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Deep-water sediments reveal cyclical patterns of extraterrestrial, or astronomical, influence on Earth’s ancient and modern climates

Fossil fuel consumption, among other sources of pollution, have resulted in increasing atmospheric and oceanic temperatures, leading to ice sheet melt and unprecedented shifts in our environments. New research from an international team of scientists suggests that these recent, rapid warming conditions exist within a larger climatic pattern — one that has been persistently driven by extraterrestrial forcing.

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