Earth Science News Articles

Poor workmanship and materials are to blame for fracking-related contamination of water supplies, new research has...

Seals use offshore wind farms as bases for their hunting and fishing exploits, new research has shown.

Many people will have noticed the moon looking especially big and bright recently. This is because of a phenomenon...

Researchers have uncovered a surprising genetic connection between the development of language in humans and learning...

Higher carbon dioxide levels expected next century cause fish to struggle to find their school friends, new research...

Electricity-producing "photovoltaic" solar panels may be about to become a lot lighter and a lot cheaper,...

Using bacteria to break down lignin, a woody byproduct of paper production, may be the key to creating a renewable...

This week, a farm worker in Argentina stumbled upon a bone belonging to the largest dinosaur to have ever walked the...

This week an explosion and fire in a mine in Turkey claimed almost three hundred lives. But why are explosions such a...

Corals can adapt to tolerate higher ocean temperatures that could accompany climate change, scientists have shown.

What causes the phenomenal natural light show that is the Northern Lights?

Wind turbines play a key role in tackling climate change, but now it seems they may also be able to mitigate hurricanes...

British Antarctic Survey researchers have seen evidence of emperor penguins searching out new breeding grounds...

Crowd funding programmes have raised money for Hollywood films, but now it could even be used to monitor carbon dioxide...

This week the Michigan town of Hell froze over - but why are temperatures plummeting across America?

Will use of renewable energy take off in 2014?

How much energy is generating using renewables?

Chemistry data from plankton shells could boost historical climate records

A map tracking deforestation and tree replanting has been produce by Google, NASA and the University of Maryland...

There's a lot of traffic on it's way to the little red planet right now. Why?

Australian archaeologists have found part of a fossil from an ancient platypus that was a metre long.

fifty-five million years ago, the planet suddenly warmed. But why? New evidence suggests a huge release of carbon...

New research suggests that global warming trends are being disguised by historical CFC emissions...

Close study of the genome of the oil palm tree could result in significantly increased palm oil yield.