Massive Impact Crater Buried Under Greenland Ice Is 58 Million Years Old
According to a recent research published in the journal Science Advances, an asteroid or comet smashing into Earth 58 million years ago created a large…
Environmental Science
Musk Says Europe Needs To Up Nuclear Power Following Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
Elon Musk has urged Europe to increase nuclear energy production as a means of weaning itself from Russian fossil resources. The war in Ukraine and…
Most of the Amazon Rainforest Is Nearing Catastrophic Collapse
While the world’s attention is focused on tragedies such as COVID-19 and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a far more serious threat is looming. According to…
Military Action in Radioactive Chernobyl Could Be Dangerous For People and the Environment
For more than three decades, a 1,000-square-mile (2,600-square-kilometer) exclusion zone has ringed the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in northern Ukraine, keeping people out. On April…
Latest UN Climate Report Is an Atlas of Human Suffering
The newest UN climate report is out, and it’s not good news: the climate problem is swiftly spreading and already poses a threat to billions…
Last Year Saw the Biggest Increase in CO2 Emissions Ever Recorded
Remember when, about this time last year, we finally got some positive environmental news? It found out that the epidemic had resulted in a 7%…
Re-Introducing Twenty Big Mammal Species Key to Restoring Lost Ecosystems
Reintroducing just 1-3 animal species could restore vast swaths of degraded ecosystems to anything resembling their former splendor, and an UN-funded study has found 20…
Plan to Discharge Fukushima Wastewater into Pacific under Review by UN
Since Monday, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), an UN-accredited international nuclear task force, has been in Fukushima to assess the country’s plans to dump…
From Squeaks to Boings Scientists Plan Global Archive of the Ocean’s “Underwater Orchestra”
A worldwide group of scientists has proposed archiving what they refer to as the “underwater orchestra” of sea creature sounds, including recordings contributed by both…
Do Geese Have Teeth?
An angry goose is such a formidable foe that they’re utilized as guard geese in some regions of the world to keep trespassers away from…
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