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The value of Earth, i.e. the net worth of our planet, is a debated concept both in terms of the definition of value, as well as the scope of "Earth". Since most of the planet's substance is not available as a resource, "earth" has been equated with the sum of all ecosystem services as evaluated in ecosystem valuation or full-cost accounting. [1]
Earth from Above is a United Nations-supported ecological project conceived and led by Yann Arthus-Bertrand. The project includes a photo essay -style collection of aerial photography produced by Arthus-Bertrand, in which the photographer captured vistas of Earth from various aircraft during a ten-year period. [ 1 ]
Conjectured illustration of the scorched Earth after the Sun has entered the red giant phase, about 5–7 billion years in the future. Earth's expected long-term future is tied to that of the Sun. Over the next 1.1 billion years, solar luminosity will increase by 10%, and over the next 3.5 billion years by 40%. [79]
A team of international astronomers recently announced the largest superstructure in the known universe. The immense structure named "Quipu" is estimated to stretch for an astonishing 1.4 billion ...
Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, and Alphabet are slated to spend a cumulative $325 billion in capital expenditures and investments this year, Yahoo Finance's Laura Bratton reports. This would mark a 46% ...
Bezos has rejoined the uber-exclusive group this year thanks to a $39 billion surge in his net worth to $216 billion. Amazon shares have jumped about 28% in 2024 to trade at near-record levels of ...
Google Earth was released in 2001. Because Terravision was the first system to provide a seamless web navigation and visualization of the earth in a massively large spatial data environment, Joachim Sauter called it a prequel to Google Earth. [1] In 2014, ART+COM filed a lawsuit against Google, claiming it infringed the 1995 patent rights of ...
A sample of gneiss from the site of the Earth's oldest dated rocks (the Acasta River area of Canada). This sample has been dated at 4.03 billion years old. The Moon rock "Big Bertha", collected on the 1971 Apollo 14 mission, contains an Earth meteorite that is 4 billion years old.