Earth & Climate

Earth & Climate

Rapid magma flow beneath Grindavik

Lava eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland. © Meghan McCollum/ iStock From December 18, 2023, numerous lava eruptions occurred in the immediate vicinity of...
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Earth & Climate

What is the best way to win people over to climate protection?

How do you get people to behave in a climate-friendly way? © izusek/ iStock In order to effectively combat climate change, the support of every...
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Seagrass meadows become “short grasslands”

Where lush neptune grass (left) still grows today, Halophila seaweed (right), introduced from the Red Sea, could soon spread. © Stephanie Helber Leibniz...
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Earth & Climate

What distinguishes flight plumage

This wing of a species of lark illustrates the rule: nine flight feathers with an asymmetrical structure emerge from the “hand segment” of the...
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Earth & Climate

The ecological consequences of fishing

Fishing is one of the most popular leisure activities in Germany. But what ecological consequences are associated with this? Image: Pexels.com, Lum3n...
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On the trail of the “thermostat” in the brain

Researchers have looked into the brains of transparent zebrafish larvae to determine their temperature regulation behavior. © Image: Portugues Labor / TU Munich ...
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Cretaceous frog fossil discovered with eggs

Fossil of the Cretaceous female frog with her eggs. © Baoxia Du et al. In northwest China, researchers have discovered the extraordinary fossil of a...
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Earth & Climate

“Climate plantations” really make sense

Can “climate plantations” slow down global warming? © fotojog/ iStock On so-called climate plantations, fast-growing plants are supposed to extract the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide...
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Earth & Climate

Secret of blue fruit color revealed

Blue fruits such as mahonia berries (left) have a wax layer with nanostructures (right) that are responsible for the color impression. © Rox...
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Earth & Climate

Photo worth seeing: One last hug

In 2000, during the construction of a highway in Altwies in southern Luxembourg, archaeologists discovered two graves from the Early Bronze Age. One of...
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Sea otter: Comeback protects against erosion

Sea otters eat burrowing crabs in the marshes along the California coast, protecting them from erosion. © Killiii Yuyan ...
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Earth & Climate

Hurricanes: Is the Saffir-Simpson scale still enough?

Hurricanes are becoming stronger due to climate change because warmer seas give them more energy. © Elen11/ iStock ...
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Do clownfish count stripes?

The different number of stripes in the different anemonefish species apparently has a special meaning. Pictured: Amphiprion ocellaris, © Kina Hayashi ...
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Earth & Climate

How long do discarded straws last?

Plastic straws are a major problem for the world's oceans. © Bryan James/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution ...
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3D fossils of bizarre ancient trees discovered

Artist's impression of the approximately 350 million year old Sanfordia tree with human silhouettes as a scale. © Tim Stonesifer ...
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Earth & Climate

Natron lakes as a cradle of life?

In late summer, the mineral-rich soda lake "Last Chance Lake" in Canada is usually dried out to the point where people can walk on...
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Earth & Climate

This butterfly has sensitivity

A pigeon tail drinking nectar © Anna Stöckl Highly developed eyes and a complex brain enable our human hands to perform even difficult tasks, such...
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Earth & Climate

German parks are suffering from climate stress

Shortened treetops in Berlin's Schönhausen Palace Park. © TU Berlin Heat, storms and drought - the increasingly frequent extreme weather events caused by climate change...
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Earth & Climate

Volcanism: Warning rumblings cleverly captured

View of the so-called Geldingadalir eruption of the Fagradalsfjall volcano in Iceland. © Eva Eibl, University of Potsdam ...
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Photo worth seeing: Stone witnesses to early life

Paleontologists assume that microbial life forms already existed around 3.5 billion years ago. However, insights into the diversity of the ecosystems of the time...
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