Expedition probes ocean’s smallest organisms for climate answers
Satellite images of phytoplankton blooms on the surface of the ocean often dazzle with their diverse colors, shades and shapes. But phytoplankton are more...
Factcheck: How global warming has increased US wildfires
In the midst of record or near-record heatwaves across the northern hemisphere this summer, deadly wildfires have swept through many regions, such as the...
Factcheck: How global warming has increased US wildfires
In the midst of record or near-record heatwaves across the northern hemisphere this summer, deadly wildfires have swept through many regions, such as the...
Fish oil supplements: debatable health benefits but clear environment impact
August 9th, 2018
For decades, fish oil supplements have been advertised as key to improved cardiovascular health, and the secret to dodge Alzheimer’s disease later...
Crucial global climate fund facing ‘massive challenges’
Political divisions between rich and poor countries make the board of the UN climate fund 'extremely difficult to work with', says green growth chief
The...
Several dead Cuvier’s beaked whales found along Irish coast last weekend
August 9th, 2018
Three Cuvier’s beaked whales were found washed up at different locations along the coast in counties Donegal and Mayo last weekend.
The dead...
Solar geoengineering could ‘fail to prevent damage to crop yields’
Releasing aerosols into the atmosphere in order to limit the rise in global temperature would not stave off damage to crop yields, a new...
Seeing hidden worlds under melting ice
The iceberg split in two like a slow-motion train wreck. And the strange pattern bothered Catherine Walker.
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