Earth & Climate

Earth & Climate

Creeping salination of lakes

The idyll is deceptive: many lakes in Europe are threatened by salinity. © wmaster890/ iStock Salt from road salt, fertilizer and mine waste water...
Ashton Edwards -
Earth & Climate

Einstein’s predicted delay of time measured on a millimeter scale

A clock close to the ground ticks slower than a clock higher. That effect has now been demonstrated for 'clocks' with less...
Charlie Elliott -
Earth & Climate

Scientists on frozen icebreaker make surprising discovery in the heart of the Arctic Ocean

In the cold waters, researchers found cod and squid, which apparently can thrive much further north than previously thought. The Polarstern is a German...
Charlie Elliott -
Earth & Climate

Climate change is disrupting bird diets

The American Bluebird (Sialia sialis) benefits from earlier fledging of aquatic insects. © Steve Byland, istock In order to raise their chicks, birds depend...
Ashton Edwards -
Earth & Climate

After fiery scientific debate, it has now been proven: small tropical fish has self-awareness

The common cleaner wrasse recognized itself as the first fish in the world in the mirror. And now he passes the formidable...
Charlie Elliott -
Earth & Climate

Photo worth seeing: Tinkering with the proton beam

Here, two scientists are preparing an experiment using the POLARIS laser at the University of Jena. This should help to make it easier...
Elijah Burt -
Earth & Climate

Orangutan discovers on his own what it can do with a hammer and sharp stones

He instinctively uses the hammer to strike and the sharp stones to cut. And that also tells us more about the skills...
Charlie Elliott -
Earth & Climate

Climate change could shake millions of years of collaboration that may also be happening in your backyard

At least one of the two cooperation partners in question may not be able to adapt quickly enough. You have undoubtedly come across them,...
Charlie Elliott -
Earth & Climate

More than seventeen meters high monster wave detected off the coast of Canada

For a long time, monster waves were dismissed as sailor's fairy tales. But they really exist. And scientists are now revealing...
Charlie Elliott -
Earth & Climate

Nocturnal braking effect on fires is disappearing

More and more frequently, forest and bush fires also offer favorable development conditions at night. © Xp33gt/iStock More and more often, it burns longer...
Ashton Edwards -
Earth & Climate

Mysterious blue blob grants Icelandic glaciers reprieve from execution

The glaciers started melting faster in the 1990s, but that melt slowed down from 2011. And the blue blob seems to underlie it. This...
Charlie Elliott -
Earth & Climate

New method should make popular metals easier to recycle

American researchers have devised a new way to fish rare earths, crucial for many electrical appliances, from various types of waste. You will find...
Charlie Elliott -
Earth & Climate

Photo worth seeing: Toxic snack

This Japanese squirrel appears to be feeding on a poisonous toadstool with ease. This not only helps the rodent to survive, the fungus...
Elijah Burt -
Earth & Climate

Dino with severe respiratory infection

Artist's impression of the sick sauropod "Dolly". © Woodruff et al. (2022) and Corbin Rainbolt. Coughing, breathing difficulties and the long neck must...
Ashton Edwards -
Earth & Climate

Monkeys can also succumb under pressure

When the stakes are high, the pressure can become too much. Also for monkeys. You probably remember a time when failure was not...
Charlie Elliott -
Earth & Climate

Sponge-filled ‘gardens’ discovered on extinct volcanoes in the Arctic Ocean

And the sponges are forced to follow a somewhat sinister diet in this unhospitable environment. At first sight, the bottom of the Arctic Ocean...
Charlie Elliott -
Earth & Climate

Record-breaking bubble lasts no less than 465(!) days

Anyone who has ever blown bubbles knows that those bubbles are usually short-lived. The situation is very different for a very special...
Charlie Elliott -
Earth & Climate

How crabs deceive with big guns

This male crab tries to impress his rivals and partners with his extremely enlarged claws. © craykeeper/ iStock Big scissors, nothing behind? Sexual...
Ashton Edwards -
Earth & Climate

Chimpanzees treat their wounds by rubbing insects in them

In a nature reserve in Gabon, Africa, German scientists have seen chimpanzees rubbing insects in open wounds on themselves and others of their...
Charlie Elliott -
Earth & Climate

‘Dog droppings in nature reserves bad for biodiversity’

According to Belgian researchers, dogs provide considerable amounts of extra nitrogen and phosphorus in nature reserves through their faeces. Poo on the sidewalk...
Charlie Elliott -
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