Earth & Climate

Caterpillar Never Enough also appears to contribute to climate change

The faeces of hungry caterpillars have been shown to act as fertilizer for aquatic microbes, which in turn release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Major...

Brits want to build a 50-meter-deep swimming pool for astronauts

It should be the largest and deepest swimming pool in the world that, for example, astronauts can make grateful use of in preparation for...

How climate change affects crops

Projected changes in global crop yields. (Image: NASA / Katy Mersmann) Warmer temperatures, changed precipitation patterns and more CO2 in the atmosphere: Climate change...

On the trail of cosmic bombardment

In one of the lunar rock samples, the metal inclusions are visible, which come from former asteroid impacts. (Image: AG Kleine) Did changes in...

Scientists ‘smell’ Amsterdam nanoplastics in the pristine high Alps

A very unpleasant surprise. Some time ago, an international team of researchers – including scientists from Utrecht University – traveled to the high Alps to...

Sea levels are now rising twice as fast as they were in the 1990s

A new report from the World Meteorological Organization makes it clear: Climate change is currently transforming our planet before our very eyes. At the moment,...

The world’s first 3D-printed steel bridge is now in Amsterdam

It's living science. Everyone who walks, runs or cycles across the bridge contributes to the collection of important information about the construction. It is...

Condor reproduces virginally (despite fertile males also being around)

It is the first time that researchers have discovered that California condors can apparently also reproduce in this special way. It's an extraordinary discovery: condors...

Scientists discover new liquid phase in glass

"It's a new kind of material." These are the words of researcher Zahra Fakhraai. Together with her team, she discovered a liquid phase that...

By 2500, humanity may be living in a completely unrecognizable world

So far, climate projections often only go as far as 2100. But what does the world look like for our grandchildren's grandchildren? Meanwhile, we...

Hole in the ozone layer also this year exceptionally large and deep

The ozone hole is now about the size of North America. Every year between mid-September and mid-October, the 'ozone hole' reaches its maximum size. ...

Honeybees also keep their distance if disease threatens

Despite their social properties, they protect the hive from parasites through social distancing. Honey bees are very social animals. They work with other females...

Caring saber-toothed cats

Artist's impression of Smilodon Saber-toothed cats on a crack. (Image: 1988 MARK HALLETT MURAL, "TRAPPED IN TIME." COURTESY OF LA BREA TAR PITS.) Bony...

Super-sharp images of live bacteria reveal a flaw in their tiny armor

The bacteria may be more vulnerable than previously thought. And that's good news. Scientists of the University College London have created super-sharp images of...

Traces of life discovered in 2.5 billion-year-old gemstone

The ruby ​​appears to contain carbon atoms that were once part of an early life form here on Earth. To gain more insight into how...

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