Decrease in CO2 emissions during pandemic shutdown shows it is possible to reach Paris Agreement goals

An international team of researchers has found that the sudden drop in CO2 emissions during the…

Red supergiant stars bubble and froth so much that their position in the sky seems to dance around

Making a 3D map of our galaxy would be easier if some stars behaved long enough…

Here are the most effective things you can do to fight climate change

Limiting global warming to 1.5℃ above pre-industrial levels requires reaching net zero emissions by the middle…

Coral pathogen kills competitors in coral microbiota via prophage induction

Coral is a complicated holobiont, harboring an array of life forms at different scales, including coral…

Horseshoe crabs: 'Living fossils' vital for vaccine safety

On a bright moonlit night, a team of scientists and volunteers head out to a protected…

California sets nation's toughest plastics reduction rules

Companies selling shampoo, food and other products wrapped in plastic have a decade to cut down…

India bans many single-use plastics to tackle waste

India imposed a ban on many single-use plastics on Friday in a bid to tackle waste…

Whales learn songs from each other in a cultural 'deep dive'

A University of Queensland-led study has found humpback whales can learn incredibly complex songs from whales…

Which rules evolutionary change: Life or climate?

The fossil record over the last half a billion years shows biodiversity as a zigzagging pattern…

A gentler, more precise laser cutting technique

Laser cutting techniques are usually powered by high energy beams, so hot that they melt most…