Swiss glaciers in decay: lost a fifth of their volume in 5 years. 2026 is a “catastrophic” year
Between record heat and low snowfall, in 2026 Swiss glaciers lost 5.5% of their mass, marking the second worst result ...
Scientists place 42 sea sponges in a polluted Spanish port and one species surprises after 455 days
Ports are essential infrastructure for transportation, fishing and tourism, but they also constitute some of the coastal ecosystems most transformed ...
They explore Antarctica at a depth of 535 meters and find an “underwater city” made up of 60 million nests
535 meters under the ice of Antarctica hides a world that few could imagine. Scientists have discovered an authentic “underwater ...
The fire amoeba discovered: it lives and reproduces at over 63 °C
60°C: until less than a month ago, this was the temperature above which it was thought that complex life could ...
Between 1997 and 2002 they released 1,541 Canadian deer in former open-pit coal mines: 25 years later there are about 13,000
For more than a century, the large deer that once roamed Kentucky were virtually absent from this US state. The ...
A $700 billion treasure trove of potential drugs lies hidden in tropical forests
How much are tropical forests worth? Obviously the correct answer is “their value is inestimable”, but it is well known ...
Climate change is not only warming the oceans: it is weakening a connection between the Pacific and the Indian Ocean that has worked for centuries
Climate change is altering more than just ocean temperatures. A new study has found that global warming is weakening the ...
Why do scavenger animals never eat the corpses of their own species?
Animals that feed on the corpses of other animals are generically defined as “scavengers”, an umbrella term that includes representatives ...
In 1972, Florida threw up to two million tires into the sea to create a reef and it went wrong: 50 years later they are still being removed
In 1972, off the coast of Fort Lauderdale, Florida (United States), a project was launched that seemed to solve two ...