Best-Preserved Pair of Skis from Ancient World Revealed By Melting Ice Sheet
The melting of an ice sheet in Norway has uncovered a pair of remarkably well-preserved skis that have been lying dormant for almost 1,300 years.…
Environmental Science
WHO Slashes Safe Air Pollution Levels as New Evidence Highlights Health Risks
The World Health Organization (WHO) has updated its worldwide air quality guidelines for the first time since 2005, suggesting that fine particulate matter concentrations be…
So much Polar Ice is Melting that it’s Warping Earth’s Crust
Everyone is in for some bad news: the Earth is losing ice at a rate that can only be defined as “staggering” and “truly the…
Unprecedented Arctic Ozone Hole Last Year Sparked by Record Heat in North Pacific
The unusually large hole in ozone levels across the Arctic last year was probably caused by a series of events caused by record high sea…
Telltale Signs of an Approaching Mass Extinction Event are on the Rise, Scientists Say
A troubling new study published in the journal Nature has uncovered a common feature of almost all mass extinction events throughout history, and warns that…
Jeff Bezos Pledges $1 Billion Dollars to Conservation Efforts after Spacecation
Jeff Bezos, the Amazon CEO-turned-not-quite-astronaut, has been inspired by his stay on the moon. The media magnate announced the launch of the Bezos Earth Fund…
SOSV is Building a New Jersey HAX facility for Industrial, Healthcare, and Climate Startups
SOSV announced this morning that construction on a $50 million HAX facility in Newark, New Jersey, will begin soon. The facility will focus on fostering…
Global Warming is slowed by an Intensified Water Cycle
Climate change is likely hastening parts of the water cycle as rising global temperatures increase the rate of evaporation globally. On average, more evaporation leads…
Metals Boost a Promising method for Burying Harmful CO2 under the Sea
There is a global race to reduce the number of harmful gases in our atmosphere in order to slow the rate of climate change, and…
World’s Largest Tree Wrapped in Fire-Proof Blanket as Wildfires Rage Closer
Wildfires are threatening to engulf the Giant Forest of Sequoia and King’s Canyon National Parks, threatening the world’s largest tree (by volume) (KNP). Rangers have…
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