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Glaciers in the Andes Mountains are melting away, revealing rocks that haven’t seen sunlight in at least 11,700 years.New research has shown that four glaciers in the Andes in South America – Pan de Azucar Glacier, Queshque Glacier, Zongo Glacier, and Charquini Norte Glacier – are thawing way faster than previously expected as a result of warming temperatures from climate change.“We have pretty strong evidence that these glaciers are smaller now than they have been any time in the past 11,000 years,” Jeremy Shakun, study co-author and Associate Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Boston College, said in a statement.The team reached these conclusions by taking samples from the mountains and looking for two rare isotopes, beryllium-10 and carbon-14, that rise in bedrock surfaces when they are exposed to cosmic radiation from outer space.“By measuring the concentrations of these isotopes in the recently exposed bedrock we can determine how much time in the past the bedrock was exposed, which tells us how often the glaciers were smaller than today – kind of like how a sunburn can tell you how long someone was out in the sun,” Shakun explained.The Andes are the highest mountain range outside Asia and among the world's longest mountain ranges.Image credit: Samuel Ericksen/Shutterstock.comAndrew Gorin, a former Boston College graduate student who led the study with Shakun, added: “We found essentially no beryllium-10 or radiocarbon-14 in any of the 18 bedrock samples we measured in front of four tropical glaciers. That tells us there was never any significant prior exposure to cosmic radiation since these glaciers formed during the last ice age.”The researchers even argue that the demise of the Andean glaciers shows an “alarming cross-epoch benchmark.” The Holocene is the geological epoch on Earth that began around 11,700 years ago with the ending of the Ice Age, aka the Last Glacial Period. As the ice sheets retreated, the climate became warmer and more stable, leading to the development of diverse and productive ecosystems that gave rise to the growth of agriculture and more complex societies.Now the Andean glaciers have changed from the state they’ve been in throughout the Holocene, the researchers believe it represents a shift towards a new epoch: the Anthropocene.“Given that modern glacier retreat is mostly due to rising temperatures – as opposed to less snowfall, or changes in cloud cover – our findings suggest the tropics have already warmed outside their Holocene range and into the Anthropocene,” Shakun added.“This is the first large region of the planet where we have strong evidence that glaciers have crossed this important benchmark – it is a ‘canary in the coalmine’ for glaciers everywhere.”Not all scientists agree that Earth has entered the new Anthropocene epoch, defined by the profound and lasting impact of human activity on Earth's geology and ecosystems. Nevertheless, as this study shows, it’s starkly apparent that our planet is undergoing a worrying and rapid period of change. The study is published in the journal Science.

CNN’s Dana Bash could not conceal her excitement on Thursday’s installment of Inside Politics as she hailed President Joe Biden’s anti-Trump “mic drop moment” at the end of his press conference announcing the prisoner swap involving former Marine Paul Whelan and Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich. Meanwhile, chief national security correspondent Jim Sciutto would claim that the deal is a victory for Biden’s worldview and a defeat for Trump’s. It was all set up as Biden was ending his presser when Reuters White House correspondent Andrea Shalal lobbed a softball Biden’s way, “President Trump has said repeatedly that he could’ve gotten the hostages out without giving anything in exchange, what do you say to that? What do you say to President Trump? Former president.”     Biden replied, “Why didn’t he do it when he was president?” With the press conference over, Bash appeared with a giant grin to recap, “I think that was what they call a mic drop moment at the end there. ‘Why didn’t he do it when he was president?’” Turning to Sciutto, she also observed “one of the things that struck me before they got to the Q&A, which we can talk about in a second. Allies matter.” Sciutto agreed, “No question. I mean, this was, this was half a dozen countries involved and he—the U.S. president was asking for difficult things for them to give. He was asking for Germany to give up an FSB assassin who had attempted to kill on German soil in exchange, something they resisted understandably, it's about rule of law in their country. They had to give that. Norway had to give someone up, a prisoner, without getting someone in return, right? So, this and this fits in with Biden's theory of the U.S. role in the world and the importance of alliances.” Trying to contrast Biden and Trump, Sciutto continued, “That alliances are not purely transactional, as someone else currently running for president has often treated them and described them, as in Donald Trump, that they involve long-term relationships over time where you give, they give, sometimes not at the same time, and that by relying on each other together, you're stronger. It's a demonstration and you see it in this is a real tangible result of those alliances in the freedom of these Americans.” Bash agreed, “As you were saying, with Norway, it said, there's a moral alliance, not just a strategic alliance.” The mediator in this deal was Turkey and calling that a moral alliance in 2024 is hilarious. Still, Trump does view his record in hostage releases as one of his strongest, so trying to turn this deal into a referendum on how Trump and Biden view U.S.-Norway or U.S.-Germany relations is, to use the left’s new favorite word, weird. One also has to wonder if Sciutto would've had a different reaction if Trump demanded the release of an FSB assassin given his past commentary on him. Here is a transcript for the August 1 show: CNN Inside Politics with Dana Bash 8/1/2024 12:29 PM ET ANDREA SHALAL: President Trump has said repeatedly that he could’ve gotten the hostages out without giving anything in exchange, what do you say to that? What do you say to President Trump? Former president. JOE BIDEN: Why didn’t he do it when he was president? DANA BASH: I think that was what they call a mic drop moment at the end there. “Why didn’t he do it when he was president?” What a historic moment. Watching and listening, President Biden, now trying to finish out his one and only term and doing so with a tremendous, tremendous victory for these families of these people who were held, he said innocently, they are innocent people. They were held without reason and most importantly, the people who are coming home, he said, when he spoke to them, “welcome almost home.” And Jim Sciutto, one of the things that struck me before they got to the Q&A, which we can talk about in a second. Allies matter. JIM SCIUTTO: No question. I mean, this was, this was half a dozen countries involved and he —the U.S. president was asking for difficult things for them to give. He was asking for Germany to give up an FSB assassin who had attempted to kill on German soil in exchange, something they resisted understandably, it's about rule of law in their country. They had to give that. Norway had to give someone up, a prisoner, without getting someone in return, right? So, this and this fits in with Biden's theory of the U.S. role in the world and the importance of alliances. That alliances are not purely transactional, as someone else currently running for president has often treated them and described them, as in Donald Trump, that they involve long-term relationships over time where you give, they give, sometimes not at the same time, and that by relying on each other together, you're stronger. It's a demonstration and you see it in this is a real tangible result of those alliances in the freedom of these Americans. BASH: As you were saying, with Norway, it said, there's a moral alliance, not just a strategic alliance.

A book that spreads the word of God to children through the use of Lego-built scenes sounds like a cute idea, right? Well, it could have been if the book in question, “The Brick Bible,” was actually promoting the word of God. Instead, it does the opposite. The “Bible” is distributed at vacation Bible schools and sold to believers as containing scripture — but the book itself was created by an atheist who uses the book to argue against the God of the Bible rather than guide children to Him. “The problem is that it is actually explicit. It is extremely gory, it is not theologically accurate, and it seems that it is actually meant to shock and disturb,” Allie Beth Stuckey of “Relatable” comments. The book was first published in 2001 and included the first six stories from the Book of Genesis. In the next decade, almost 5,000 biblical scenes were added and illustrated through Lego blocks. “It depicts Bible stories in a way that is not only violent but sexually graphic. It ridicules the nature and character of God by making Him only seem garish,” Stuckey explains, adding, “It’s attempting to make a case against the God of the Bible.” Unsurprisingly, the author, Brendan Powell Smith, came out as transgender in 2015 and refers to himself as a “blue haired transgender lesbian atheist.” The book also depicts scenes of eunuch’s cutting off their own genitals, as well as rape. “It’s just so insidious. It’s so sneaky, it’s so sly. It’s so much like Satan to make a book like this that looks cheery and loving on the outside, that really on the inside is a poor depiction of what God is,” Stuckey says. Want more from Allie Beth Stuckey?To enjoy more of Allie’s upbeat and in-depth coverage of culture, news, and theology from a Christian, conservative perspective, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

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