Entering the Anthropocene, humans are confronted with a grim yet peculiar state of increasing natural landscapes inching closer to extinction. Notably, the Aral Sea retains a mere 10% of its original volume, highlighting the urgency of the situation.
Aral Sea was the fourth-largest body of inland water in the world with an area of 68,000 square kilometres. It began shrinking in the 1960s after the rivers that fed it were diverted by Soviet irrigation projects.
Human life accounts for the geological equivalent of "a blink of an eye." But geologists say they've found evidence that we've already left a permanent mark.
Megalodon sharks are believed to grow larger in cooler temperatures because bigger body sizes help them retain more heat. Read the article to know how this discovery relates to modern sharks.
Significant bite marks found on prehistoric sharks prove that the creatures attacked each other. Four different discoveries of now-extinct shark vertebrae revealed numerous bite marks with even teeth embedded in one of them. It is known that sharks can prey on each other – even fetuses occasionally eat their siblings inside of the womb. This. Read more »