Environment

Can Sunglasses Save Marine Life?

2021-04-09 11:46

Each year, more than 98,000 marine animals - including dolphins, dugongs and turtles get entangled in commercial gill nets or mistake the plastic for food and choke to death.

This handout picture courtesy of Reseau Quebecois d'Urgences pour les Mammiferes Marins (RQUMM) shows the tail of a humpback whale swimming in the water by Montreal on May 30, 2020. The humpback whale, no doubt lost, was a rare sight in these parts. It wa

Humpback Whale Swims Into Australia's Crocodile-Infested River

2020-09-14 20:21

A humpback found itself in a crocodile-infested river and Australian authorities are working on leading it back to open water.

Unlike normal lakes, glacier lakes are unstable because they are often dammed by ice or sediment composed of loose rock and debris

Climate Change Fuels Sharp Increase In Glacier Lakes

2020-09-01 13:27

Climate change fuels sharp increase in glacier lakes

Iced sheet mass loss due to melt-water and crumbling ice from 2007 to 2017 aligned almost perfectly with the IPCC's most extreme forecasts

Earth's Ice Sheets Tracking Worst-case Climate Scenarios

2020-09-01 07:36

Earth's ice sheets tracking worst-case climate scenarios

As infection rates of illnesses carried by mosquitoes increase, companies and researchers are racing to develop effective means of controlling the blood-sucking creatures' population

Fighting Mosquito-borne Diseases... With Mosquitoes

2020-08-27 11:18

Fighting mosquito-borne diseases... with mosquitoes

This picture shows mice in a box at the Neurosciences rechearch Center CERMEP in Bron, France in 2014

Brain Gain: Early Stimulation Gives Mice Life-long Benefits

2020-08-27 06:06

Brain gain: Early stimulation gives mice life-long benefits

Scientists have probed deep-sea ecosystems in the Galapagos, going to depths of up to 3,400 meters using state-of-the-art Remote Operated Vehicles

Scientists Discover 30 New Species In Galapagos Depths

2020-08-18 10:10

Scientists discover 30 new species in Galapagos depths

A new study identifies the first known case of cancer in dinosaurs and shows they suffered from the debilitating disease too

Dinosaurs Got Cancer Too, Say Scientists

2020-08-06 12:05

Dinosaurs got cancer too, say scientists

In a first for Italy, pink snow is observed on parts of the Presena glacier, in the north of the country. The phenomenon is caused by algae that develops when snow melts, simultaneously colouring the ice a darker colour. In a vicious circle, the algae in

Pink Ice In Italy's Alps Sparks Algae Probe

2020-07-06 10:02

Pink ice in Italy's Alps sparks algae probe

Study Confirms Immunity For COVID-19 Survivors

2020-05-08 17:42

A new study out of China released Thursday, seemed to address WHO's contention about the absence of studies concerning antibody immunity.

Coronavirus Transmission Distance Is 13 Feet, Spreads Through Shoes: CDC Report

2020-04-13 19:59

New research out of China claims to show droplets infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and sprayed into the air by persons coughing and talking might travel as far away as four...