Earth & Climate

The oceans are warmer than ever

For the sixth year in a row, the ocean's heat content is record-breaking. Researchers write that in the magazine Advances in Atmospheric Sciences. ...

Pheasant only becomes a hothead after he has fought

That's according to research with thermal cameras, which scientists used to measure the physiological state of pheasants during hot-tempered encounters. Pheasants can be quite...

Fossil glimpses of Australia’s early rainforests

Fossil feather from McGrath's Flat. (Image: Michael Frese) A newly discovered fossil deposit in the Central Tablelands northwest of Sydney provides unique insights into...

The dog brain can distinguish between Spanish and Hungarian

It is the first time that researchers show that a non-human brain can distinguish different languages ​​from each other. Only a few animals can...

Surprise: dreaded superbug MRSA wasn’t created by humans after all

On the hunt for the origin of the superbug, researchers – surprisingly – end up not with our antibiotics, but with… the hedgehog. MRSA...

Giant marine dinosaur evolved in record time

Artist's impression of Cymbospondylus youngorum hunting 246 million years ago. Stephanie Abramowicz. Stephanie Abramowicz / Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County...

Sometimes a wildfire is also good for the climate

Although wildfires often bring death and destruction, well-controlled fires could just offset part of our CO2 emissions. Scientists are currently looking for ways to capture...

You can feel, see and.. hear climate change!

There is music in melting glaciers. The earth is warming. And that causes glaciers on, for example, Greenland and Spitsbergen to melt. This...

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