Scientists Have Detected Something Deeply Alarming at the Bottom of the Ocean
Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Mysteries…
One-in-100-year coastal floods now happening twice a year in Wellington – study
In other parts of the world, 100-year floods had a median increase to a one-in-eight-year event over this…
Independent review of Whanganui Port redevelopment project remains under wraps
“It’s almost a step forward and a step backwards,” Petersen said. “The floods of a few weeks ago…
Giving guitarfish a chance: one man’s mission to persuade fishers to farm giant snails instead | Sharks
Guitarfish are an odd-looking and ancient species, with the tail of a shark and the flattened body of…
Why are ocean creatures so darned big?
The main reason why marine animals are able to grow so large is because water provides buoyancy, which…
Heavy swell, coastal flood warning issued
Heavy swells battered Rarotonga’s southern coast in 2022, causing some of the most destructive weather the island…
Earth’s Earliest Animals May Have Thrived Too Easily to Evolve
Fossils from some of the oldest-known animals on Earth, dating from 574 million years ago (Ediacaran period), suggest…
Amplified Arctic iceberg traffic reshapes benthic biodiversity
Iceberg imaging and sampling During expedition PS126 of RV Polarstern, the opportunity arose to visit a large iceberg…
Cleaner air is making marine clouds about 2.8% less reflective per decade over the North Atlantic and Northeast Pacific, and scientists say that “clean-air paradox” is letting more sunlight hit the water and helping oceans warm faster than forecasts expected
Cleaner air has brought enormous public health benefits, but a new climate study points to a strange side…
Heat Is Killing Wildlife Across the Animal Kingdom. A New Forecasting Tool May Help.
At the end of May, eight endangered Asiatic lions died at a national park in India. Officials feared…
Life after death: From burned trees to bleached corals, how dead organisms live on as the building blocks of new life
People’s knee-jerk reaction to seeing death in nature is often not positive. The burn scar left by wildfire…
One-in-100-year coastal floods now happening twice a year in Wellington – study
Sea level rise caused by climate change is set to expose areas like Wellington to more frequent coastal…