A map of Mars's ancient rivers unlocks new possibilities for learning about the Red Planet
Read now →The same tools scientists use to understand Earth's climate history may work on Mars, too
New evidence for the first life on land comes from an ancient microbial fingerprint
Read now →By comparing the chemical composition of modern microbial communities to their ancient counterparts, researchers can find better evidence of the earliest life on land. It's older than you think
Coffee's robust back-up bean isn't as resistant to climate change as once thought
Read now →Farming of both Robusta and Arabica beans will have to adjust to a new climate
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Climate change in the Arctic has ripple effects for all life on Earth
Read now →The poles are warming faster than the rest of the planet, causing extreme weather events in the Northern hemisphere
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Should the age of humans have a geologic name?
Read now →And how will Earth's history remember us?
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There's no corner of the globe safe from microplastic pollution
Read now →These tiny plastic pieces have now been detected on top of mountains, in the soil, and even in your honey
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As bee population numbers plummet with climate change, 'winners' and 'losers' emerge
Read now →Different bees cope with heat and land use changes in their own ways
Why did ancient cats begin hanging around humans?
Read now →New research suggests they had a taste for the rodents we attracted
Heavy metals from open-pit mining can spread up to 30 kilometers
Read now →Residents of Cerro de Pasco, Peru, teamed up with scientists to monitor pollution in their city
A 66 million year old evolutionary experiment created sabre-toothed anchovies
Read now →Behold, the mystery of a singular hidden fang
Deep-sea currents are spreading microplastics around the globe
Read now →Microorganisms on the sea floor ingest these plastics and can disrupt entire food webs
Your local lake stores a surprising amount of carbon in its depths
Read now →Lakes are shouldering our carbon-excess burden, but that comes at a cost
The iconic Colorado River carries less water, as the climate warms and winter snow disappears
Read now →New research quantifies water scarcity in the southwestern USA: expect more drought, with serious socioeconomic consequences
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Heat waves may drive bees to extinction
Read now →Climate change isn't all bad news for our striped friends, but the negative effects of heatwaves will outweigh the possible positive effects of warming in cooler regions
Algae are eating microplastics. From there, they can climb up the food chain to us
Read now →Freshwater microbes can absorb components of microplastics before getting eaten by other creatures
Lake Victoria, world's largest tropical lake, may be drying up faster than we thought
Read now →The shrinking of Lake Victoria could have devastating consequences for the 40 million people in the region
By tracking star "pollution," scientists have found exoplanets similar to Earth's structure
Read now →Using oxygen pressure as a measure, scientists examined the structural properties of white dwarfs
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Human disturbance is drying out forests
Read now →Thinning out the canopy impacts the water cycle within a forest, causing more moisture to be lost to the atmosphere
Meet Eunice Foote, early climate scientist and women's rights leader
Read now →Her experiments uncovered the greenhouse effect three years before the man who was widely credited with this discovery
Fungi learn how to cope with drought, but at a cost
Read now →Understanding what climate change will do to belowground ecosystems helps us predict what will happen aboveground, too
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Scientists recreated ancient Earth's ocean hell to figure out how life began
Read now →The experiment also suggests that extraterrestrial life could also emerge on Mars, Europa, and Enceladus
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Sometimes they make food ferment, but used in the right way, these bacteria can also be a preservative
Read now →Lactic acid bacteria produce antibiotic-like compounds that kill off potentially harmful contaminants
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Netflix's Our Planet showed walruses in distress. We need to find what humanity's role is
Read now →Understanding walrus-human interactions in the past might shed some light on the "walrus scene"
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