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- Supersized snowflakes: A scientific quest to make enormous snow Mon, 16 Dec 24, 7:00pmNew Scientist embarks on a quest to make record-breaking snowflakes. This is our journey into the complex world of snow physics
- The Anthropocene was officially spurned in 2024, but the idea lives on Thu, 12 Dec 24, 5:00amGeologists surprisingly declined to formally declare a new epoch, but proponents of the Anthropocene will continue to highlight humanity’s impact on the planet
- Monitoring ocean chlorophyll could reduce impact of warming seas Mon, 9 Dec 24, 4:09amHow chlorophyll data from satellites is helping scientists understand and mitigate changes in warming oceans
- Why scientists scanned giant hailstones in a dentist's office Fri, 6 Dec 24, 4:00pmA high-resolution view of hailstones the size of tennis balls can reveal how they form – and help researchers better forecast which storms will generate these destructive pieces of ice
- What ancient stalagmites can tell us about life on a hotter Earth Thu, 5 Dec 24, 1:31amWildfires are already changing as a result of climate change but we don’t know what will happen as our planet gets even warmer. The answer could be hidden underground
- Ocean acidification is reaching deeper waters Thu, 28 Nov 24, 6:15amRising carbon dioxide levels are driving an increase in the ocean’s acidity – and this change is sinking deeper as emissions increase, putting even more marine organisms at risk
- Iceland’s Reykjanes volcanic eruption captured in stunning drone shots Fri, 22 Nov 24, 4:20amA new volcanic eruption has occurred on Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula, the seventh this year
- We may have solved the mystery of what froze Earth's inner core Tue, 19 Nov 24, 7:00amA supercomputer simulation of iron and carbon atoms in Earth’s inner core may explain how a molten ball at the centre of our planet froze solid
- Next Mauna Loa eruption could be forecast months in advance Wed, 13 Nov 24, 3:00amAn analysis of crystals in lava from the 2022 eruption of Mauna Loa has revealed an unknown magma reservoir within the volcano, which could extend forecasts of eruptions from minutes to months
- Forget Hollywood, science has real plans to defend us from asteroids Thu, 31 Oct 24, 5:00amForget Armageddon-sized rocks, just one of 25,000 smaller asteroids could destroy a city on Earth. How to Kill an Asteroid by Robin George Andrew shows how science plans to save the planet
- Striking image shows well-preserved wreck of Shackleton’s doomed ship Thu, 31 Oct 24, 5:00amEndurance sank beneath the ice during Ernest Shackleton’s legendary Antarctic expedition. More than a hundred years later, researchers document their own saga of how they found the vessel
- Some wildfires are growing twice as fast as they did two decades ago Fri, 25 Oct 24, 6:00amIn the western US, the average maximum growth rate of fires has more than doubled over the past two decades
- Folklore uncovers a tsunami that rocked Hawaii hundreds of years ago Sat, 19 Oct 24, 4:00amA story passed down in folklore led scientists to evidence of an 8-metre tsunami that hit an island in Hawaii hundreds of years ago
- El Niño pattern can bring wet weather to UK one year later Sat, 5 Oct 24, 12:00amEl Niño and La Niña cycles driven by ocean temperatures in the Pacific can influence weather in the North Atlantic 12 months later – a finding that could improve long-range forecasts
- How 'river piracy' made Mount Everest grow even taller Tue, 1 Oct 24, 2:00amRapid erosion caused by a geological act of “piracy” tens of thousands of years ago may have raised Earth’s crust and elevated Mount Everest by as much as 50 metres
- Why physicists are air-dropping buoys into the paths of hurricanes Sat, 21 Sep 24, 5:00amA sprawling research program aims to improve hurricane forecasts by collecting data at the chaotic interface of ocean and atmosphere
- These maps will change how you see the world Thu, 19 Sep 24, 4:00amGeographer Alastair Bonnett on his pick of the most diverse maps, from a collection of 100,000 galaxies to a 12th-century Chinese depiction of rivers on a grid
- Earth may once have had a ring like Saturn Tue, 17 Sep 24, 9:14pmA ring of asteroid debris could have orbited Earth for tens of millions of years, and perhaps even have altered the planet's climate
- Greenland landslide caused freak wave that shook Earth for nine days Fri, 13 Sep 24, 5:00amSeismologists were mystified by a strange signal that persisted for nine days in 2023 – now its source has been identified as a standing wave caused by a landslide in Greenland
- Cave diver explores a Mexican sinkhole in atmospheric photograph Thu, 12 Sep 24, 4:00amThis claustrophobia-inducing image is taken from photographer Martin Broen's new book Light in the Underworld, a collection of shots from the Yucatán’s cenotes, or sinkholes
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