Scientists surveyed Turkey’s Mount Ararat glacier for the first time above 5,000 metres; the data will guide an attempt to recover its first ice core
The research team at 5,050 metres altitude (University of Munster photo) The glacier on Mount…
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Brazilian scientists sampled 800 trees across 63 Amazon locations; their atomic fingerprinting model can exclude 92% of the forest when tracing suspicious timber
Wood samples being collected for cellulose isotope analysis. Credit: CENA-USP By analyzing the atomic signatures…
Quote of the day by J.J. Thomson: “The electron: may it never be of any use to anybody!” |
Representative Image of a futuristic robot symbolizing the practical uses of the electron (AI-generated image)…
Engineers linked two deep wells through 629°F rock beneath Oregon’s Newberry volcano; the experiment could unlock round-the-clock power without burning fuel
A Texas company has pulled off a major geothermal milestone beneath Newberry Volcano in central…
Researchers tracked 724 Northern Hemisphere lakes from 2000 to 2022; above critical winter temperatures, ice-loss sensitivity rose up to 22-fold and could shorten seasons by 40 days
Study says Northern Hemisphere lakes may lose 40 days of winter ice by 2100 (National…
Meet Roy Kim, the 13-year-old Oregon student who designed a chamber that turns moisture in the air into water for drought-hit farms
“Do what you can do tomorrow, today,” says Roy Kim, a 13-year-old Oregon student who…
Around 150 BCE, Aksum rose along Red Sea trade routes; researchers say surviving Tigray grapevines may preserve part of that ancient agricultural legacy
A lost chapter in the history of Ethiopia agriculture Picture yourself wandering through a tranquil…
A Massachusetts farmer has put 832 tracking solar panels over his crops. The land now grows food, electricity and extra farm income all at once
The Massachusetts project is an example of agrivoltaics, a nascent farming practice that combines agriculture…
A 14-kilometre iceberg cut off food supply to an Antarctic penguin colony, and chick numbers dropped by 69% in one breeding season
How one iceberg changed everything for Antarctic penguin colony When it comes to nature, it…
Ghana’s capital discards 300 tons of plastic per day, now they mix it with sand and use it as street paving that is cheaper than concrete
Ghana is transforming its plastic problems into paving blocks for its roads, sold below the…