Castle geyser eruption Yellowstone.
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A new geological record of the Yellowstone supervolcano's last catastrophic eruption is rewriting the story of what happened 630,000 years ago and how it affected Earth's climate. This eruption formed the vast...
Coral reef.
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A new study based on the first global survey of marine life by scuba divers has provided fresh insights into how climate change is affecting the distribution of marine life.
The research...
The current period of climate change may be unparalleled over the last 100 million years, say researchers.
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According to the methodology widely used by the scientific community, the temperature of the ocean depths and that of...
Sense of touch: Swimming bacteria can sense surfaces with the flagellum.
Credit: University of Basel, Biozentrum
Although bacteria have no sensory organs in the classical sense, they are still masters in perceiving their environment. A research group at the University of...
Street map of New York City showing maximum projected future storm surge. Natural water is in dark blue, 2100 levels are in medium blue and 2300 levels are in light blue.
Credit: Catolyn Fish, Penn State Department of Geography
Rising sea...
This is an image of illegal mining of gold in the immediate surroundings of the Amapá National Forest.
Credit: Érico Kauano
New research published in the open access peer-reviewed journal PeerJ uses law enforcement data collected from 2010 to 2015 to...
This schematic shows the settlement history of Newfoundland encompassing occupations by at least three distinct cultural groups: MA, Dorset Palaeoeskimo, and Beothuk.
Credit: Produced by Deirdre Elliott with QGIS 2.18.44, and data from Stephen Hull and Natural Earth.
Indigenous people have...
Model simulation of the hydroxyl radical concentration in the atmosphere.
Credit: Angharad Stell, University of Bristol.
Since 2007, scientists have been searching to find the cause of a sudden and unexpected global rise in atmospheric methane, a potent greenhouse gas, following...
Research station in Malaysia used by researchers for measurements.
Credit: Bill Sturges/UEA
"Ozone depletion is a well-known phenomenon and, thanks to the success of the Montreal Protocol, is widely perceived as a problem solved," says University of East Anglia's David Oram....
Figure 3 from the paper: Simulated changes in climatic controls on hurricane activity between the Younger Dryas (YD, 12.0-12.5 ka) and early Holocene (EH, 10.2-10.8 ka). A: Spatial difference in storm season surface temperature (Tsfc). B: Spatial difference in...
The researchers planted out different wheat plants in the test field in China.
Credit: Jacob Weiner
Survival of the fittest is a fundamental concept in Darwin's theory of natural selection which drives evolution.
However, when it comes to agriculture...
