20/01/2008

First evidence of under-ice volcanic eruption in Antarctica

The first evidence of a volcanic eruption from beneath Antarctica’s most rapidly changing ice sheet is reported this week in the journal Nature Geosciences. The volcano on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet erupted 2000 years ago ...

Life-saving plants at risk of extinction

Hundreds of plants used to produce more than 50 percent of the world's prescription drugs are at risk of becoming extinct, researchers say.

Report warns of rise in Mediterranean

Both sea levels and temperatures in the Mediterranean have been rising since the 1970s, Spanish scientists report.