“Gargantuan” Hailstone in Argentina May Have Set a New World Record
Known as the “Gargantuan Hills,” it is a possible record-breaking relic of hailstorms created by violent storms that shook Argentina in 2018. Researchers in the…
Environmental Science
The Climate Crisis Is Turning Antarctic Snow Green
Antarctica is a polar continent, but it is not just a vast expanse of ice and snow. Algae, lichens, and algae all grow in coastal…
The World’s “Earliest-Known Temple” Was Built 11,500 Years Ago With Geometry in Mind
A new perspective on the 11,500-year-old structural complex Göbekli Tepe in Upper Mesopotamia has reaffirmed that it may simply be the worst site in human…
We Healed the Hole in the Ozone Layer, but It’s Led To Other Environmental Problems
A new study has found that compounds introduced in the early 1990s to replace ozone-depleting chemicals can accumulate other harmful chemicals in the environment indefinitely.Ozone-depleting…
The Lockdown Measures Led To A 17 Percent Fall in Daily Global CO2 Emissions
The Covid-19 epidemic has so far infected more than 47.6 million people worldwide and killed more than 319,000 people. To reduce the spread of the…
The Asteroid That Sealed the Dinosaurs’ Fate Hit Earth At “Deadliest Possible” Angle
A million 66 million years ago, an asteroid about 17 kilometers (10.6 miles) wide hit the Earth, releasing billions of tons of sulfur into the…
Oceanic Microplastics May Be Returning To Land via Sea Breeze
New research has found that thousands of tons of microplastics that travel to the ocean can be brought back to shore with the help of…
Hurricanes Are Becoming More Powerful, New Data Suggests
Cyclones are intensifying in almost every region of the world where tropical cyclones occur and analyze satellite data for nearly 40 years to see if…
Seaweed Clean-up Could Provide Biofuels and Cleaner Beaches
The glorious beaches of the Caribbean are losing their appeal as the manure runway fuels marine eruptions. An inexpensive way to turn this material into…
Sometimes, Stressed Corals Become Even More Colorful
Spooky white coral walls are one of the defining images of our drastically altered natural world, but a new study has found that not all…
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