Earth Science News Articles

Airplanes punching their way through clouds near major airports can increase local precipitation...

Phytoplankton, single celled marine organisms, can only construct their outer shells when their internal pH is...

By learning from pterosaurs we may be able to make aircrafts more manouverable.

Exposing newborn clownfish to the sorts of CO2 levels predicted for the year 2050 and beyond causes the fish to ignore...

Scientists have developed a sugar-fuelled chemical filter to clean up contaminated water.

Using state-of-the-art X-ray scanning technology to recreate the brains of 200 million year old animals thought to be...

Earlier this month, a major conference was held at the Geological Society in London to discuss something that will not...

In the last 30 years, corn and wheat crops have dropped by 3.8 and 5.5 per cent in response to climate change. This...

Mangrove forests lock up even more carbon than previously thought

A paper published in Nature by Bradley Cardinale from the University of Michigan suggests that biodiversity in aquatic...

Researchers have reported this week that wind speeds across the oceans have increased, on average, by at least 0.25 per...

The mineral quartz might hold the key to why continental plates consistently deform in certain regions, a puzzle that’s...

A group of Brazilian researchers led by Renata Castro, have found that the classic comedy banana skin is actually very...

A major earthquake struck the East coast of Japan on the 11th March. We discuss the situation, and the implications...

A new report draws a global map of the threats facing coral reefs today

Mysterious moving stones in a Death Vally lake bed may have been solved.

Researchers at the University of Leeds have found that an Amazonian drought in 2010 was more severe that one billed as...

Scientists have identified factors that make for a successful and sustainable fishery

For the first time, fish larvae have been tracked drifting over 100 miles showing that marine protected areas can...

Scientists working on data from the Cassini mission have found what looks like an ice volcano on Titan

Scientists working on data from the SORCE mission have found that the sun changes through it's solar cycle...

Iron-loving elements like gold and cobolt are found in Earth's crust at greater concentrations that would be...

Researchers in Nashville have found that the season in which mice are born can dramatically affect how their body...

Analysis of ancient rocks in the far north of Scotland has provided strong evidence for a rise in oxygen levels 400...