Earth Science News Articles

Writing in the journal Nature Biotechnology, scientists in Australia have bred a new strain of salt-tolerant wheat, by...

Global warming could cause Spring to arrive earlier in future years.

The MESSENGER spacecraft completed one Earth year of orbiting Mercury this month, and two papers published in the...

Satellite tracking studies reveal shark behaviour isn't altered by free food handouts.

The problem with fisheries management is that what a government decides will be best for conservation may not be best...

A team led by Lisa Levin from Scripps Institution of Oceanography, has found a ‘hybrid’ vent/seep ecosystem in an area...

Tracing the source of tiny plastic particles in the ocean.

Heat and cold can stress corals, but they do so in different ways.

Sea cucumbers release acidic gastric juices that break down coral reefs at night.

A little fish is caught in the act of mimicking the extraordinary mimic octopus

A group of researchers from Columbia University publishing in the journal Environmental Research Letters have found...

Seaweeds, also known as macroalgae, can unleash a chemical arsenal toxic to corals, scientists have found.

How increasing our understanding of epigenetics may help plant breeders make informed decisions about the best ways to...

Plan for an Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) will do for nature what the IPCC...

Researchers at the British Antarctic Survey have found an increase in iceberg scouring of the seafloor around the West...

The UK is a world-leader in applying geological knowledge to investigate crime. Using the strong UK base as a starting...

This week the British Geological Survey has released a 'risk list' for the supply of the metals essential for...

Plants able to grow on toxic explosive components could clean up contaminated compounds.

Sea butterflies may disappear from the Arctic as oceans get more acidic.

Gold, platinum and many other precious metals are more common in the Earth's crust than models of the planet'...

The rock underneath forests can act as a previously unknown source of nitrogen...

Animals overheated by climate change are heading uphill and away from the equator, new research has shown.

Climate change is causing species to shift their distributions up to three times faster than previously thought,...

Humans descend from a line of sun-lovers, researchers have shown. A new technique can reveal the historical density of...