colonization

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While NASA’s goal is to establish more of an outpost dedicated to expanding the reach of the U.S., others are planning something straight out of the works of Andy Weir or Robert Heinlein: colonization.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

Rising temperatures and shifting climate zones would force species out of some areas while opening new habitats elsewhere, triggering faster local extinctions and rapid colonization.

From Science Daily • Feb. 18, 2026

In 1823, President James Monroe declared the Western Hemisphere off limits to European colonization.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 24, 2026

Portuguese colonization beginning in 1500, the forced migration of roughly 4 million enslaved Africans, and later waves of European and Japanese immigration produced what the authors describe as the richest genetic diversity in the world.

From Science Daily • Jan. 8, 2026

A profusion of early sites is also documented for the much older colonization of Europe by anatomically modern humans, and for the occupation of Australia/New Guinea.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond