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Chance played a major role in keeping Earth fit for life
December 16, 2020

A study by the University of Southampton gives a new perspective on why our planet has managed to stay habitable for billions of years—concluding it is almost certainly due, at least in part, to luck.

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This photograph, taken in the Médio Juruá region of Amazonas State, Brazil. shows the houses of forest-proximate people living in sustainable development reserves in Amazonia. Credit: Peter Newton, University of Colorado Boulder
Mapping the 1.6 billion people who live near forests
September 25, 2020

Global maps of places where people and forests co-exist show that an estimated 1.6 billion people live within 5 kilometers of a forest.

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