The new observations show that the stellar equator (right) is aligned with the orbital plane of the planet Beta Pictoris b (middle) and the plane…
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(a) Map of global PM2.5 in 2016; (b) Changes in concentrations between 2010 and 2016. Units for both are μg/m3. Credit: Professor Gavin Shaddick/University of…
A visualization of three computer simulations of terrestrial exoplanets, showing winds (arrows) and airborne dust (color scale), with an M-dwarf host star in the background.…
Climate change could cause abrupt shifts in the amount of vegetation growing in parts of Great Britain, new research shows. The University of Exeter studied…
A fisherman with a pinger. Credit: Fishtek Marine Underwater sound devices called “pingers” could be an effective, long-term way to prevent porpoises from getting caught…
The research team analysed rock juggling in Asian small-clawed (Aonyx cinereus) and smooth-coated (Lutrogale perspicillata) otters found in zoo environments. Hunger is likely to be…
The majority of the bones found at the site investigated, in the Russian Plains, are from mammoths. A total of 51 lower jaws and 64…
Herring gull. Credit: Madeleine Goumas Seagulls favor food that has been handled by humans, new research shows. Herring gulls were presented with two identical food…
Stock photo of Tungurahua, an active stratovolcano located in the Cordillera Oriental of Ecuador. South American volcano showing early warning signs of ‘potential collapse,’ research…
The polar jet stream. Credit: NASA/Trent L Schindler Jet Stream Not Getting ‘Wavier’ Despite Arctic Warming Rapid Arctic warming has not led to a “wavier”…
Sea ice coverage shifts over timescales of decades to centuries — so shrinking ice cannot be expected to return rapidly if climate change is slowed…
View towards Khumbu and Cholatse from below Ama Dablam at about 4,900 m showing typical subnival vegetation in the foreground. Credit: Karen Anderson New research…
More than half of the climate tipping points identified a decade ago are now “active,” a group of leading scientists have warned. This threatens the…
A clownfish in an anemone. Credit: Tim Gordon, University of Exeter Young fish can be drawn to degraded coral reefs by loudspeakers playing the sounds…
Sea turtle equipped with an animal-borne sensor. Credit: Miquel Gomila/SOCIB Sharks, penguins, turtles and other seagoing species could help humans monitor the oceans by transmitting…
Tracking the world’s second-largest shark species has revealed that it moves to different depths depending on the time of year. Basking sharks spend most of…
Climate change could negatively impact banana cultivation in some of the world’s most important producing and exporting countries, a study has revealed. Credit: David Bebber…
A helium exoplanet inflated like a balloon, research shows. Credit: Denis Bajram Astronomers have discovered a distant planet with an abundance of helium in its…