UK environment secretary Thérèse Coffey has demanded that water companies share plans for how they will reduce sewage discharges into rivers. They could start by coming clean on how much sewage is being dumped. If we don't ...
Environment
Feb 23, 2023
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From pandas to sea lions to tigers, hundreds of wildlife species across the globe are contaminated by potentially harmful "forever chemicals", according to a review of hundreds of peer-reviewed studies.
Environment
Feb 23, 2023
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Governments are not using the latest mapping technology to report key environmental data about tropical forests to the UN, say researchers.
Environment
Feb 21, 2023
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Türkiye and Syria are reeling from one of the worst earthquakes to strike the region in almost a century. Tens of thousands of people have been killed with many more injured in this tragedy.
Earth Sciences
Feb 13, 2023
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Humans are naturally afraid of the dark. We sometimes imagine monsters under the bed and walk faster down unlit streets at night. To conquer our fears, we may leave a night light on to scare away the monsters and a light ...
Astronomy
Feb 10, 2023
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The first ever maps of the shallow groundwater of the Fens of eastern England show that salt water is relatively close beneath the surface, meaning that if sea-levels rise, then salt content would affect the ability of the ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 31, 2023
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Ask most people what they picture when thinking about natural "carbon sinks"—ecosystems that absorb and store greenhouse gases—and they'll probably describe a forest. Reforestation is a common feature of climate change ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 18, 2023
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Astronomers at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) have unveiled a first-of-its-kind map that could help answer decades-old questions about the origins of stars and the influences of magnetic fields ...
Astronomy
Jan 11, 2023
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Creating geological maps of planetary surfaces such as those on Mars is a complex process. From data collection and analysis to publication in different formats, the production of maps is based on a time-consuming, multi-step ...
Planetary Sciences
Jan 10, 2023
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Dark energy makes the whole universe expand faster and faster! But what causes this spectacular process? Join NASA's newest citizen science project, Dark Energy Explorers, and help figure out this puzzle.
Astronomy
Jan 9, 2023
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