El lugar más frío de la Tierra acaba de experimentar una ola de calor inusualmente fuerte...
La Antártida debería estar viendo temperaturas de menos 50 o menos 60 grados Fahrenheit ahora. En cambio, las temperaturas se acercaron a los 0-10 grados el fin de semana pasado, lo que es inusualmente cálido dado que el hemisferio sur está entrando en invierno.
Los conductores de todo el mundo están sintiendo el dolor del aumento de los precios de la gasolina. El promedio nacional de EE. UU. es de $4.32 por galón, ¡con gasolina en California a más de $5 por galón!
¿Podría la invasión rusa de Ucrania estar contribuyendo a estos aumentos de precios?
Hace sesenta y seis millones de años, casi el 75% de las especies de la Tierra, tanto en la tierra como en el agua, se extinguieron repentinamente al mismo tiempo.
¿La razón? Un evento de extinción masiva que fue causado por un asteroide de 10 a 15 kilómetros de ancho que golpeó la Península de Yucatán en México. El impacto del asteroide envió una ola de desastres naturales que afectaron no solo a los dinosaurios, sino también al clima de nuestra Tierra.
When you think of hiking through a forest, you certainly don’t expect the trees to be giant, metal cylinders!
As strange as it sounds, mechanical trees may become a solution for getting rid of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in Earth’s atmosphere.
After centuries of burning fossil fuels, the amount of CO2 in the air is growing at an ever-increasing rate, and ending greenhouse gas emissions is not enough. Humans must directly remove some of the CO2 from the air– a feat which mechanical trees can perform. Live testing of these trees will begin this year.
In recent years, water contamination has been in the news for human communities - Flint, Houston, and Las Vegas are just a few examples of cities with poor water quality.
But did you know that water contamination affects many other species on our planet too? The discharge of industrial waste, marine dumping, and oil leaks affect many aquatic ecosystems.
Recently, PFAS or “forever chemicals” are increasingly becoming a health concern for Eurasian otters, especially in British waters. Let's find out more.
On Tuesday, March 15, the world lost a pioneer in astrophysics. Dr. Eugene Parker passed away early last week at the age of 94.
Dr. Parker was well-known for his revolutionary research of heliophysics -- the science of the sun, and its interactions with the solar system.
The coldest place on Earth just experienced an unusually strong heatwave...
Antarctica should be seeing minus 50 or minus 60-degree Fahrenheit temperatures now. Instead, temperatures soared closer to 0-10 degrees last weekend, which is unusually warm given the southern hemisphere is entering winter.
The Arctic did not fare well either, seeing temperatures that are 50 degrees F warmer than usual for this time of the year. These findings come less than a month after the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released the second of three reports.
One humble West African shrub’s reputation is getting a boost. Eradicated as a weed for decades, Guiera senegalensis is now being considered a beneficial plant.
As climate change makes some parts of our world drier, many farmers are suffering serious agricultural and economic losses. Now, scientists believe this scruffy shrub could help alleviate crop damage.
On March 2, the United Nations agreed on a roadmap to end plastic pollution.
Nearly 200 member nations met in Nairobi, Kenya to formally adopt the agreement which will be the start of negotiations for a landmark plastic treaty.
Once signed, this treaty could regulate plastic production and perhaps even ban single-use plastics, one of the biggest culprits in pollution.
How is plastic pollution affecting the world right now, and what might be expected from the treaty? Let’s take a closer look.
Drivers all around the world are feeling the pain of rising gas prices. The U.S national average is $4.32 per gallon, with gas in California over $5 per gallon!
Could the Russian invasion of Ukraine be contributing to these price increases?