Scientists discover why rain drops can damage metal protective coatings
Water droplets can become electrically charged as they slide across surfaces, sometimes reaching electrical potentials of thousands of…
New recycling process converts plastic waste into useful chemicals using only water and oxygen
Researchers developed a catalyst-free recycling method that uses only water and oxygen to break down durable plastics such…
Scientists use sound waves to create protective crystal coatings on crops
A team of researchers at RMIT University has developed a new coating method that sounds almost futuristic. Using…
Scientists unlock the secret role of ocean microbes in Earth’s climate
Beneath the ocean’s surface, an unseen system works without pause. Tiny microbes drift through the water, breaking down…
Scientists discover a major geological rift tearing India in two
Beneath the Himalayas, the Indian Plate is doing something geologists once thought continents largely avoided: it is coming…
Study reveals hidden role of permafrost in ancient climate change
For decades, scientists have looked to the oceans for answers about one of Earth’s biggest climate mysteries: Why…
First-ever amber discovery in Antarctica reveals lost prehistoric rainforest
Amber usually brings to mind tropical forests, trapped insects, and warm landscapes. That is what makes the new…
Can geoengineering save the Amazon Rainforest?
As the planet heats up and climate warnings grow more urgent, scientists are studying ideas that once sounded…
Scientists reveal why the Earth’s upper atmosphere is cooling while the surface is heating up
The air high above Earth has been moving in the opposite direction of the world below it. While…
Human activity found to literally move mountains
From a distance, the Matterhorn looks fixed in place, a giant wedge of rock planted above Zermatt and…
The Earth is tearing itself apart near Vancouver Island in the Pacific Northwest
Subduction zones can look permanent on a map. They run for hundreds or thousands of miles, haul oceanic…
East Africa’s Turkana Rift may be closer to splitting than scientists thought
A long, low basin in eastern Africa has spent millions of years collecting some of the most important…