctic’s Sea Ice

Written by Rafi Letzter

NASA Doesn't Know What Poked These Holes in the Arctic's Sea Ice

Credit: John Sonntag/Operation IceBridge/NASA

NASA scientists flying over the Arctic earlier this month spotted strange shapes out the window, but they aren’t sure what caused them.

A strange formation appears in Arctic ice at 69.71° North and 138.22° West, about 50 miles northwest of Canada’s Mackenzie River Delta.

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Study: Climate Change Not Cause of African Conflict, Displacement

Written by Virginia Hale

Academics at University College London (UCL) have said there is little basis to justify terms like ‘climate refugee’ after finding that the majority of conflict in Africa and forced migration has been as a result of rapid population growth.

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Footprints prove humans hunted giant sloths during the Ice Age

Written by Dan Garisto

giant ground sloths, Megatherium

PREDATOR OR PREY?  Giant ground sloths like Megatherium, illustrated here, were elephant-sized herbivores that, with sharp claws and thick muscle, would have been difficult for prehistoric humans to hunt — though that doesn’t appear to have been a deterrent.

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Study: Processed Sugar Dumbing Down Kids

Written by Alex Pietrowski

In recent years we’ve learned a great deal about the dangers of sugars, even finding out that research was compromised in the 1970’s, misleading the world about its dangers. It is as addictive as cocaine, it is linked to diabetes and many doctors and scientists believe that it may be the leading cause of cancer worldwide.

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