White 'magic eraser' sponges that clean without needing soap are actually breaking apart as you use them, and where those tiny pieces end up is starting to concern scientists, fresh research reveals
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A researcher studying the Anthropocene says the collective human behaviours behind climate change and mass extinction are the same ones we'll need to reverse the damage
Fungi buried in forest soil might be quietly pulling down the rain, according to new research, and they might even be doing it more efficiently
A team drilling in Greenland found that a major high point of the ice sheet vanished entirely about 7,000 years ago, during conditions not dramatically warmer than today, and scientists are worried
Scientists studying air pollution in rural Oklahoma accidentally discovered a toxic chemical drifting through the atmosphere that's never been picked up in the Western Hemisphere before - and they think sewage-based fertiliser is behind it
The Atlantic current system that keeps Europe's climate stable looks more likely to collapse than previously estimated, after new research found climate models showing the worst outcomes best match real-world data
The Met Office produces nearly 300 text-based weather products, all drafted by human meteorologists. Now it's been testing whether AI could handle some of that heavy lifting, but can it replicate the job?
A team of scientists in Japan reckon they've found a way to change how we capture carbon, with a redesigned material that needs barely any heat to work
Tracking how marine ecosystems have changed over decades is difficult when reliable historical samples are hard to come by. A team of researchers in the US found an unlikely solution sitting in a Seattle warehouse
Around 12,800 years ago, Earth was warming steadily out of the last ice age – and then temperatures across the northern hemisphere plummeted. What caused that sudden reversal has been debated ever since.
When AI started breezing through the tests humans built to challenge it, researchers from around the world decided to build something it genuinely couldn't pass – and the scores are quite telling
Despite billions of years of evolution, researchers have found all living things appear to follow the exact same underlying temperature rule – with troubling implications for a warming planet
A big wave of aluminium from ageing cars is about to hit recycling yards, and researchers say they have found a way to turn that lower-value scrap into strong metal for new vehicles
Nasa has reshuffled its Artemis schedule by adding a new mission in 2027 to practise docking in low-Earth orbit, before it attempts to land astronauts on the Moon again
Antarctica’s melting ice has been linked to a possible climate “silver lining” — iron feeding algae that absorb CO₂. New field data suggest that iron boost has been overestimated
Sea levels have been climbing for decades, but pinning down exactly why has been tricky. Now researchers have built a 30-year record showing added ocean mass has taken the lead.
A spectacular rocket breakup over Europe has now been tied to something less visible: scientists say they’ve measured a sharp spike in lithium high above Earth, linked to that re-entry
Beach cleaners on a small Orkney island have been finding far more rubbish than usual, including items that look decades old and apparently travelled a very long way to get there
Quantum machines keep falling over because their qubits are too easy to disturb, but now researchers say they’ve nailed a key step for a new style that read their state cleanly, in real time
A massive global study tracking over 31,000 tree species suggests forests are drifting towards the same few fast-growing “sprinter” types - squeezing out slower natives and weakening biodiversity and carbon storage