Afghan refugees worry as Iran continues forced deportation
– Many Afghan fled to Iran after the Taliban takeover in 2021 for fear of reprisals, as the Taliban have been carrying out human rights violations against former Afghan security forces and government officials. – An estimated 1 million Afghans fled to Iran after 2021, with 4.5 million Afghan refugees now in Iran, though only […]
Major Earth Systems on Track for Collapse, Scientists Find
A new study published in Nature Communications warns that major Earth systems important for stabilizing the climate are at risk of collapsing this century. Specifically, the Atlantic Ocean’s warming ocean currents, the Amazon rainforest, polar ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica face at least a 45% chance of collapsing by 2100 even if warming is […]
Fossils suggest even smaller ‘hobbits’ roamed an Indonesian island 700,000 years ago
Fossils discovered on the Indonesian island of Flores suggest that ancestors of an early human species known as “hobbits” were even smaller than previously thought. Hobbits, scientifically called Homo floresiensis, stood around 3 feet tall and lived between 60,000-100,000 years ago on Flores. They were discovered in 2003. New research on arm bone and teeth […]