These bizarre creatures defy what we think we know about plants and animals
Nov 26, 2016 06:00 am UTC| Nature
You might have played the game called animal, vegetable, mineral. One player thinks of an object or organism and the other players ask questions to try to guess what it is starting with this simple classification. But...
Bright city lights are keeping ocean predators awake and hungry
Nov 25, 2016 01:18 am UTC| Nature
Light pollution is changing the day-night cycle of some fish, dramatically affecting their feeding behaviour, according to our recently published study. In one of the first studies of its kind, we found that increased...
Arctic Winter Cancelled, Temperatures Rise By 20°C
Nov 23, 2016 05:49 am UTC| Nature
Winter is almost here for the rest of the world, but in the Arctic, it was supposed to have already begun. However, thanks to a sudden rise in temperature, this timeline was interrupted. Rising by 20C, ice is having...
What will the world actually look like at 1.5°C of warming?
Nov 19, 2016 11:00 am UTC| Nature
The high ambition of the Paris Agreement, to limit global warming to well below 2C, was driven by concern over long-term sea level rise. A warmer climate inevitably means melting ice you dont need a computer model to...
Floods play a vital role in ecosystems – it's time to get out of their way
Nov 18, 2016 09:10 am UTC| Nature
Floods are often seen as a force of destruction. From photographs of crops under water and houses being swamped by swollen rivers, to stories of road, business and public amenity closures, the news during flooding...
CO2 Conversion On Overdrive, Scientists Create Synthetic Scrubber 20 Times Better Than Plants
Nov 18, 2016 06:23 am UTC| Nature
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is one of the most common gasses in the earths atmosphere, courtesy of emissions from decaying organic substance and the mountains of wastes that both humans and animals often produce. With the rise in...
Second State Of Liquid Water Discovered By Physicists Via Temperature Variance
Nov 16, 2016 10:34 am UTC| Science Nature
Liquid water is one of the most common compounds on the planet, with over 70 percent of the Earths surface covered with it. As a result, it has been tampered with, experimented on, and subjected to all kinds of tests in...
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