We have a new Urbanization topic page
With my colleagues Hannah Ritchie and Veronika Samborska, we have made a substantial update to our topic page on urbanization. The new page brings...
Livestock grazing, plant community and abiotic factors shape blue carbon stocks in Nordic coastal marshes
Coastal marshes store high amounts of carbon but remain understudied in Nordic region. We measured organic carbon stored in plants and soil across grazed...
The Wreck, the Nets and the Shark – Life under Threat
A World War II tanker resting 56 metres below the surface, somewhere between Sicily and Tunisia, has become a sanctuary for marine life. But...
Seals in changing seas dive longer
To investigate shifts in vertical habitat use, Andrea Mendez-Bye at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France, and Simon Fraser University, Canada, and...
Record-breaking ocean drilling reveals why Japan’s 2011 tsunami was so deadly
Scientists have uncovered a hidden weakness beneath the Pacific Ocean that helps explain why Japan’s catastrophic 2011 earthquake and tsunami became so devastating. By...
Venezuela quake: UN continues to scale up as damage estimate reaches $37 billion
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The UN and its partners are ramping up assistance for people affected by the earthquakes in Venezuela, working alongside the Government's response effort, as...
Umfrage in sechs Ländern: EU-Bürger lehnen Schwächung des Europäischen Emissionshandels ab
Am 15. Juli wird die Vorlage der EU-Kommission zur künftigen Ausrichtung des Europäischen Emissionshandels (ETS1) erwartet. Eine repräsentative Umfrage des Meinungsforschungsinstituts YouGov im Auftrag...
Wenn Dämmung nicht reicht: Wie Städte und Häuser sich an extremere Sommer anpassen müssen
Schatten, Stadtgrün und teils sogar die Wärmepumpe: Welche Vorkehrungen laut Expertinnen und Experten helfen, damit Gebäude und ihre Bewohnerinnen und Bewohner auch bei Hitze...
Sport and Ocean Conservation: Impacts, Challenges and New Opportunities
On a summer day, an athlete dives into open water. The surface looks calm, the performance precise, the moment almost timeless. But beneath that...
A massive asteroid slammed into the North Sea and triggered a 330-foot tsunami
Scientists have finally confirmed the origin of the mysterious Silverpit Crater beneath the North Sea. New evidence shows that an asteroid about 160 meters...
