First new open-ocean subsea research habitat in 40 years launched
In this video, New Scientist CoLab partners with ocean engineering company DEEP to follow the deployment of Vanguard,…
Ivory Coast: Nearly 60 people killed in flooding since May
A “particularly heavy” rainy season that started in mid-May has led to deadly flooding, Ivory Coast government spokesperson…
They sent robots into the deadliest stretch of ocean on Earth, where 800 ships have sunk, and found underwater mountains quietly running one of the planet’s biggest carbon pumps
Picture the most savage stretch of ocean on the planet. Waves up to 60 feet high in the…
Flooding damages nesting sites for endangered white-throated snapping turtles
After a record nesting season for an endangered species of turtle last year, it is a “devastating” start…
Energy crews work through the night as storms cut power to thousands of Canberrans
The ACT was soaked overnight. Photo: ACT ESA. Severe storms have caused extensive damage to Canberra’s electricity network,…
Residual emissions may perpetuate community-scale inequalities in US air pollution
We quantify the community-specific PM2.5 air pollution and health-related impacts of one reference scenario and two net-zero scenarios…
‘Tonnes of rubble’: 58,000 buildings estimated destroyed in Venezuela earthquakes | Venezuela
More than 58,000 buildings may have been damaged and destroyed by the twin earthquakes that hit Venezuela last…
Clermont community bands together for slow, steady flood recovery
Allan Kelly had driven on the flooded Gregory Highway before, but when he felt his ute start to…
Scientists fear seabird die-off as El Niño looms: ‘We don’t know how bad this will get’ | San Diego
Within minutes of walking on a San Diego beach, marine ornithologist Tammy Russell found the feathered carcasses –…
Urban Utilities backs down on planned price hike after criticism from Queensland government
A major south-east Queensland water retailer has backed down on a planned price hike, which left the government’s…
Food web complexity underlies biodiversity effects on ecosystem functioning
Benayas, J. M. R., Newton, A. C., Diaz, A. & Bullock, J. M. Enhancement of biodiversity and ecosystem…
The Southwest’s Drought Economy: When Disaster Response Is Politicized
The Southwest’s Drought Economy: What Happens When Disaster Response Becomes Politicized After record-low snowpack and a record warm…