May 31, 2023 The ground beneath Antarctica's most vulnerable glacier has now been mapped, helping scientists to better understand how it is being affected by climate change. Analysis of the geology below the ...
June 28, 2021 All life on Earth 500 million years ago lived in the oceans, but scientists know little about how these animals and algae developed. A newly discovered fossil deposit near Kunming, China, may hold ...
Feb. 6, 2023 An interdisciplinary team of scientistshas found that rapid sea-level rise drove early settlers in Southeast Asia to migrate during the prehistoric period, increasing the genetic diversity of the ...
Dec. 6, 2022 A chance find of an unstudied Antarctic sediment core has led researchers to flip our understanding of how often ice ages occurred in ...
Mar. 15, 2024 Perfectly adapted microorganisms live in extreme environments from deep-sea trenches to mountaintops. Learning more about how these extremophiles survive in hostile conditions could inform scientists ...
May 13, 2021 A new whole genome sequence for the Yap hadal snailfish provides insights into how the unusual fish survives in some of the deepest parts of the ...
Mar. 6, 2024 A new study provides a new comprehensive look at the potential for flooding in a combined 32 cities along the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf coasts. It predicts as many as 500,000 people will be affected by flooding alongside 1 in 35 privately owned ...
Feb. 26, 2024 Among the vast expanse of Antarctica lies the Thwaites Glacier, the world's widest glacier measuring about 80 miles on the western edge of the continent. Despite its size, the massive landform is losing about 50 billion tons of ice more than it is ...
Mar. 18, 2024 Researchers recently reported on the science behind its special concrete, that can warm itself up when it snows, or as temperatures approach ...
Mar. 13, 2024 Scientists have developed a sustainable method to make high-performance plastics from agricultural leftovers, turning them into valuable ...
Mar. 15, 2024 Research has demonstrated individual differences in and successfully extracted commonalities from the whole-brain activity of roundworms. The researchers also found that computer simulations based on ...
Mar. 15, 2024 Acoustic recordings of a colony of little auks reveal their nocturnal activities and offer valuable monitoring means for avian biology in the ...
Mar. 15, 2024 Perfectly adapted microorganisms live in extreme environments from deep-sea trenches to mountaintops. Learning more about how these extremophiles ...
Mar. 15, 2024 Researchers believe a group of killer whales observed hunting marine mammals including sperm whales, as well as a sea turtle, in the open ocean off ...
Mar. 15, 2024 A new study provides groundbreaking findings that offer insights on the migration and foraging patterns of leatherback sea turtles along the ...
Mar. 14, 2024 Researchers have theoretically linked ignition and deflagration in a combustion system, unlocking new configurations for stable, efficient combustion ...