The oceans are the largest global heat reservoir. As a result of man-made global warming, the temperature in the global climate system increases; around 90% of…
What favoured the Devonian extinction about 300 million years ago? Based on rock samples, a team of scientists from Germany, Belgium, China and the USA…
The Amazon River is almost 7,000 km long and is not only tremendously abundant but it also transports large quantities of trace metals such as iron and copper…
The Antarctic research season has begun 15 December, when researchers in the international research project MAGIC-DML returned to Dronning Maud Land in…
The clumps caused by misfolded proteins, called plaques, are implicated in many diseases: plaque interferes with neuron function in the brains of people with…
The East Antarctic Ice Sheet locks away enough water to raise sea level an estimated 53 meters (174 feet), more than any other ice sheet on the planet. It's…