Earth & Climate

Miracle of slime mold

Photo: Andreas Witt For the best pictures you sometimes just have to grab the opportunities that everyday life offers. So did our reader Andreas...

Featured picture: Airy rivers affect Antarctic glaciers

This photo shows the vast ice landscape of the huge Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica. The air currents prevailing there cause heavy snowfalls...

Water wonders reflect the late antique climate

On this cross-section of the examined stalagmite from the Renella cave, the tree-ring-like structures can be clearly seen. (Image: Zanchetta et al., 2021) Reports...

How the asteroid shaped the rainforest

Using fossil leaves, spores and pollen grains, researchers have examined how the asteroid impact changed the vegetation in the rainforests of South America 66...

New predatory dinosaur: “The Fearsome”

Artist's impression of the new representative of the abelisaurs. (Image: Jorge Blanco and Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology) The community of monstrous robbers of the...

Featured picture: Myelin keeps the brain fit

This recording gives an insight into the white matter of the brain. It gets its whitish appearance from the turquoise myelin, the covering...

Sharpened picture of the earthly depth

The new 3D model combines satellite with earthquake and rock data to represent the structures in the lithosphere of our patent. (Image: ESA...

Featured picture: The arctic fox: an arctic survivor

Seemingly unimpressed by the icy cold, this Siberian arctic fox looks into the camera. It is perfectly adapted to the temperatures. But...

Cretaceous winged shark discovered

Artist's impression of the newly discovered “eagle shark” with a fin span of almost two meters. (Image: Oscar Sanisidro) It looks like a cross...

Can air travel be CO2-neutral by 2050?

How can air travel become more climate-friendly? (Image: stellalevi / iStock) So far, air traffic has been responsible for around three percent of global...

Greenland: Traces of former ice melt

As in present-day East Greenland, most of the vast island was probably covered by tundra at least once in the last million years. ...

Recent drought summers are unprecedented

Annual rings of an old oak from the Czech Republic. (Photo: Ulf Büntgen) In recent years, Central Europe has repeatedly experienced severe droughts -...

Fossil of a brooding dinosaur

Artist's impression of a breeding Oviraptorosaur. (Image: Zhao Chuang) Similar to today's birds, some dinosaur species have already incubated their eggs, confirms the investigation...

Icon of evolution research “exposed”

The lampreys no longer live up to their reputation as a living fossil as they did before. (Image: Arsty / iStock) Blind, worm-like plankton...

Featured picture: Fragile beauty

Behind the structure on our image, consisting of tiny hollow spheres, is a diatom only a few micrometers in size. It becomes visible...

An agile killer is emerging

Artist's impression of an Anteosaurus attacking a herbivorous moschognathus. (Image: Alex Bernardini) Massive and monstrous - but still not a clumsy stalker: Contrary to...

Featured picture: Bear and co under pressure

This American black bear apparently devours its freshly caught prey with relish. The fact that he sometimes has to travel long distances before...

Pandemic as an opportunity for climate policy?

In 2020 emissions fell sharply, but that alone is not enough. (Image: DWalker44 / ​​iStock) Less traffic, more home office: the corona pandemic meant...

Weakening of the Gulf Stream system “unprecedented”

An important engine of ocean currents is located in the North Atlantic. (Image: PeterHermesFurian / iStock) An important engine of global ocean circulation is...

Featured picture: A flower made of bacteria

This photo resembles a colorful flower. But you can see colonies of two different bacterial species that have arranged themselves in the nutrient...

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