Earth
-
A new angle on that asteroid
Chicxulub simulations reveal trajectory of impact.
The asteroid that most believe wiped out the dinosaurs struck at the deadliest possible angle, according to new analy...
-
Pictures you’d only take with a drone
Here’s a safe way to monitor explosive volcanoes.
Above is a standard, though admittedly rather impressive, view of the Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala. At right is a...
-
Tropical forests quite resilient to warming
But carbon storage could plummet.
In an ambitious, long-term study of more than half a million trees, a virtual army of scientists has found that tropi...
-
How a pandemic created a cleaner planet
Scientists quantify fall in emissions – but more is needed.
Since the coronavirus lockdown we’ve seen reports of clear waters in Venice, dramatically reduced air pollution in Ch...
-
Probing silicates at deep-Earth conditions
Scientists working to decipher an evolutionary tale.
Scientists have developed a way to study liquid silicates at the extreme conditions found in the Earth’s core-mantle ...
-
Conversation
How hot will it get this century?
Latest climate models don’t offer good news.
Climate scientists use mathematical models to project the Earth’s future under a warming world, but a group of the la...
-
Constant ‘quakes below Mauna Kea
But don’t worry, researchers say, it’s just cooling magma
For a long-dormant volcano, Hawaii’s Mauna Kea is pretty active. According to a new study, more than a million dee...
-
Soil pathogens rise as temperatures do
Study highlights growing threat to food security.
Pathogenic plant fungi are likely to multiply and spread as rising temperatures warm soils, thereby accelerating clim...
-
Climate change in northern climes
Studies assess peatlands and monitor methane.
Two new studies could help scientists better monitor – and hopefully manage – climate change in the Earth’s northerly...
-
The heat we fear may already be here
Study tracks pattern of wet-bulb extremes.
Heat and humidity beyond what the human body can tolerate is emerging ahead of projections, a new study suggests. ...
-
Research
Looking for origins of life in hot springs
Scientists put a hypothesis to the test.
50 years ago, a meteorite landed in Victoria carrying many of the building blocks for life, including amino acids, nu...
-
Higher rainfall could amplify global warming
Microbes release more CO2 from soil when it’s wet.
Global warming causes multiple feedback loops – including parts of the tropics, it seems. The drainage basin of th...