Mysterious release of radioactive material uncovered
Among the 70 experts from all over Europe who contributed data and expertise to the current study are Dieter Hainz and Dr.
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Near-Earth asteroid 2006 QV89 not a threat for next century: Critical observation made on Maunakea during first night of return to operations
Observations of the near-Earth asteroid 2006 QV89 made on August 11 with the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) have ruled out any potential future impact threat to Earth by this asteroid for the next century. 2006 QV89 was discovered on August 29, 2006, with a telescope in Arizona, and observations were only
Hurricanes drive the evolution of more aggressive spiders
Raging winds can demolish trees, defoliate entire canopies and scatter debris across forest floors, radically altering the habitats and reshaping the selective pressures on many organisms, suggests a new study published today in the journal Nature Ecology Evolution. "It is tremendously important to understand the environmental impacts of these 'black
July 2019 was hottest month on record for the planet: Polar sea ice melted to record lows
Here's a closer look into NOAA's latest monthly global climate report: Climate by the numbers: July 2019 The average global temperature in July was 1.71 degrees F above the 20th-century average of 60.4 degrees, making it the hottest July in the 140-year record, according to scientists at NOAA's
Microplastic drifting down with the snow: In the Alps and the Arctic, experts confirm the presence of plastic in snow
The fact that our oceans are full of plastic litter has by now become common knowledge: year after year, several million tonnes of plastic litter find their way into rivers, coastal waters, and even the Arctic deep sea. Thanks to the motion of waves, and even more to UV radiation
Fracking prompts global spike in atmospheric methane, study suggests
The research suggests that this methane has less carbon-13 relative to carbon-12 (denoting the weight of the carbon atom at the centre of the methane molecule) than does methane from conventional natural gas and other fossil fuels such as coal. This carbon-13 signature means that since the use of high-volume
Jurassic world of volcanoes found in central Australia
The Cooper-Eromanga Basins in the north-eastern corner of South Australia and south-western corner of Queensland is Australia's largest onshore oil and gas producing region of Australia.
Stardust in the Antarctic snow: Iron-60 discovery in the Antarctic provides information on the environment of solar system
The quantity of cosmic dust that trickles down to Earth each year ranges between several thousand and ten thousand tons.
Rising summer heat could soon endanger travelers on annual Muslim pilgrimage
Hajj, or Muslim Pilgrimage, is one of the five pillars of the Muslim faith.It is an annual pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, that involves living in the hot weather conditions of Saudi Arabia.
More 'reactive' land surfaces cooled the Earth down: Higher reactivity could explain temperature drop before last ice age
In a new study, Jeremy Caves-Rugenstein from ETH Zurich, Dan Ibarra from Stanford University and Friedhelm von Blanckenburg from the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences in Potsdam were able to show that this paradigm cannot be upheld. According to the paper, weathering was constant over the period under consideration.
Hear them roar: How humans and chickadees understand each other: High-arousal vocalizations are understood by both humans and other species in the animal kingdom, study says
The researchers examined the elements within vocalizations that indicate a level of arousal such as fear or excitement..
Wood products mitigate less than one percent of global carbon emissions
An analysis across 180 countries found that global wood products offset 335 million tons of carbon dioxide in 2015, 71 million tons of which were unaccounted for under current United Nations standards. Wood product carbon sequestration could rise more than 100 million tons by 2030, depending on the level of
Coral reefs shifting away from equator: New research reveals a dramatic rebalancing of young corals from tropical to subtropical waters during the last 40 years
"Climate change seems to be redistributing coral reefs, the same way it is shifting many other marine species," said Nichole Price, a senior research scientist at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences and lead author of the paper. "The clarity in this trend is stunning, but we don't yet know whether
How trees could save the climate
The Crowther Lab at ETH Zurich investigates nature-based solutions to climate change.
Our brains appear uniquely tuned for musical pitch
"We found that a certain region of our brains has a stronger preference for sounds with pitch than macaque monkey brains," said Bevil Conway, Ph.D., investigator in the NIH's Intramural Research Program and a senior author of the study published in Nature Neuroscience. "The results raise the possibility that