Science

A new study shows that Filipino birdwatchers, together with cutting-edge satellite data, are helping scientists identify the country’s riskiest locations for outbreaks of dangerous bird flu—a disease that seriously threatens both poultry and people. Researchers analyzed data from eBird, a popular citizen science platform where birders report what species they see and where, along with … Read more

Scientists are streaming live underwater explorations of the Mar del Plata Canyon, a deep-sea submarine gorge off the coast of Argentina plunging nearly 13,000 feet (4,000 meters) beneath the South Atlantic. This 20-day expedition, led by Argentina’s CONICET (National Scientific and Technical Research Council) and the Schmidt Ocean Institute, is the first to broadcast high-definition, … Read more

Clouds form upon existing particles in the atmosphere, and extreme weather events like flooding and snowstorms are related to production of large amounts of ice in clouds. EPFL climate scientists show that biological particles like pollen, bacteria, spores and plant matter floating in the air are particularly good at promoting ice formation in clouds, and … Read more

NASA has embarked on an ambitious mission to deepen our understanding of the Moon’s environment and prepare for future human exploration as part of its Artemis campaign. On March 2, 2024, at 1:11 a.m. EST, the agency’s scientific investigations and technology demonstrations were launched aboard Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1, utilizing a SpaceX Falcon … Read more

The first NASA spacecraft dedicated to studying an ocean world beyond Earth, Europa Clipper aims to find out if the ice-encased moon Europa could be habitable. NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft, the largest the agency has ever built for a planetary mission, will travel 1.8 billion miles (2.9 billion kilometers) from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center … Read more

The giant ichthyosaur might have measured more than 80 feet (25m), and lived during the Late Triassic period A newly described species of ichthyosaur is likely the largest species of marine reptile ever to be formally described, according to a study published April 17 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Dean R. Lomax from the University … Read more

In the bustling metropolis of Manila, a new initiative is taking root, aiming to tackle the city’s severe plastic pollution problem head-on. The circular economy has been promoted as a solution to plastic pollution, but cities and communities bear the brunt of plastic pollution. According to a newly published research on [Community Science research] , … Read more

In scenarios of nuclear war or significant volcanic eruptions, the presence of black carbon in the atmosphere could lead to a nuclear winter, drastically affecting global food supplies with a potential temperature drop of up to 10 degrees Celsius. Recognizing the severity of such a catastrophe, an international team of researchers, including CC&E’s Cheryl Harrison, … Read more

Earth’s average surface temperature in 2023 was the warmest on record, according to an analysis by NASA. Global temperatures last year were around 2.1 degrees Fahrenheit (1.2 degrees Celsius) above the average for NASA’s baseline period (1951-1980), scientists from NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York reported. “NASA and NOAA’s global temperature … Read more

(VOA News) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned a climate summit of world leaders on Wednesday there is not much time left to avert an environmental catastrophe. “We must make up for time lost to foot-dragging, arm-twisting and the naked greed of entrenched interests raking in billions from fossil fuels,” Guterres told world leaders at … Read more