How Europe's coastal cities can cope with rising sea levels
Mar 06, 2017 13:07 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
The average global sea level has risen by more than 20cm since 1980 thats a rate of 0.5mm per month according to new research from the Basque Centre for Climate Change (BCCC). These are frightening statistics for Europes...
Young African penguins are dying because they can't find the fish they need
Feb 28, 2017 06:51 am UTC| Nature
When young African penguins leave their nests for the first time they do so alone, without any guidance from their parents. They need to use their instinct to follow cues in their environment to find food and stay alive in...
Scientists Think The Arctic Can Be Refrozen If They Had $500B
Feb 24, 2017 10:06 am UTC| Science Nature
A lot of climate experts, global leaders, and financial giants have already declared Climate Change as the single biggest threat that humanity is facing as a species. Unfortunately, there are still a lot of people and...
US City Hits 100F In The Dead Of Winter Following Disturbing Global Trends
Feb 22, 2017 09:18 am UTC| Nature
February and winter usually go hand in hand, which means that northern areas are supposed to be cold during this time. Thats how the world usually works. In Magnum, Oklahoma for example, temperatures should be in the low...
Mount Isa contamination 'within guidelines' but residents told to clean their homes
Feb 21, 2017 08:19 am UTC| Nature
After an 11-year wait, Mount Isa Mines has released the official report into the lead contamination that has blighted the city for decades. The report, commissioned by the mines owner, Glencore, and produced by...
How the warming world could turn many plants and animals into climate refugees
Feb 15, 2017 06:18 am UTC| Nature
Finding the optimum environment and avoiding uninhabitable conditions has been a challenge faced by species throughout the history of life on Earth. But as the climate changes, many plants and animals are likely to find...
We can learn a lot from disasters, and we now know some areas don't recover
Feb 09, 2017 12:54 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Natural disasters were once regarded as a problem for the developing world, with reports of these rarely leading the news. Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy punctured that insularity in the US thanks to a malevolent combination...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects