‘Flash Droughts’ Are Striking Faster as The World Warms, Scientists Warn
Most people have heard of a flash flood. ‘Flash droughts’, on the other hand,...
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It’s Official: NASA Confirms We’ve Found 5,000 Worlds Outside The Solar System
In January 1992, two cosmic objects forever changed our galaxy. For the first time, we had...
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A New Study Has Identified a Dominant Force Driving Evolution on Earth Today
Mounting evidence suggests humans are now a major driving force of evolution on Earth. From...
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Here’s How The Human Brain Reboots Itself After The Deep Sleep of Anesthesia
You may well have spent hours wondering what your laptop is up to as it takes its time to boot up....
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Climate Change Could Open Up ‘Rivers in The Sky’ Over East Asia
We know that the climate crisis is already having a profound effect on global weather systems,...
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Earth’s Water Cycle Is Changing Dramatically, And Much Faster Than We Predicted
(john finney photography/Getty Images) ENVIRONMENT Fresh water cycles from ocean to air to clouds...
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Biological Activity on Earth Really Is Affected by The Gravity of The Sun And Moon
Those two orbs we see in the sky during the day and night have even more of an influence on the...
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Plankton Is Undergoing a Global Migration, With Dire Consequences For The Food Web
If Earth’s temperature rises by a significant enough margin, we could see a major...
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Sunlight Can Bake Plastic Waste Into a Soup of Tens of Thousands of Organic Molecules
Leave a cheap plastic bag in the sun long enough and it’ll eventually crumble into a powdery...
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Experiment Reveals Why Getting More Sleep Isn’t Always Beneficial
Getting enough sleep is a vital part of staying fit and healthy, which is why scientists are...
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Wildlife Trade Brings Huge Risk of The Next Outbreak, Study of Over 800 Species Shows
The virus that causes COVID-19 was not the first pathogen to pass from animals to humans, and it...
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Earth Is Using 173% of The World’s Total ‘Biocapacity’, Scientists Warn
Humans around the world are consuming far more natural resources than our planet can continue to...
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Daycares in Finland Built a ‘Forest Floor’, And It Changed Children’s Immune Systems
Playing through the greenery and litter of a mini forest’s undergrowth for just one month...
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How Could Surface Minerals Get in Diamonds Found in The Deepest Depths of The Earth?
Diamonds that formed hundreds of kilometers deep below Earth’s surface contain traces of...
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Humans Now Control The Majority of All Surface Freshwater Fluctuations on Earth
Schlegeis dam wall, Austria. (Westend61/Getty Images) ENVIRONMENT A regime change of almost...
Read MoreThat Unusually Large Ozone Hole Over The Arctic Has Closed Up Again
Earlier this year, the layer of ozone over the Arctic thinned out enough to be considered a serious sized hole. It wasn’t exactly impressive compared with its southern cousin, but it was certainly a lot bigger than...
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Why the Indian Ocean is Earth’s Clearing-house for Ocean Warming
A composite satellite image of Earth centred on the Indian Ocean. Photo: NASA. The world’s oceans...
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Study Shows How a Low Calorie Diet Can Reverse Type 2 Diabetes
New research reveals the mechanisms through which low calorie diets can reverse type 2 diabetes in...
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