Driver of the largest mass extinction in the history of the Earth identified
Life on Earth has a long, but also an extremely turbulent history. On more than one occasion, the majority of all species became extinct...
New satellite survey reveals Africa’s deserts actually filled with BILLIONS of trees
A groundbreaking new study of high resolution satellite imagery using a deep-learning algorithm has found that, contrary to popular opinion, there are at least...
Mineralized wood samples show Old Faithful once stopped erupting for several decades
A team of researchers with the U.S. Geological Survey, Lone Pine Research, the University of California and the Yellowstone Center for Resources, has found...
Rewild to mitigate the climate crisis, urge leading scientists
Restoring natural landscapes damaged by human exploitation can be one of the most effective and cheapest ways to combat the climate crisis while also...
Two killed as massive forest fires rage in Syria
Massive forest fires in war-torn Syria this week have killed at least two people and burned swaths of land, state media and officials said,...
Hurricane Delta roars ashore on storm-battered US southern coast
Hurricane Delta has made landfall on the Louisiana coast, packing ferocious winds and a "life-threatening" storm surge—and driving out residents still rebuilding from a...
EU lawmakers back plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 60% by 2030
The European Parliament has voted in favor of a legally binding target to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 60 percent by 2030.
The goal is...
Antarctic Peninsula at warmest in decades: study
The year 2020 is the hottest in the Antarctic Peninsula in the past three decades, a study by the University of Santiago de Chile...
There’s a giant ‘Green Banana’ off Florida’s coast, and researchers have finally gotten to...
If you haven't heard of the "Green Banana blue hole" you might imagine a tropical cocktail you can order in Key West, or a...
NASA confirms heavy rainfall, strengthening of tropical storm Marie
Tropical Storm Marie has formed in the Eastern Pacific Ocean and NASA satellite data helped confirm the strengthening of the storm. In addition, using...
