Environment

Climate change, primarily driven by human activities such as the burning of fossil fuels, deforestation, and industrial processes, has emerged as one of the most critical challenges facing humanity. As the global climate continues to evolve, understanding and predicting the future trajectory of climate change is vital for informed decision-making. Rising Temperatures One of the […]

A rare image has captured the moment a huge spider is “defeated” and engulfed by a parasitic fungus, with spores bursting from the arachnid’s back, legs and head The striking photo is one of the winning images from the BMC Ecology and Evolution photography competition. The picture, taken by evolutionary biologist Roberto García-Roa, was named […]

The secret to eternal life has been swimming in Earth’s oceans for millions of years. The ‘immortal jellyfish’ is so named because it can, theoretically, live forever. For all we know, some of these tiny, translucent blobs have been drifting along since well before the demise of the dinosaurs, around 66 million years ago. That might […]

Scorching weather gripped three continents on Sunday, whipping up wildfires and threatening to topple temperature records as the dire consequences of global warming take shape.​ Predictions of historic heat hung over swathes of Asia, Europe and the United States. In the Vatican, 15,000 people braved sweltering temperatures to hear Pope Francis lead prayer, using parasols […]

The vast underground network of fungi beneath our feet stores over 13 gigatons of carbon around the world, roughly equivalent to 36 per cent of yearly global fossil fuel emissions, according to new research. It is widely believed that mycorrhizal fungi could store carbon, as the fungi forms symbiotic relationships with almost all land plants […]

At one point in 2020, 4.4 billion people – more than half of the world’s population – were under lockdown restrictions to stem the spread of COVID-19. This was such a sudden and substantial event that it has become known as the anthropause. Many bustling cities fell silent, often with restaurants, shops and schools closing, […]

Stories of virgin births, where young are produced without fertilisation, have been told throughout history. Mars the ancient Roman god, Horus the ancient Egyptian god and Qi from ancient Chinese mythology were all born to virgins. But virgin births actually do happen in the natural world. The first evidence of a virgin birth in crocodiles […]

Climate change could unleash gigantic tsunamis in the Southern Ocean by triggering underwater landslides in Antarctica, a new study warns. By drilling into sediment cores hundreds of feet beneath the seafloor in Antarctica, scientists discovered that during previous periods of global warming — 3 million and 15 million years ago — loose sediment layers formed […]

Several parts of New York appear to be sinking at the rate of one to two millimetres per year under the weight of countless skyscrapers, a new study warned. Parts of the Big Apple, including Brooklyn, Queens and Lower Manhattan, seem to be sinking due to a geological process called subsidence in which sediments shift […]

An incredibly rare event has occurred in the wild as a critically endangered red wolf has given birth to a litter of pups for the second time in five years, offering renewed hope for the species’ survival. The remarkable litter, consisting of three females and two males, was born in early April within the confines […]