NATURE
Schistosome range to shrink
Feb 01, 2014
Written by
Olivia Edward
Climate change could make the parasite Schistosoma mansoni, which causes schistosomiasis, significantly less common in the future, according to a new international study
Rain killing peregrines
Feb 01, 2014
Written by
Olivia Edward
An increase in the frequency of heavy rain brought on by warmer summer temperatures is proving deadly for young peregrine falcons in the Canadian Arctic
Migration watch
Feb 01, 2014
Written by
Keith Wilson
Cold, damp and dark winter days may not appear the best conditions for photographers, but now is the best time to catch some of the British Isles’ most celebrated avian visitors, particularly in one of the country’s many nature reserves
Large quantities of freshwater found beneath seafloor
Feb 01, 2014
Written by
Olivia Edward
A team of scientists has discovered huge reserves of freshwater beneath the world’s oceans
Ozone hole still not shrinking
Feb 01, 2014
Written by
Olivia Edward
Declining chlorine levels in the stratosphere haven’t yet led to the recovery of the ozone hole that forms annually over Antarctica, according to two new NASA studies
East Antarctica sliding west
Feb 01, 2014
Written by
Olivia Edward
Melting of West Antarctica’s ice cap is causing its bedrock to shift sideways, according to a new study
Melting ice causing North Pole to move
Feb 01, 2014
Written by
Olivia Edward
Climate-change related alterations to the Earth’s rotation are causing the position of the North Pole to shift, according to a new study
Mystery of Japanese earthquake solved
Feb 01, 2014
Written by
Olivia Edward
A new study has revealed some of the factors that made the submarine earthquake that set off the devastating tsunami that struck Japan’s Tohoku region in March 2011 so strong
The last place on Earth
Jan 01, 2014
Written by
Keith Wilson
South Georgia boasts some of the most spectacular concentrations of wildlife found anywhere on the globe. And for once, photographers don’t need to pack their long lenses and tripods in order to get great shots of animals in the wild
Oldest seawater identified
Jan 01, 2014
Written by
Harley Rustad
Scientists from the US Geological Survey (USGS) have identified the oldest large body of seawater, more than a kilometre under Chesapeake Bay in the USA
Ocean acidity a growing concern
Jan 01, 2014
Written by
Harley Rustad
The world’s oceans could see a 170 per cent increase in acidification by the end of the century, according to a research summary led by the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP)
Arctic seafloor methane release has doubled
Jan 01, 2014
Written by
Olivia Edward
A new study published in Nature Geoscience suggests that the seafloor off the coast of northern Siberia is releasing more than twice as much methane as previously estimated
'Missing heat' found
Jan 01, 2014
Written by
Harley Rustad
Suggestions that global warming has slowed or even stopped are in doubt following the publication of a new study that has identified the ‘missing heat’ in the global climate system
Growth of coal use sees carbon emissions reach record high
Jan 01, 2014
Written by
Olivia Edward
Strong growth in coal consumption has consolidated the fuel as the main source of carbon dioxide emissions, according to the Global Carbon Project’s (GCP) annual analysis of global carbon emissions
Solar activity not a major factor in global warming
Jan 01, 2014
Written by
Harley Rustad
Neither solar activity nor the Sun’s blocking of cosmic rays is responsible for significant global warming, says a study in Environmental Research Letters
Hunting helps lizard populations
Dec 01, 2013
Written by
Harley Rustad
Hunting by Aboriginals in Australia’s Western Desert can actually increase the populations of the hunted animals, according to a recent study published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B
Ocean currents bring rain to the north
Dec 01, 2013
Written by
Harley Rustad
The fact that more tropical rain falls on the Northern Hemisphere than in the south has been linked to ocean currents, overturning the previous theory that it was caused by the shape of the ocean basins
Russian coastal erosion accelerating
Dec 01, 2013
Written by
Olivia Edward
Coastal erosion in Eastern Siberia is accelerating rapidly as increasing Arctic temperatures reduce sea-ice extent, allowing waves to wash away the permafrost
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