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Earth & Climate

Antarctic monster glaciers are doing something they’ve never done in 5,500 years

The current rate at which the famed Thwaites and Pine Island glaciers are retreating is unprecedented and possibly irreversible. Antarctica is covered by two...
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Earth & Climate

Even the snow in Antarctica turns out to be polluted with our microplastics

The find highlights the extent of plastic pollution in even the most remote places on Earth. Most people see Antarctica as a remote, relatively...
Charlie Elliott -
Earth & Climate

Huge predatory dinosaur discovered in Europe

This is what the “White Rock Spinosaurid” could have looked like. Artist's rendering © UoS/A Hutchings About 125 million years ago, where the Isle...
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Earth & Climate

Earth’s magnetic poles will remain where they are for the time being

According to some, the Earth's magnetic poles are about to reverse. But a new study is reassuring. The Earth's magnetic field acts as...
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Earth & Climate

New coronavirus discovered among voles

The virus appears to be common among Swedish voles. It is not yet clear whether it can also pose a risk to...
Charlie Elliott -
Earth & Climate

Brown & polar bears: on the trail of species development

Polar bears carry the genetic heritage of hybridizations with their southern relatives. © Øystein Wiig Researchers have gained new insights into the intertwined evolutionary...
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Earth & Climate

Your guppie is probably a cannibal – but not by nature

We all know the stories of guppies that mysteriously disappeared from the fishbowl. But anyone who thinks that such mysterious disappearances also...
Charlie Elliott -
Earth & Climate

Photo worth seeing: Cave diving under the big city

Not only is the city of Huntsville, Alabama, a center for high-tech and rocket-making, beneath its urban terrain lies a cave with unique residents. Below...
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Earth & Climate

Can plants be psychiatrically ill? Not really, but we might be able to use them to study mental illness

It means that scientists no longer only have to use laboratory animals, but that even plants can serve as additional model organism. What if...
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Earth & Climate

Movement of pinecones decoded

Pine cones open and close with humidity. © raclro / iStock In order to only release their valuable seeds under suitable conditions, pine cones...
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Earth & Climate

After a bad night, a mosquito only wants one thing: sleep

Apparently you're not the only one who needs a good night's sleep to function properly the next day. If you haven't slept at night,...
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Earth & Climate

Why do giraffes have such a long neck? Scientists come to a surprising conclusion!

It was long thought that competition for food led to the giraffe's long neck. But new research now suggests things are quite...
Charlie Elliott -
Earth & Climate

View from space: How the Alps turn green

View of the Swiss Alps. © Sabine Hull Less white - much more green: An evaluation of satellite images from the last 38 years...
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Earth & Climate

The Alps are getting greener (and that’s bad news)

Vegetation above the treeline has increased significantly in most of the European mountain ranges. On the other hand, unique Alpine plants are...
Charlie Elliott -
Earth & Climate

Missing bearded vulture Wally is dead

Bearded Vulture Lady Wally before her death. © Markus Leitner The bearded vultures, which were once hunted to extinction, are to be reintroduced to...
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Earth & Climate

180 kilometers (!) large plant will go down in the books as the largest plant on earth

The plant – which according to researchers is a true ecological mystery – is not only large, but also old: it has already...
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Earth & Climate

Goldfish turns out to be glutton and daredevil – which can get other species in trouble

Tired of your goldfish? Releasing them into nature may sound like a solution, but with a view to biodiversity, it turns out...
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Earth & Climate

Looking for CO2 sinks

Forests, like the Brazilian rainforest shown here, are important CO2 sinks. © FG Trade/ iStock The preservation and reforestation of forests is considered an...
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Earth & Climate

Siberian tundra threatens to be overrun by…larch trees

Due to climate change, larch forests threaten to advance at a speed of 30 kilometers per decade. And that could end the...
Charlie Elliott -
Earth & Climate

American researchers develop a robot smaller than a flea

The remote-controlled robot is only half a millimeter in size and could possibly be used during surgical procedures in the future. Engineers have developed...
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