With widespread, sustained declines in fertility, the world population will likely peak in 2064 at around 9.7 billion, and then decline to about 8.8 billion by 2100 — about 2 …read more Source:: Science
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Atlantic circulation is not collapsing — but as it shifts gears, warming will reaccelerate
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•Data suggest that the recent, rapid slowdown of the Atlantic Ocean circulation is not a sign of imminent collapse, but a shift back toward a more sluggish phase. The slowdown …read more Source:: Science
Gene fusion shifts cell activity into high gear, causing some cancer
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•Researchers have discovered that a common fusion of two adjacent genes can cause cancer by kicking mitochondria into overdrive, increasing the amount of fuel available for rampant cell growth. …read more Source:: Science
NASA solves how a Jupiter jet stream shifts into reverse
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•Speeding through the atmosphere high above Jupiter’s equator is an east-west jet stream that reverses course on a schedule almost as predictable as a Tokyo train’s. Now, a research team …read more Source:: Science
6,000 years ago the Sahara Desert was tropical, so what happened?
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•As little as 6,000 years ago, the vast Sahara Desert was covered in grassland that received plenty of rainfall, but shifts in the world’s weather patterns abruptly transformed the vegetated …read more Source:: Science
Australian continent shifts with the seasons, study finds
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•Australia shifts and tilts back and forth by several millimeters each year because of changes to Earth’s center of mass, according to a new study. The findings could help scientists …read more Source:: Science