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Puffy planets are developing into super Earths as they lose atmospheres

Astronomers have identified two different cases of ‘mini-Neptune’ planets that are losing their puffy atmospheres and potentially transforming into 'super Earths.' What are ‘mini-Neptune’ planets...

Climate change impacts observed on Mount Everest

Researchers analyse the mass glacier declines on Mount Everest to discover the effects of human-induced climate change. Melting and sublimation of ice on Mount Everest’s...

Scientists investigate biodiversity loss denial among Finnish forest owners

A collaborative research team from the University of Eastern Finland, and the University of Helsinki, have stressed the necessity of forest owners discussing biodiversity...

Oxygen levels on Earth reveals information about life on other planets

A research team from McGill University has discovered that a deeper understanding of the Earth’s atmosphere could aid in identifying life on other planets. Scientists...

Extremely harsh volcanic lake suggests how life might have existed on Mars

Researchers discover that a few specialist microbes found in a volcanic lake can survive conditions similar to those of Mars’ early history. The hydrothermal crater...

Scientists uncover a solar storm whilst investigating ancient ice

A research team from Lund University found evidence of an extreme solar storm when analysing ice cores from Greenland and Antarctica. What have scientists determined...

Urban climate resilience facilitated with the use of green backyards

A team of researchers from the University of Potsdam (UP), Germany, explored the impacts of additional green structures in cities, such as thermal comfort,...

Southern Ocean storms produce outgassing of carbon dioxide

According to researchers from the University of Gothenburg, storms over the waters in Antarctica have produced an outgassing of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. The...

Scientists reveal the Earth’s mantle is impacted by the Sun and the Moon

A research team led by Anne M. Hofmeister, geophysicist in Arts and Sciences at Washington University, proposes that imbalanced forces and torques in the...

Apex predators help to reduce climate change impacts on biodiversity

Scientists from Trinity College Dublin and Hokkaido University researched the impacts of apex predators in mitigating climate change impacts on biodiversity loss. According to new...

Scientists urge for drastic measures to mitigate biodiversity loss

A collection of scientists from bioDiscovery and the Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON), outline their key framework to help relieve...

CO2 concentration is affecting the photosynthesis of peat-forming mosses

Scientists from Umeå University and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences have explored how a rise in atmospheric CO2 concentration is globally affecting the...

Thawing permafrost has a vast impact on built environment

The melting of permafrost is revealed to be causing threats to both existing infrastructures and residents in high-risk areas. Permafrost plays a central role in...

New species of rain frog named in honour of Greta Thunberg

Scientists discover a new species of rain frog in Panama and have named it after climate activist Greta Thunberg. In 2018, the Rainforest Trust celebrated...

Ocean warming reaches unprecedented levels

Scientists discover that the world’s oceans are hotter than ever before, reaching record-breaking temperatures for the sixth year in a row. Accumulated data on the...

Researchers uncover cause for the Late Ordovician Mass Extinction

Florida State University researchers discover that low oxygen and sulphide in the oceans had effected the environmental conditions that characterised the Late Ordovician Mass...

Mountain lakes and their reaction to climate change

Researchers have investigated the changes in a lake in the northern Tibetan highlands since the end of the last ice age to better understand...

Study exposes hostile conditions on Earth as life evolved

Researchers have explored the Earths biosphere, UV radiation and Co2 levels using a climate model to analyse the Earth's planetary habitability as life evolved. During...

Deep mantle krypton reveals Earth’s outer solar system ancestry

Krypton from the Earth’s mantle, collected from geological hot spots in Iceland and the Galapagos Islands, reveals a clearer picture of how our planet...

The worrying impact of sea ice decline on polar bear movement patterns

Due to ever-increasing climate change impacts causing sea ice to melt, polar bears are being forced to travel longer and more hazardous distances to...

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