Potentially dangerous asteroids pose a risk to missions to Mars, but they could also provide insight into the history of the Red Planet and the early days of the Solar System, new research suggests.
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A research team in Ireland have cracked a case on finding a “green” way to recover Rare Earth elements — but in a way nobody would have suspected, by reusing eggshell waste.
Biodiversity loss is a crisis. The ambition of protecting 30% of land and sea by 2030 was set out as part of the Kunming-Montreal agreement in 2022. Are current environmental targets realistic, and what measures are being put in place?
Saharan dust, transported into the Atlantic from the Sahara Desert, has a significant impact on the climate, human health and even hurricanes. We tell you how and why you have to be attentive this summer.
Methane is a short-lived but very powerful greenhouse gas, it is currently responsible for approximately one third of global warming due to all greenhouse gases. Its measurement and estimation in the atmosphere are fundamental.
The second annual Global Climate Change Indicators report, led by the University of Leeds, reveals that human-induced warming has increased to 1.19°C over the past decade (2014-2023), an increase from previous 1.14°C observed in 2013-2022 (established in last year's report)
This spring, algae blooms were observed in various places around the world. The swarms of phytoplankton turned the otherwise blue water green, light green or a milky turquoise blue.
Scientists from Kyoto University have announced that they have completed the construction of LignoSat, the world's first wooden satellite, which will also be launched into space soon. What will be your mission?
Linguists and researchers have scanned people's brains to realise that the brain responds to negated phrases like "not bad" much slower, with more varied interpretations in their meaning. Find out more!
Two extreme tornadoes claimed the lives of at least 11 people in eastern South Africa, a country where such events are not so common. Everything indicates that these would be tornadoes of at least the EF4 category, which implies gusts of more than 300 km/h.
Sea surface temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico are soaring above average early on in the season this year. Meteorologists are concerned this will make for an extreme hurricane season.
In a huge step for commercial spaceflight, SpaceX has successfully launched its fourth test of the Starship spacecraft. The exciting development of this morning.