Negatives saved from Shackleton’s Antarctic trip reveal hidden details
After the British ship Endurance became stuck in an ice sheet in the Weddell Sea off Antarctica in January 1915, the expedition’s official photographer,...
Rapidly evolving composition of nebular infall recorded by magnesium isotopes in refractory inclusions
As the oldest solids formed in our Solar System, refractory inclusions provide direct evidence of the earliest stages of its evolution. We show that...
Deutschland und Algerien vertiefen Zusammenarbeit zur Minderung von Methanemissionen der Öl- und Gasindustrie sowie im Umwelt- und Klimaschutz
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Deutschland und Algerien haben eine gemeinsame Absichtserklärung zur Minderung von Methanemissionen im Öl- und Gassektor unterzeichnet. Zudem werden beide Länder enger zu den Themen...
Scientists finally solved the mystery of Earth’s greatest mass extinction
Why do beaches today have seashells from clams and snails instead of brachiopods? A new study suggests the answer lies in Earth's greatest mass...
Climate Change is Putting East Africa’s Crops, Culture, and Commerce at Risk
East Africa’s vibrant and diverse food culture is being put at risk as climate change threatens the region’s most important crops. Teff, matoke, cassava...
Rare fossil goose rewrites the story of New Zealand’s giant birds
Scientists have discovered a previously unknown fossil goose that challenges a decades-old theory about the evolution of New Zealand's birds. The find suggests the...
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...
