Hacker News with Generative AI: Earth

Are there more trees on Earth than stars in the Milky Way? (2016) (snopes.com)
Although both figures are rough, a recent estimate for the number of trees on Earth exceeds the highest estimates for the number of stars in the Milky Way.
The longest sightline on Earth (2020) (calgaryvisioncentre.com)
Three of the longest sightlines on earth: Mt. Dankova, Krygystan to Hindu Tagh, China 538km (green), Pic de Finestrelles, Spain to Pic Gaspard, France 443km (red), and Mt. Sanford, USA to Denali, USA 318km (pink).
Moon (ciechanow.ski)
In the vastness of empty space surrounding Earth, the Moon is our closest celestial neighbor.
Asteroid Ryugu sample got 'rapidly colonized' by Earth bacteria (space.com)
Earth Could Be Alien to Humans by 2500 (2021) (scientificamerican.com)
Unless greenhouse gas emissions drop significantly, warming by 2500 will make the Amazon barren, Iowa tropical and India too hot to live in
The 2024 state of the climate report: Perilous times on planet Earth (academic.oup.com)
We are on the brink of an irreversible climate disaster. This is a global emergency beyond any doubt. Much of the very fabric of life on Earth is imperiled. We are stepping into a critical and unpredictable new phase of the climate crisis.
Biggest solar flare since 2017 erupts from sun and Earth is in the firing line (space.com)
Gamma radiation is produced in large tropical thunderstorms (phys.org)
In the 1990s, NASA satellites built to spot high-energy particles coming from supernovas and other celestial-sized objects discovered a surprise—high energy gamma radiation bursts coming from right here on Earth.
Earth has caught a 'second moon' (space.com)
Earth's ambipolar electrostatic field and its role in ion escape to space (nature.com)
Earth will get a second "mini-moon" for 2 months this year (cbsnews.com)
Earth will get a second moon for about two months this year when a small asteroid begins to orbit our planet.
A picture of Earth through time (google)
Today, we're making it possible for you to go back in time and get a stunning historical perspective on the changes to the Earth’s surface over time.
Earth to have new mini-moon for two months (phys.org)
A pair of asteroid dynamics researchers from Universidad Complutense de Madrid Ciudad Universitaria have found that a small asteroid will make one orbit around the Earth starting this month before departing back into other parts of the solar system.
Strange and wondrous creatures: plankton and the origins of life on Earth (theguardian.com)
Earth's Temperature Could Increase by 14C: New Research in Nature Communications (scitechdaily.com)
All of Earth's water in a single sphere (2019) (usgs.gov)
Does space dust fall on the roof of my house? (stackexchange.com)
From a Million Miles Away, NASA Camera Shows Moon Crossing Face of Earth (2015) (nasa.gov)
Earth likely just had its hottest two days in thousands of years (axios.com)
Complex life on Earth may be much older than thought (bbc.co.uk)
Scientists set sight on asteroid larger than Eiffel Tower as it skims past Earth (theguardian.com)
New vestiges of the first life on Earth discovered (phys.org)
Kaffeklubben Island – northernmost undisputed point of land on Earth (wikipedia.org)
Sun shoots out biggest solar flare in 2 decades, Earth should be out of the way (phys.org)
A severe solar storm will hit Earth on this weekend (nytimes.com)
Coronal mass ejection impact imminent, two more earth-directed CMEs (spaceweatherlive.com)
How to keep Earth from being cooked by the ever-hotter Sun (arstechnica.com)