Wildfires, Cause of Planet Warming and Land Devastation
The wildfire season in 2021 was considerably greater than that in earlier history. It was characterized by augmented extreme weather conditions caused by changes...
Urban Land Expansion, a Threat to Biodiversity
Urban land expansion will represent an increasingly prominent driver of natural habitat loss for many species in the next decades. Researchers project that 855...
Shhhh! Quiet Please: Marine Noise Pollution Disrupts Behaviour of Leviathans
The goliath of oceans
Oceans dominate our planet and consist of a complex, mysterious, and dynamic ecosystem. Scientists have identified more than 200,000 marine species,...
Researchers Closer to Tracking Marine Plastic From Space
The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Dutch institute, Deltares, tested satellite technology that could help track plastic pollution in the ocean. At the...
How Planetary Iron May Have Driven Evolution of Complex Life
Iron forms a unique constituent of enzymes and proteins that play an important role in life. Living cells use iron in a range of...
Artificial Intelligence Helps Scientists Estimate Human-Attributable Climate Change Impact
Based on their artificial intelligence models, scientists inferred that human-influenced climate change affects 80% of the global populated areas—where 85% of the population lives.
Europe Step Closer to Ultimate Clean Energy Source that Imitates Stars
"It is not often that a scientist gets the chance to work on a project that will change the world."Mike Forrest
If we could dive...
Greenland ice sheet loss close to a tipping point due to climate change
Tobblie Effowe, a Togo resident, has seen his house consumed by the sea. He lived close to a once touristic beach that lost its...
Part of the dust accumulating in your house comes from outer space
Some of the dust ending up in your vacuum cleaner is extraterrestrial. Astronomers call them micrometeorites, alien rocks as small as pollen grains. But...
Our rights to the sky
During a solar eclipse in India on October 20th, 1868, English astronomer Norman Lockyer noticed a peculiar yellow shade in the light detected with...