A Beautiful Planet calls Earth's atmosphere "a delicate cocoon of air that shields us from our star's radiation." Of course, the atmosphere doesn't completely block electromagnetic radiation from the Sun; without some sunlight reaching the surface, plants could not harvest the Sun's energy, and practically no life as we know it could exist. The atmosphere's ozone layer does filter out much of the harmful ultraviolet light (or "UV rays") produced by the Sun. UV rays can cause skin cancer, and catastrophic damage to the ozone layer may have contributed to Earth's most extensive mass extinction of species ever, the End-Permian extinction (also known
The Sun Comes Out Tonight The Sun Comes Out Tonight The Sun Comes Out Tonight is the sixth studio album by American industrial rock band Filter. Originally announced as "Gurney and the Burning Books" and intended for independent release in mid-2012, the band would later sign to major record label Wind-up Records, leading to them to delay and rename the release. The album was released on June 4, 2013, with the first single, "What Do You Say" being released on May 7, 2013. Frontman and lead singer Richard Patrick first discussed working on a new music as early as 2011, when he referred to plans