The University of Rhode Island has announced a $7 million research initiative, funded by the National Science Foundation, to ...

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City Council President Joe LaCava organized a screening and discussion this week of an episode of the PBS series ‘Human ...

From climate change to species loss and pollution, humans have etched their impact on the Earth with such strength and permanence since the middle of the 20th century that a special team of ...

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Humans have etched their impact on the Earth with such strength and permanence since the middle of the 20th century that scientists says a new geologic epoch began then. Called the Anthropocene ...

Science Humans’ impact on Earth began a new epoch in the 1950s called the Anthropocene, scientists say July 11, 2023 at 10:02 am Updated July 12, 2023 at 5:07 pm ...