The sun sets on a hot day in London in July 2024Guy Corbishley/Alamy Hopes of keeping global warming below 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels have been all but extinguished after new data confirmed 2024 was the first calendar year to see...
January 9, 20253 min readEarth Surpasses 1.5 Degrees C in Hottest Year on Record2024 was the hottest year on record and the first to top 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming. All 10 of the hottest years have been in the...
The first known death from a bird flu virus in the US has sparked fears about another pandemic, yet the overall risk to the general public still remains low Source link...
The Horse Hill oil site was discovered in 2015Invicta Kent Media/Shutterstock Over 100 earthquakes that shook the south of England are likely to have been triggered by oil extraction, say experts. Previous research had ruled out a link, but fresh...
January 9, 20254 min readLos Angeles Fires Could Push California’s Insurance System to the BrinkDamages from the recent fires in the Los Angeles area could overwhelm California’s already stressed insurer of last resortBy Blanca Begert, Camille von Kaenel, Thomas Frank,...
These bubble-wrap cartilage cells have been dyed green to make them easily visiblePlikus lab/University of California/Irvine A long-overlooked skeletal tissue found in the nose and ears turns out to resemble bubble wrap – and harnessing it could make facial surgery,...
La Niña increases the risk of drought in certain regions, as occurred in California in 2022David McNew / Getty Images A weak La Niña climate pattern has emerged in the Pacific Ocean, months later than was initially forecast. This will...
January 8, 20255 min readNASA’s Mars Sample Return Program Faces Stark ChoicesNASA sees two paths for saving its beleaguered plan to retrieve materials from the Red Planet but won’t choose between them until 2026By Lee Billings edited by Dean VisserNASA’s...
Katalin Karikó, a Hungarian-born biochemist, dedicated her life’s work to messenger RNA (mRNA), which she always believed had the potential to change the world. After decades of being ignored, she persisted with the research that eventually revolutionized the field of...
GunaiKurnai Elder Uncle Russell Mullett on the balcony of Cloggs CaveJessica Shapiro A recent discovery in Cloggs cave, Australia, revealed something extraordinary about humanity’s relationship with time. Several metres into the limestone grotto, archaeologists working with the Gunaikurnai Land and...
