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Man accelerates, nature declines: Two studies shed new light on 170 years of intensifying human activity

Weizmann Institute
October 30, 2025

If we quantify the extent of human movement on Earth, we find that we move 40 times more than all land animals combined; if we look at the timeline, we see that while the weight of farm animals has skyrocketed

Eating dust: How do ash and dust help hummus?

Angle - a news agency for science and the environment
August 9, 2025

Just last May, we were shocked by the forest fires that raged in the Jerusalem mountains. But alongside the extensive damage, the fires also have a positive impact on nature. New research reveals that plants have the ability to absorb ash from the air

Rewriting human evolution: Great apes lived in open habitats 10 million years earlier than expected

Avi Blizovsky
April 26, 2023
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Using rigorous and detailed collection methods, the researchers were able to place the remains of fossilized apes, such as Morotopithecus, in detailed reconstructions of habitats. Credit: Corbin Rainbolt