Is It Safe to Leave Bottled Water in the Sun?
As the days heat up, the bottled water comes out. It’s in cars, trunks, sheds, at soccer practice…
A powerful magnitude 7.2 earthquake strikes off northern Japan
TOKYO — A powerful earthquake struck off the northern coast of Japan during rush hour on Thursday morning, but the…
Too hot for work: why extreme heat is a threat to Europe’s productivity | Productivity
Monique Mosley is used to sweltering conditions at the food factory in Yorkshire where she works, but June’s…
Flooding rains, ocean gains: how a huge Murray flood gave the sea a feast
For decades, the rivers of the Murray-Darling Basin have been heavily regulated by dams and irrigation networks. As…
They long focused on ice as the driver of sea level change, but a tectonic slowdown they underestimated may have dropped the seas by 30 meters without a single glacier getting involved
Stand at any beach and the ocean looks permanent, almost stubborn, a vast bowl of water that rises…
Fossil fuel price surges can lead to worse air quality, study finds | Air pollution
New research shows that the unreliability of fossil fuel supply chains and consequential price surges can lead to…
Migrating swifts loyally return every year to nests in buildings, study finds | Birds
Migratory swifts loyally return every year to their nests in buildings, according to a study, underlining the importance…
Russia plans 441-ton nuclear fuel plant to recycle waste stockpile
While Western nations try to cut ties with Russia, Moscow is quietly moving to control the global nuclear…
Humpback whales were assumed to simply call out to nearby mates, but thousands of miles of open ocean separate the singers from the listeners, and the hidden statistical structure behind those songs is prompting scientists to ask what human language actually shares with the animal world
Picture a creature the size of a school bus hanging motionless in dark water, mouth slightly open, body…
Rare Goblin Shark Spotted Alive in Its Natural Habitat for the First Time
Goblin shark near Tonga Trench (2024). Credit: Minderoo-University of Western Australia Deep-Sea Research Center and Inkfish. Scientists have…
Why the West stopped making land
Some of America’s most famous land was reclaimed from the sea. The Lincoln Memorial, the World War II…
Yes, China Is Largely Responsible For Rising Carbon Emissions
The Bao Steel mill in the morning, in Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China. Baotou is an excellent example of…