Editor’s Note: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series reporting on the environmental challenges facing our planet, along with the solutions. Rolex’s Perpetual Planet initiative partners with CNN to raise awareness and education around important sustainability issues and inspire positive action. Miami Beach, Florida is known for its art deco flair and turquoise waters. … Read more
Editor’s Note: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series reporting on the environmental challenges facing our planet, along with the solutions. Rolex’s Perpetual Planet initiative partners with CNN to raise awareness and education around important sustainability issues and inspire positive action. Miami Beach, Florida is known for its art deco flair and turquoise waters. … Read more
Many people assume that horses first came to the Americas when Spanish explorers brought them here about 500 years ago. Recent research has even confirmed a European origin for horses associated with people in the American Southwest and Great Plains. But those weren’t the first horses in North America. The family Equidae, which includes domesticated … Read more
We are paleontologists who focus our research on various types of fossils, including ancient horses. Our most recent work used computer statistics to analyze gaps in the fossil record to infer more about which horse species did and did not live in an ancient habitat in Florida. Horses evolved as ecosystems changed People have been … Read more
Saturday, March 7, 1970, in Perry, Florida, more than half a century ago, the day in the sunshine of a small timber town was spoiled by dense cloud cover that obscured a long-awaited total solar eclipse that more than 25,000 people had come to see. The long-term weather data showed there was a 70 percent … Read more
U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon, who is overseeing Donald Trump’s confidential documents case in Florida, has issued an unusual order regarding jury instructions that has left legal observers baffled. On Monday, Judge Cannon ordered attorneys for both sides to submit their proposed jury instructions by Tuesday, April 2, on two topics related to two … Read more
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – Jane Gilbert enjoyed the mild temperatures and gentle breezes of early March as she hurried between meetings. She knows the heat will be there soon enough. Here at the Miami Beach Convention Center, Gilbert and hundreds of scientists, policymakers, activists and business leaders have gathered for the Aspen Ideas: Climate conference, … Read more
Tallahassee was declared the capital of Florida on March 4, 1824 Even on Sunday, in the middle of weekend traffic, the drive from Orlando to Tallahassee feels like quite an odyssey. It’s only a matter of 250 miles, but Interstate 10 in particular seems to stretch on forever—to the point that I briefly wonder if … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. After a failed moon landing mission last month, NASA is pinning its hopes on a second spacecraft — developed by a separate company — that will make the first moon landing for the United States … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. After a failed moon landing mission last month, NASA is pinning its hopes on a second spacecraft — developed by a separate company — that will make the first moon landing for the United States … Read more