Could a volcanic eruption off Mexico’s coast unleash a tsunami like the one that devastated Tonga? What really causes tectonic...
From algae farming to producing a sort of artificial limestone, ideas for reducing greenhouse gas in the atmosphere are getting...
Up to 30% of the rainfall deficit can be caused by “drought self-propagation,” the DRY–2–DRY European Research Council (ERC) project...
A team of scientists led by the University of East Anglia (UEA) has made a major breakthrough in detecting changes...
An analysis of the fire footprint of the 2019-2020 Black Summer bushfires has found logging elevated the risk of high-severity...
Antarctic sea-ice has expanded over the period of continuous satellite monitoring, which seemingly contradicts ongoing global warming resulting from increasing...
Researchers have developed global forecasts that can provide up to a year’s notice of marine heatwaves, sudden and pronounced increases...
Soil respiration is fundamental in terrestrial ecosystems, where plants and microbes dominate the production of carbon dioxide released to the...
A handful of ancient zircon crystals found in South Africa hold the oldest evidence of subduction, a key element of...
Using atmospheric data collected in India during COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020, an international team of scientists has found that black...
Soils store more carbon than all the vegetation on the Earth’s surface. However, there are still many unanswered questions about...
Plastics surround us, whether it’s the grocery bags we use at the supermarket or household items such as shampoo and...
