Genes jumping from microbes to green algae hundreds of millions of years ago might have driven…
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Crescent-shaped crater in Northeast China breaks record as largest impact crater that formed in last 100,000 years
A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in China and one in Austria has confirmed…
The nine steps to bringing back Australia's extinct thylacine
Bringing extinct animals back from the dead is no longer the realm of science fiction but…
Transforming our climate strategy
The climate crisis is here, and it’s worse than we predicted, according to Erin Coughlan de…
Poorer nations need $60 bn a year to protect nature: NGOs
Wealthy countries should provide at least $60 billion every year to the world’s poorest nations to…
Study inspects the nature of soft X-ray transient MAXI J0637−430
Using the AstroSat spacecraft, Indian astronomers have observed a soft X-ray transient known as MAXI J0637−430.…
How politics, not climate change, is responsible for disasters and conflict
The latest UN report on the potential impacts of climate change gives a grim verdict, with…
How the Wallops Command and Data Acquisition Station prepares for GOES-T satellite launch
With the upcoming launch of NOAA’s new GOES-T satellite, staff at ground stations such as NOAA’s…
Coastal cities are sentinels for climate change. It's where our focus should be as we prepare for inevitable impacts
Coastal cities and settlements are on the climate change frontline. They are our first line of…
Rapidly increasing climate change poses a rising threat to mental health, says IPCC
Climate change poses serious risks to mental well-being. For the first time, a new climate report…