Earthquakes and extreme rainfall lead to a significant increase in the rates of landslides in Nepal

Earthquakes and extreme rainfall can lead to a six-fold increase in the rates of rainfall-triggered landslides…

Warmer soil stores less carbon: study

Global warming will cause the world’s soil to release carbon, new research shows. Click…

Bacteria may be key to sustainably extracting rare earth elements for tech

Rare earth elements from ore are vital for modern life but refining them after mining is…

Canada death toll set to rise as floods ravage Pacific coast

Canada is sending the military to help evacuate and support communities hit by “catastrophic” flooding, with…

SpaceX's Musk: 1st Starship test flight to orbit in January

SpaceX founder Elon Musk said Wednesday that his company will attempt to launch its futuristic, bullet-shaped…

Paleontologists debunk fossil thought to be missing link between lizards and first snakes

Filling in the links of the evolutionary chain with a fossil record of a ”snake with…

Long working hours and lone-working key factors leading to loneliness in farming, study shows

Long hours, working alone and a feeling of being undervalued and disconnected from the wider public…

EXPLAINER: Why India has repeated air pollution problems

New Delhi struggles with pollution year-round, but the problem becomes acute during fall and winter months.…

Exploding and weeping ceramics provide path to new shape-shifting material

An international team of researchers from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities and Kiel University in…

Using virtual fluid for the description of interfacial effects in metallic materials

Liquids containing ions or polar molecules are ubiquitous in many applications needed for green technologies such…