Earth Science
Tiny Plastic Particles Are Inside Wildlife, But Scientists Still Cannot Prove It
A new review argues that nanoplastics are an increasingly recognised contaminant in wildlife, but analytical limitations and non-specific biomarkers mean...
Landfill Leachate Is Quietly Poisoning Soil and Water in Northeast India, Study Finds
A new study of the Lamdeng landfill in Manipur, Northeast India, finds that leachate infiltration has rendered nearby surface water...
Hidden eruptions emerge from Antarctic ice caves as geochemical fingerprints reveal a secret volcanic past
Geochemical clustering of ash preserved in fumarolic ice caves on Mount Melbourne has revealed a previously unknown Holocene eruption and...
Myanmar’s Giant 2025 Earthquake Was Partly Predictable, New Study Finds
A new Nature Communications study shows that the fault geometry, slip distribution, and supershear rupture speed of the 2025 magnitude...
Ancient Zircons Reveal Oxygen Was Quietly Oxidizing Earth’s Mantle Billions of Years Ago
Sulfur trapped in zircon-hosted apatite inclusions shows that oxidative weathering and recycling of surface materials began raising the oxygen fugacity...
Digital Tools Drive Circular Economy Gains in Jordan’s Factories, Study Finds
A survey of 176 Jordanian manufacturing managers shows that technological and financial resources fuel digital transformation, which in turn boosts...
Vegetation and Rainfall Steer Ecological Risk Across East Africa’s Shifting Landscapes
A three-decade satellite-based assessment reveals that vegetation condition and annual precipitation are the dominant drivers of landscape ecological risk in...
Lightning Strokes Mapped as Point Events Reveal the Hidden Rhythm of Severe Thunderstorms
A new study of six UK thunderstorms treats every lightning stroke as a point in time and space, extracting storm...
Scientists Turn Spent Fluorescent Lamps Into a Rare Earth Goldmine With Shrimp-Shell Chemistry
Researchers at IIT Kanpur have developed an integrated process combining alkali roasting, two-stage leaching and EDTA-functionalized chitosan adsorption to recover...
Romania’s ‘weird’ earthquakes finally obey the rules of seismology
A new source–path–site framework shows that Romania's enigmatic Vrancea intermediate-depth earthquakes are not seismic anomalies but a product of undecomposed...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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