ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATEBeavers are invading the Alaskan tundra in the Arctic and transforming its landscape, taking advantage of climate change; but their dams could also accelerate global warming. Read the article to learn more.
Adopted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the Mediterranean Sea Emission Control Area for Sulphur Oxides and Particulate Matter (Med SOx ECA) is set to come into effect on 1 May 2025.
Scientists sequenced the oldest DNA found, showing that reindeer and mastodons once wondered an unrecognizable Greenland 2 million years ago. Read the article to learn more details.
Fender's Blue butterfly was one of the endangered species under the federal Endangered Species Act of 200, which was thought to be extinct between 1940 and the late 1980s. Check out how saving them rescued an entire ecosystem.
The Nekton Maldives Mission reveals that there is a thriving ecosystem in the deep water of Maldives. Continue reading to know more about this discovery.
Scientists estimate that the global ant population is about 20,000,000,000,000,000 and is heavier than the combined weight of mammals and birds. Read the article to know the details.
Scientists wanted to understand the impacts of land modification on small mammals in the Anthropocene. They found out that human activities played a role as well. Continue reading to know more about the study.
Species are not created equally and experts must classify their risk of extinction to know which of them should be prioritized. Find out how they choose what animals to protect first.
A large hydrothermal vent field was found in the East Pacific Ocean seafloor that, according to study, could contribute to ocean ecosystems. Read to know more.
Researchers found that great white sharks have been disappearing from a hot spot in Cape Town, South Africa. Read the article to know how two orcas drive the sharks away.
Researchers recently shared a video of a never-before-seen ecosystem underneath the thick icy surface of Antarctica, revealing shrimplike creatures swimming in the dark and jagged cavern. Read the article to learn more.
Climate change is inadvertently increasing the global temperature which leads to warmer oceans. Read on to find out how warmer waters equate to hungrier oceanic predators and what it could mean for the future of oceanic ecosystems.
A recent study reports that sunken wooden shipwrecks can influence the structure, chemistry, and biology of marine ecosystems as microbes have created their homes. Read the article to learn more.
Coral reef ecosystems have been disrupted for more than 100 years now. Find out how a new study reveals substantial warming trends that cause the disruption.
Eelgrass are tiny ecosystems that house many aquatic animals. Read on to know how these underwater meadows are threatened by a tiny pathogen on waters.
Mass extinctions have many effects to animals and the ecosystem of the planet that are imprinted to fossilized remains. Click to find how the study of extinction events was made easier.
Scientists participating in an international expedition unexpectedly found single individuals of Atlantic cod and squid much further north than previously expected. The fish and squid are found in the Central Atlantic Ocean.
It's quite an interesting question to ponder about what would happen if the moon exploded or vanished. There are some consequences humans would see changes, not to mention, experience on this planet if this happened.