Breathing new life into the rise of oxygen debate
New research strongly suggests that the distinct 'oxygenation events' that created Earth's breathable atmosphere happened spontaneously, rather than being a consequence of biological or...
Reducing wildfire risks for better management and resource allocation
Managing future wildfire risk requires an interface between human decision processes and knowledge about climate trends related to fire, as well as humans' abilities...
Technologies and scientific advances needed to track methane levels in atmosphere
Understanding what influences the amount of methane in the atmosphere has been identified to be one of the foremost challenges in the earth sciences...
Natural ecosystems protect against climate change
The identification of natural carbon sinks and understanding how they work is critical if humans are to mitigate global climate change. Tropical coastal wetlands...
Spying on hippos with drones to help conservation efforts
A new study has shown that using a drone to film hippos in Africa is an effective, affordable tool for conservationists to monitor the...
Ice in motion: Satellites capture decades of change
New time-lapse videos of Earth's glaciers and ice sheets as seen from space -- some spanning nearly 50 years -- are providing scientists with...
Greenland ice losses rising faster than expected
Greenland is losing ice seven times faster than in the 1990s and is tracking the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's high-end climate warming scenario,...
Could dark carbon be hiding the true scale of ocean ‘dead zones’?
The impact of climate change on the world's oceans is becoming increasingly known but new research suggests current computer models could be omitting a...
Floral foam adds to microplastic pollution problem
First study to examine the environmental effects of floral foam finds the plastic material, which breaks into tiny pieces, can be eaten by a...
No ‘clouded’ judgments: Geostationary satellite an alternative to monitor land surfaces
Environmental scientists are always in search of new tools that can better characterize the Earth's surface. Researchers have now reported that Himawari-8, a new-generation...
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The extremely rare cave-dwelling albino fish with no eyes, the Mexican blindcat, has previously only been known to exist in Mexico.
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