When microorganisms decompose organic material in the soil, they actively release CO2 into the atmosphere. This process is called heterotrophic...
Colossal undersea mountains, towering up to thousands of meters high, stir up deep sea currents: impacting how our ocean stores...
Studying a rock is like reading a book. The rock has a story to tell, says Frieder Klein, an associate...
As this year’s dry summer draws to a close we are all looking forward to a winter season filled with...
Over recent decades, coastal cities in the U.S. have experienced significant increases in floods that occur during high tide, which...
Water from Ethiopia’s Omo River, which flows for 472 miles along the country’s southwest side, has helped sustain the livelihood...
In line with longstanding initiatives to expand its green spaces, New York City is planting tens of thousands of trees...
Around 66 million years ago, an asteroid bigger than Mount Everest smashed into Earth, killing off three quarters of all...
Scientists have shed new light on the “self-cleaning” capacity of the atmosphere. This process of self-cleaning is essential to remove...
The first atlas to measure the movement and thickness of the world’s glaciers gives a clearer, but mixed picture of...
ANSTO scientists, Dr. Andrew Smith, Dr. Quan Hua and Dr. Bin Yang have contributed to a paper that elucidates how...
A handful of ancient zircon crystals found in South Africa hold the oldest evidence of subduction, a key element of...
