Earth Science

Credit: Tim Gordon Scientists witnessing the destruction of the natural world must be supported and "allowed to cry", researchers say. In a letter published in the journal Science, three leading researchers say it is…

Interactive map shows nature's contributions to people Nature supports people in critical ways, often at a highly local level. Wild bees buzz through farms, pollinating vegetables as they go. Nearby, wetlands might remove chemicals from…

Credit: Advances in Atmospheric Sciences The Noah land surface model with multi-parameterization options (Noah-MP) simulates the major spatiotemporal patterns of hydrological variables in China, a vast country characterized by…

Credit: Paul Butler Scientists are reconstructing the world's "pristine" prehistoric oceans. Ocean conservation is a global concern, but the researchers say we don't currently know what the oceans were like before major…

Credit: IMAS New research into the chemistry of the oceans during ice ages is helping to solve a puzzle that has engaged scientists for more than two decades. At issue is how much of the CO2 that entered the ocean during ice ages can be…

Stephan Sobolev together with researchers from Grenoble, France, and Madison, Wisconsin, will investigate Earth's evolution An ERC (European Research Council) Synergy grant of €12.8 million over six years (2020-2026) has been awarded to…

Although the mapping of aboveground biomass is now possible with satellite remote sensing, these maps still have to be calibrated and validated using on-site data gathered by researchers across the world. IIASA contributed to the…

Siamraptor provides a new glimpse at the early evolution of carcharodontosaurian dinosaursCredit: Chokchaloemwong et al., 2019 Fossils discovered in Thailand represent a new genus and species of predatory dinosaur, according to a…

100 years of climate change visible in the AlpsCredit: Walter Mittelholzer, ETH-Bibliothek Zürich & Dr Kieran Baxter, University of Dundee In 1919, the Swiss pilot and photographer Walter Mittelholzer flew over Mont…

Team modifies electrolyte chemistry to prevent the piercing structuresCredit: Video courtesy of He et. al., Nature Nanotechnology Scientists have uncovered a root cause of the growth of needle-like structures--known as dendrites…