#Life on Earth

[typhlonectes]

via: Environmental Dank Meme Stash

[amnhnyc]

Research alert! Two new studies out this week find that rock and dust samples retrieved by NASA from the asteroid Bennu in 2023 contain some of the building blocks for life on our planet. What’s more? There’s evidence of underground pools of saltwater that might have served as the “broth” for these compounds to interact and combine.

The studies, published in Nature Astronomy and Nature, are the first in-depth analyses of the minerals and molecules on Bennu, a remnant of a larger celestial body that formed about 4.5 billion years ago. The findings indicate that asteroids like Bennu may have seeded early Earth with the raw ingredients that led to the emergence of life. Read more in our latest blog post.

[nazrigar]

Pando - The Largest Single Organism by Mass and 14,000 years old, and some perspective on just how old that is.

A random thought came to my head last night...

This is Pando.

All of this? Is a single male aspen tree. This entire thing is a single tree with multiple stems sharing a single root system.

It is the largest tree by mass, and the heaviest single organism, weighing in at 6000 metric tons. For perspective, that's 20 blue whales in mass.

But what also intrigues me is that... well. It's an old tree.

Established in 12,000 BCE, meaning it would be 14000 years old by 2023.

By the the last Smilodons died out in 10,000 BCE, it would have already been 2000 years old.

And Pando is still a youngster compared to the high estimate age of this clonal colony of sea grass estimated to be 100,000 years old.

For perspective, when the last Neanderthal died in 40,000 BCE?

This sea grass would have already been 60,000 years old.

If human civilization (as in, the kind of organized polity that can be identified with things as "states" and "urbanization" among a plethora of other things) was established during 5000 BCE, and thus 7000 years old:

Pando would have already been 5000 years old.

The Sea grass colony would have already been 93,000 years old.

And considering that the oldest vertebrate, that is the Greenland Shark can live for 500 years?

All of human civilization encompasses the lifespans of just 14 Greenland Sharks.

I dunno... it just really shows that we pretty are a tiny blip in the grand scheme of Earth's geological history.

A very humbling thought if you ask me.

[sixteenth-days]

Overture

“We have a problem,” Scott said, kicking sand out of his skirts. Why the two Homeworld gems had chosen to set up shop in the middle of the most desolate local biome, he couldn’t possibly guess. At least they hadn’t been hard to find. Gri squinted at him through the barely-opened door. “Who is we? I’m pretty sure any problems you have are your business.”

set in life on earth- the plot has arrived! this is gonna be another three chapter fic probably!

[alpha-beta-gamer]

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[a-typical]

“Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another.” ― Carl Sagan, Cosmos

[carriershoukaku]

this game actually goes so fucking crazy

[gwydpolls]

Time Travel Poll Winner Third Round Match Up 2:

These Questions are the winners from the previous iteration.

Please add new suggestions below, if you have them, for future consideration.

[foerodens]

Who else loves forests?

Photos: Foe Rodens

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[makeshiftlove]

chill hangs ✨

[middlenamesage]

I think the biggest reason people can’t believe astrology or grasp that all the planets🪐 have something to say about our experiences down below is they are trying to wrap their heads around it from the angle of causation. Don’t think of it as causation; it’s correlation. Astrology is just a language placing a spiritual and insightful lens on the dynamics of our life journeys. It gives context to the experience of all the factors like environment, nature and nurture that shape our lives.

As above, so below. These microcosms 🌍🙋‍♀️ reflect a macrocosm and everyone and everything is connected.🌀 We each reflect the Universe, but all from different vantage points. It’s beautiful. ✨

[tears-that-heal]

“When I send clouds over the earth, the rainbow will appear in the clouds, and I will remember my covenant with you and with all living creatures. Never again will the floodwaters destroy all life.”

‭‭Genesis‬ ‭9‬:‭14‬-‭15‬ ‭NLT‬‬ 🌈

The Original Symbolism of the Rainbow, given by the Master Creator, God.

[sixteenth-days]

Diamonds in the Rough

It took nearly two days for Emerald to regenerate. It wasn’t… unexpected. Ruby had never seen Emerald get poofed before, but he had a relatively larger gem and physical form, so reconstituting himself meant a much greater expenditure of resources than it did for, say, a more disposable ruby, designed to go down often and bounce back quickly.

(next installment of life on earth: its red king time baby)

[downfalldestiny]

A long time ago this was a volcano 🌋 !.