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How Old Is the Earth?
Stromatolites: You Can't Spell Mold Without Old One of the big problems with Kelvin's estimates for the age of the Earth was ...
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The Age of the Earth
Closely related to the history of sedimentary rocks are the age of the Earth as an astronomical body and the evolution of the planetary system. We shall see from the discussion of the following ...
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The next ice age is coming in 10,000 years — unless climate change prevents it
"Such a transition to a glacial state in 10,000 years' time is very unlikely to happen, because human emissions of carbon ...
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Next ice age would hit Earth in 11,000 years if it weren't for climate change, scientists say
Regular changes in Earth's orbit and axial tilt may have triggered the start and end of ice ages over the past 800,000 years. | Credit: Gregory Adams/Getty Images Changes in Earth's tilt relative ...
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The Age of the Sun and the Earth
BEFORE the time of the Scotch geologist, James Hut- ton, some 6,000 years was believed to indicate the age of the earth, and, indeed, of the entire universe. The advent of the uniformitarian ...