While most people know about the Pikachu character from the famous Pokemon animated show, much fewer folks are well aware that the cute yellow battling mouse has a homologous in real life. Known by the name of “plateau pika” or ...
Scientists initially believed that asteroids hitting Earth, such as the Chicxulub impactor that wiped out the dinosaurs, represent very rare events. There are plenty of reasons why you would be tempted to believe so, and one of them is represented ...
Deforestation and climate change shaped the Amazon rainforest’s future, turning it into a massive CO2 sink. A large part of the forest is now emitting more CO2 than it absorbs, as per a new report. The worst thing is that ...
The whole plastics economy is now waiting for a systematic change that can influence the oceans’ future. The current situation Earth faces is already featuring the worst-case scenario: more and more plastics end up in the ocean. So, a new ...
People across the US and Canada are now experiencing some of the most extreme heat events that occurred in centuries. The worst part is that for most people such conditions can be fatal if humidity and temperatures both surpass 95. ...
New report shows that America used fewer fossil fuels last year, including petroleum, natural gas, and coal. What’s more intriguing is that such a result was last recorded three decades ago. According to EIA (the US Energy Information Administration), the ...
Recent reports about two common sunscreen ingredients, octinoxate, and oxybenzone, have stirred quite the buzz. The ingredients are now banned because they threaten the oceans’ health. With climate change shaping Earth’s future and pollution triggering the worst-case scenario we could ...
New research unveils a new method of predicting if eruption emerges for an underwater volcano via satellite data. Only in the last few years, reports of frequent eruptions of submarine volcanoes were announced. Observing any signs of volcanic turbulence is ...
The Third Pole is now experiencing the worst-case scenario after a new study found that glaciers and snow cover started to disappear. Researchers developed a way to model the region’s water cycling and examine it. The results are genuinely intriguing ...
Recent report announced a record-breaking heatwave in the western US and Canada at the end of June that triggered the worst-case scenario. Now, the scientists explain that climate change is the culprit. The heatwave would have been “virtually impossible,” without ...
Recent research shows High Mountain Asia’s current situation, and things don’t look that good. As per new findings, the glaciers in the area have been melting a lot quicker in recent years than previously believed. Also, the glacier melt occurred ...
Climate change shapes our planet’s future, and sometimes it seems there’s nothing we can do about it. Temperatures in the Arctic Circle are now worrying after recent reports show a record of 118 degrees Fahrenheit. So, what should we do? ...
Global warming continues to threaten Earth, new data show. The West is now affected by hotter summer days, while the East Coast is getting overwhelmed by stickier and hotter summer nights. And that’s not all. Researchers reveal that state-by-state average ...
There’s no doubt that everyone loves their pets, whether we’re talking about cats, dogs, hamsters, or even tarantulas. It’s wonderful to care for an animal, and some people now believe that one way of showing your affection is by vaccinating ...
Antarctica’s new heat record has just been unveiled by the United Nations (UN). The record heat was reached last year, in February 2020, at Argentina’s Esperanza research station. Global warming and climate change continue to shape Earth’s future and it ...
Digging through 230 million-year-old dung for the sake of science isn’t something that you do every day. However, you know what they say that you have to make sacrifices in every job. But for researchers involved in a new study, ...
Probably it may sound like an SF scenario, but we now have enough proof that Florida had once icebergs. How’s that even possible? A series of strange lines carved on the seafloor off North Carolina’s Outer Banks is the main ...
We built cities for centuries, creating some of the loudest habitats on the planet. Then, we still chose them over anything else. We always find our way back to the city, even if the pollution levels rise continuously and the ...
California might deal with the worst-case scenario, new satellite data reveal. Observed from space, California’s drought is just tragic. For that, the ESA (the European Space Agency) captured a satellite photo of the San Gabriel Reservoir and Angeles National Forest ...
Earth is currently experiencing the worst-case scenario as global warming threatens to put an end to glaciers and lakes. A recent event, though, has made scientists worry even more. New satellite data show how a massive lake in Antarctica vanished ...
Reducing carbon emissions might have zero effects on preventing disastrous climate change, scientists warn us. And as shocking as this might sound, it’s the truth, and we have to accept it. Professor Nerilie Abram from the Climate Crisis Advisory Group ...
New research shows how a bunch of comet fragments might be more significant than previously believed. As per recent findings, the fragments that hit our planet approximately 13,000 years ago could have shaped human civilization’s origins. As intriguing as that ...
As new research about future climate change models emerges, we learn that the Amazon forest could soon risk extreme drought. Researchers warn us now that considerable parts in the eastern part of the Amazon will dry by the end of ...
Technology will save Earth, after all. Or, at least that’s what researchers who developed a new software aim to. This new tech could really help us rebuild cities worldwide to live more green, highly improve the environment, and save some ...
As a new study about the world’s biggest ice sheets emerges, we learn that there might be bright days after all. A team of bold researchers led by the University of Michigan released a new report about a doomsday glacier: ...