Reconstructed life appearance of the extinct European straight-tusked elephant Palaeoloxodon antiquus in frontal view, based on remains uncovered from the Neumark-Nord 1 site in Saxony-Anhalt,…
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This almost cloud-free image of Taal volcano was captured on January 23, 2020, at 02:20 GMT (10:20 local time) by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission, and…
This composite image was created by combing three separate ‘Normalized Difference Vegetation Index’ images from the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission. The first image, from April 8,…
View into the interior of the Borexino detector. Credit: Copyright Borexino Collaboration Scientists involved in the Borexino collaboration have presented new results for the measurement…
The Yarrabubba Impact Structure. Credit: Google Earth New Research Finds Earth’s Oldest Asteroid Strike Linked to ‘Big Thaw’ Curtin University scientists have discovered Earth’s oldest…
Flames rise from an experimental forest fire in Canada’s remote Northwest Territories. Credit: Stefan Doerr via Immageo, CC BY-ND 3.0 A new study shows that…
Sea ice coverage shifts over timescales of decades to centuries — so shrinking ice cannot be expected to return rapidly if climate change is slowed…
Scientists were expecting to see global emissions of HFC-23 drop by almost 90 percent between 2015 and 2017, but researchers have now shown that concentrations…
A new study shows that half of all Arctic warming and corresponding sea-loss during the late 20th century was caused by ozone-depleting substances. Here, icebergs…
This is a shallow river bed in Buderim Forest Park, Queensland, Australia. Credit: Laura Bentley River flow is reduced in areas where forests have been…
Picture captured on May 24, 2019, by the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission. Credit: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2019), processed by ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO…
Researchers gathering data in a Siberian cave. Credit: University of Oxford Sea-Ice-Free Arctic Makes Permafrost Vulnerable to Thawing Permafrost is ground that remains frozen throughout…
Volcanic activity did not play a direct role in the mass extinction event that killed the dinosaurs, according to an international, Yale-led team of researchers.…
According to independent analyses by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Earth’s global surface temperatures in 2019 were the second warmest since…
Emily Osborne, a marine scientist with NOAA’s Ocean Acidification Program, examines a sediment sample taken from the Santa Barbara Basin off California which contains recently…
This image of the UV aerosol index from the Suomi NPP satellite OMPS Nadir Mapper instrument showing a “close-up” from January 13, 2020 (specifically orbit…
The Arctic region is heating up faster than any other place on Earth, and as more and more sea ice is lost every year, we…
The 2019 ozone hole reached its peak extent of 6.3 million square miles (16. 4 million square kilometers) on September 8. Abnormal weather patterns in…
Results should help improve how species’ vulnerability is assessed. A new study says that the planet’s wildlife is increasingly under the boot of humanity. Using…
Cardiff University scientists have shed new light on the Earth’s climate behavior during the last known period of global warming over 14 million years ago.…