Japan Opens New Carbon Credit Channel for India as JCM Enters Article 6 Market Era
Japan and India are moving closer to a working carbon credit market after adopting rules for their Joint…
Despite being only about half Earth’s diameter, Mars has nearly as much total surface area as all of Earth’s continents combined—the difference is that oceans cover 71% of our planet, while modern Mars has no permanent bodies of liquid water.
Mars looks small beside Earth. Its mean radius is about 3,390 kilometres, a little over half Earth’s, and…
In 1983, rhino champion Anna Merz spent her savings to secure 5,000 Kenyan acres; the sanctuary she started grew into Lewa, now sheltering about 245 rhinos | World News
An AI-generated image showing black rhinos moving through the protected landscape of Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in Kenya, where…
Small asteroid impact today over the ocean near Australia
Artist’s concept of an asteroid near Earth. Experts said a small asteroid impact will happen over the Indian…
France river barriers cut plastic pollution as Toulouse scheme collects eight tonnes
Toulouse project captures eight tonnes of plastic The barrier was installed on the river Garonne at Blagnac, a suburb…
China unveils plans to beat US in retrieving Mars samples
(NewsNation) — China has laid out a timeline to retrieve surface samples from Mars within the next half-decade…
In 2017, a 14-year-old Virginia girl dug a backyard pond for a school project; 9 years later, it has become a thriving wildlife ecosystem
The transformation demonstrates how even relatively small habitat projects can make a difference when they provide food, water,…
Venus is often introduced as Earth’s twin because of its similar size and rocky composition, yet its surface reaches about 467°C under 93 times Earth’s atmospheric pressure; the Soviet landers that reached it transmitted for only 23 to 127 minutes before succumbing to the conditions.
Venus earns the familiar description “Earth’s twin” from a genuine family resemblance. It is a rocky planet only…
As wildfires spread north, UN agencies race to help Europe adapt
Human activity causes most of the wildfires breaking out across Europe, but their spread, speed and intensity are…
James Webb telescope finds one of our galaxy’s rarest stars inside the ‘Treasure Chest’ globule — Space photo of the week
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured the “Treasure Chest,” a cometary globule in the star-forming Carina Nebula, on…
In 1990, cheetah expert Laurie Marker sold her possessions and moved to Namibia; her research base now protects about 158,000 acres of cheetah country | World News
A representative image of cheetah resting. Image credits: Wikimedia Commons In 1990, American zoologist Laurie Marker made a…
Betelgeuse’s northeast hotspot held its spot from 2015 to 2023, outliving the large convective structures current models predict
A bright patch on the northeastern limb of Betelgeuse sat in nearly the same place, at nearly the…