Study finds a new type of toxin seen to release from scum, which sits on ponds and lakes across the world A dangerous toxin has been witnessed – for the first time – releasing into the air from pond […]
New research, just published in the journal Ringing & Migration, has used state of the art tracking technology to investigate how one of Britain’s largest ducks, the Shelduck, interacts with offshore wind turbines during their migration across the North Sea. […]
A unique curved barrier has been designed by researchers at Imperial College London, who publish new findings in the peer-reviewed journal Cities & Health on how the structure can protect people from the damaging effects of air pollution. With […]
New research from The University of Manchester has identified various ways in which UK higher education institutions are beginning to tackle emissions associated with business travel and catering. These are two substantial contributors to emissions in this sector, and difficult […]
51 countries, nearly half have no set-standards – and most teachers of Earth science are non-specialists National education standards for Earth science are not followed or are absent in more than half the countries covered by a new UNESCO […]
Ahead of Saturday’s virtual summit on climate change, convened by Boris Johnson, Emmanuel Macron and UN Secretary-General António Guterres, four former senior members of the United Nations Climate Change secretariat look back on what has been achieved in the 5 […]
Researchers Find That Timing of Mass Extinctions Lines Up with Asteroid Impacts and Massive Volcanic Eruptions Mass extinctions of land-dwelling animals—including amphibians, reptiles, mammals, and birds—follow a cycle of about 27 million years, coinciding with previously reported mass extinctions […]
A new species of freshwater Crustacea has been discovered during an expedition of the desert Lut, known as the hottest place on Earth. The newly identified species belongs to the genus Phallocryptus of which only four species were previously known […]
Newly published research, in Bird Study, carried out by the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) in Scotland, shows that wintering waterbirds, such as ducks, geese, swans and wading birds can easily be scared into flight by drones. In recent years, drone […]
Plastic from used personal protective equipment (PPE) can, and should, be transformed into renewable liquid fuels – according to a new study, published in the peer-reviewed Taylor & Francis journal Biofuels. Experts from The University of Petroleum and Energy Studies […]
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