Chernobyl’s wildlife boom challenges what scientists know about radiation
Jim Smith has spent more than three decades studying one of the world’s most infamous environmental disasters: Chernobyl.…
It’s 50 years since the 1976 drought: how would the UK cope with its next major one?
It’s 50 years since the intense heat of the 1976 drought hit the UK. The country’s worst drought…
New wind turbine can be built anywhere without cement, heavy machinery
French designer Fabien Brun is challenging the traditional view of wind energy as a massive, multi-million-euro industrial endeavor.…
‘Unprecedented’ El Niño on the cards – could exceed previous events
An ‘unprecedented’ El Niño could develop later this year, the country’s climate forecasting service says. Earth Sciences New…
‘It’s Russian roulette’: alarm as Europe backs critical minerals mines in water-stressed regions | Mining
The European Commission plans to rewrite the EU’s flagship water protection law to speed up the development of…
Israeli study unlocks 4,000 years of climate change and human adaptation
Cylinders of ancient mud drilled from the Carmel Coast in northern Israel have revealed how ancient human societies…
Powerful seismic waves from Japan’s 2011 earthquake struck Earth’s core and bounced back up, moving island eastward
In 2011, Japan reeled from the effects of a devastating magnitude 9.0 earthquake. But unnoticed in the chaos…
From pixels to planning: Earth AI for nature restoration
Teaching AI the shape of the countryside To bridge the gap between pixels and planning, we developed a…
Watch: Powerful south swells send massive wave over oceanfront condos in Hawaii
Watch as a massive wave driven by powerful south swells surges over oceanfront condos in Keauhou, Hawaii, on…
Emergent decadal predictability in Antarctic contribution to sea-level rise
Noble, T. L. et al. The sensitivity of the Antarctic Ice Sheet to a changing climate: past, present,…
Out-of-Control Icebergs Are Wreaking Havoc on the Oceans
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Earthquakes can be destructive for distant cities built on top of basins – now we know why
By Timothy Stern*, The Conversation Sedimentary basins – depressions in Earth’s crust caused by tectonic activity – tend…