Researchers have extracted samples from the bottom of Lake Chala (pictured above) to gain insight into our planet’s climate over the past 150,000 years. (Photo credit: Jacek_Sopotnicki via Getty Images) A tree-lined lake in Africa has become a source of…
Scientists have proposed a new theory about the formation of Yosemite Valley. (Image credit: Yiming Chen/Getty Images) A bold new hypothesis suggests that Yosemite Valley was formed by an ancient volcano and a vanished river that long ago ceased to…
Research shows that humans have only explored 0.001% of the ocean floor. (Photo credit: Jason Edwards/Getty Images) Scientists have estimated how much of the vast deep ocean floor has been explored, and it’s a surprisingly small percentage. Only 0.001 percent…
Reconstruction of an Early Cretaceous cool temperate rainforest and riverine landscape in what is now southern Australia. (Image credit: Artwork by Robert Nicholls. Published in Korasidis & Wagstaff (2025) Alcheringa. Distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence.)…
Antarctica is home to an estimated 20 million pairs of penguins, like these Adélie penguins found near Paulet Island on the Antarctic Peninsula. But what lies beneath the ice these penguins travel across every day? (Image credit: Patrick J. Endres…
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Houston, Texas, is the fastest sinking city in the United States (Photo Credit: RyanJLane via Getty Images) New satellite data shows that every major city in the United States is partially submerged, affecting 34 million people. However, some of these…
Jellyfish Lake is a salt lake in Palau that gets its name from the millions of translucent creatures that live there. (Photo by Benjamin Lowy/Getty Images) Jellyfish Lake is a saltwater body of water on Eil Malk Island in Palau…
Massive flooding hit several states in April. This image was taken in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, on April 4. (Photo by Jason Davis/Stringer via Getty Images) Climate change has worsened the devastating floods that hit several US states in early April, according…
Parts of the U.S. are seeing heavy rain and storms this week as a result of an ongoing omega block. (Image credit: HaraldEWeiss/Getty Images) Over the past week, an unstable atmospheric system known as an “omega block” has brought heavy…
Scientists have determined which crops would need to be grown in the event of a global catastrophe. (Image credit: Bulgac/Getty Images) In the event of a sudden global catastrophe resulting in a nuclear winter, millions of people could face food…
A new study has found an “alarming generational gap” in vulnerability to climate extremes. (Image credit: Bloomberg/Contributor via Getty Images) Scientists warn that newborns today will face climate extremes on a scale never seen before, with the poorest bearing the…