Tag: Erde
Reduction of tropical cyclone-induced ocean carbon outgassing since 1993
Carbon dioxide outgassing from the ocean associated with the passage of tropical cyclones has declined in recent decades and may switch to being a...
3D insights into the multiorigins of nanophase Fe0 in the Moon surface
Nanophase metallic iron (npFe0) in lunar impact glass provides key information about the space weathering process. However, lack of three-dimensional structures and morphologies has...
Five million children die every year — what do they die from?
To reduce child mortality, we need to understand what children are dying from. People often ask me for my favorite statistic. My answer changes,...
Viral mediation of anaerobic methane oxidation to carbon sequestration in paddy soil
Soil viruses greatly influence the carbon sequestration processes associated with anaerobic methane oxidation, according to analyses of carbon flows in paddy soil...
Source: Nature Geoscience...
Population tool: How will populations across the world change in the 21st century?
We created an interactive tool that lets you test how changes in fertility rates, life expectancy, and migration rates will change future populations.
How will...
South Korea’s population is set to shrink: what would it take to stop the decline?
How much would fertility rates, life expectancy, or migration rates need to change to stop the population from shrinking? South Korea’s population is expected...
Isotopic evidence for dietary variability among eastern Africa’s first pastoralists
Isotopic studies of human remains can track changes in dietary variation across transitions from wild food procurement to food production. In Kenya and Tanzania,...
Die Küsten im Wandel – Verstehen, schützen und nachhaltig nutzen
Die wirtschaftlichen Aktivitäten nehmen besonders in Meeres‐ und Küstenräumen rasant zu. Ihre Bedeutung unter anderem für die Nahrungs‐, Rohstoff‐ und Energieversorgung sowie als Transportweg...
Global carbon emissions and decarbonization in 2025
Global CO2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion and industrial processes increased by +0.7% within 2025. However, large-scale deployment of clean electricity sources during the...
BGS – Types of volcano
Strictly speaking there are two broad types of volcano, a stratovolcano and a shield volcano, although there are lots of different volcanic features that...
