Death Valley National Park is bursting with color as a major wildflower bloom unfolds in March 2026. It is the park’s most vibrant display since the famed 2016 Superbloom. While the desert landscape is filled with shades of yellow and purple, more blooms expected in the coming weeks.
AI companies are under pressure to roll out new tools to win new customers. But the approach could spell doom in the future, because we do not know what its flaws are.
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and other specialised agencies, an El Niño event could develop later in 2026, potentially pushing global temperatures to record levels in 2026 and especially in 2027.
Extreme heat is damaging to coffee crops, which is affecting their price and availability worldwide.
Chinese geologists have identified a supergiant deposit containing around 1,000 tonnes of gold with an extraordinary purity of 138 grams per tonne, discovered at depths of up to three kilometres. The find could significantly reshape global gold markets and strengthen China’s strategic mineral reserves.
January 2026 ranked as the fifth warmest on record globally, despite severe cold waves gripping parts of Europe and North America. Meanwhile, record heat fuelled wildfires in the Southern Hemisphere, highlighting the growing need for climate resilience and adaptation.
For over a hundred years, an island called Sandy appeared on nautical charts and official maps off the coast of Australia. In 2012, a scientific expedition sailed to its coordinates and discovered something unexpected
A new seismic swarm at Teide, the third in a week, increases monitoring of the volcano's surroundings, reminding everyone that magma continues to move beneath the island of Tenerife
A new geophysical model integrating velocity data and seismic focal mechanisms reveals that the Iberian Peninsula is slowly rotating clockwise relative to Eurasia and Africa, according to a new study.
Two of the country's leading conservation charities have released beavers into the wild at two sites in the south west of England.
SpaceX's Starlink satellites are already hindering the visibility of ground-based telescopes. Imagine a million such satellites dotting the night sky.
A law of ecocide would be a powerful deterrent to pollution, campaigners say. Ecocide laws are spreading around the world.