EcoUniv Weekend Reads 15 Mar 25

Ice Ages: Is the phenomenon of ice age and inter-ice age period deterministic? Can it be explained precisely? 

A recent paper seems to suggest so, after analysing data from the last 900,000 years. If it were not for human-induced climate change, the next ice age would come in approximately 11,000 years.

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adp3491

Extinction: Most high-sea shark species are now threatened with extinction 

https://www.science.org/content/article/most-high-seas-shark-species-now-threatened-extinction

https://saveourseas.com/worldofsharks/which-sharks-are-the-most-endangered

Archeology: Several fossils of Whale Skeletons, dating millions of years ago, have been found in the Egyptian Saharan desert.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wadi_al_Hitan