The Major Iceberg Keeps Cracking As It Approaches South Georgia
The Larsen Sea Ice Shelf has lost a huge iceberg. The A-68, it was dubbed, was 12 percent of the entire ice shelf, with a…
Geology
New Zealand’s Glaciers Are Melting At Twice the Rate of Pre-Industrial Times
The study, published in the journal Scientific Reports, found that glacier ice loss has doubled since pre-industrial times, and has now shrunk by about 77…
Earth’s Oldest Known Rock Formation Was Created in an Asteroid Strike
In addition to the age of the oldest surviving rocks we have found there. Now geologists think that’s what it is – they were formed…
Chinese sub-livestreams from the deepest part of the planet’s ocean
According to the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a deep-sea submarine sank 10,909 meters (about 35,790 feet) deep in the waters of the Mariana Trench in…
African continent is slowly separating into several large and small tectonic blocks
The African continent is slowly separating into several large and small tectonic blocks The African continent is slowly separating into a number of large and…
While Solving Puzzles Otters Learn From Their Friends
The hand puzzle (or paws, as it were) was made into transparent containers by biting with flavored meatballs inside. This tool is snacks for powered…
Researchers are working to prevent skin-eating fungus from decimating salamander populations
Dr. Dev Miller and Dr. Matt Gray lead the Ambivian Disease Laboratory at the University of Tennessee and are adopting a variety of strategies to…
Humpback whales have been spotted in a Kakadu river. So who will win the fight with the crocodile?
This was the first time a humpback whale was recorded on the river and the story made international headlines. In recent days, a whale has been…
In Australian waters rare “Bigfin squid” found for the first time
Now, a new study published in the journal PLOS One details the incredible discovery of five Bigfin squid in the Great Australian Bite, the first…
How the skin breaks the evolutionary law to lose organs and make them grow further
The exact mechanism by which this is possible is unclear, but it is something that was observed in a group of reptiles known as skinks,…
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