According to an Australian ancient-earth researcher, about two to three billion years ago most of the Earth was buried under six to nine miles (10…
NASA and USAID have expanded their global information system, called SERVIR, into Africa in order to provide African countries with previously inaccessible information on such…
New research based on a NASA-funded project shows that nitrogen trifluoride is at least four times more abundant in the atmosphere that previously thought, based…
Chemical belt measured between clean Australia and dirty Southeast Asia
By William Atkins
A team of British researchers has measured what they call a “chemical equator” that separates the relatively clean atmosphere of the southern hemisphere from the…
Scientists find 5 more underground ancient forest fossils in Illinois
By William Atkins
British rainforest expert Howard Falcon-Lang and U.S. colleagues report that five more massive fossil forests from millions-of-years old trees, still standing upright, have been found…
Unproductive grasslands resist climate change and help native species
By William Atkins
According to a long-duration U.S./U.K. study of an English grassland, the least productive grasslands in the world are likely to be the most resistant to…
An ice bridge connecting Wilkins Ice Shelf and Charcot Island in Antarctica may collapse very soon. Its demise would likely doom the 9,000-square-mile (16,000-square-kilometer) ice…
An early warning system for the detection of upcoming earthquakes may be possible with the use of very sensitive new equipment developed by U.S. scientists.…
Claiming to be the first eco-nightclub in the UK, the Club4Climate at Bar Surya in London generates its own electricity from the dance floor and…
According to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 50% of all coral reefs in U.S. waters are either in “poor” or “fair” condition.…
