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Environment - Earth Sciences - 25.03.2026 - Today

The project will help provide improved methods to measure ice thickness and help out local Northern communities Every year in the Canadian Arctic, seawater freezes and grows thick, creating large swaths of sea ice.
Environment - Earth Sciences - 19.03.2026

$9.5 million project combines fieldwork, advanced modeling, AI, and community engagement Just before World Water Day, the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) announces it will l
Earth Sciences - 18.03.2026
SDU tests rescue drones in the Arctic
Earth Sciences - 17.03.2026
Data visualisation casts new light on Scottish political landscape
A visualisation of voters' choices in the Scottish independence and Brexit referendums has revealed that the country's political landscape is more varied than commonly understood.
Environment - Earth Sciences - 13.03.2026

The international research campaign COMPEX (Clouds over complex environment) is kicking off with measurement flights over the Arctic and will investigate the properties of clouds over sea ice that cannot be detected by satellites.
Earth Sciences - Environment - 10.03.2026

Researchers have shed new light on how a unusual rock formation in Oman was created, which could reveal new details about the Earth's ability to store carbon dioxide (CO2) for millions of years. The study, led by Keele University, in collaboration with The University of Manchester and University of Ottawa, looked at geological evidence from Oman to better understand processes that occur in subduction zones - where one of the Earth's tectonic plates sinks beneath another due to the plates colliding together.
Environment - Earth Sciences - 27.02.2026
TU Delft Campus makes switch to geothermal energy
Environment - Earth Sciences - 24.02.2026
Lasers and drones assess health of world forests and help track climate change
Highly detailed 3D scans of dense tropical rain forest plots are enabling precise estimates of tree structure, volume and stored carbon, as part of a first-of-its-kind pilot initiative, led by UCL researchers.
Environment - Earth Sciences - 23.02.2026

Over thousands of years, the swamps and peatlands in the Congo Basin have accumulated and stored huge amounts of carbon. A research team led by ETH Zurich has now shown that large lakes in this ecosystem are releasing long-buried carbon - which could incur a long-term impact on the global climate. The vast swamps and peatlands of the tropics play an important role in the global carbon cycle and consequently in the global climate.
Environment - Earth Sciences - 18.02.2026

Earth Sciences - Environment - 17.02.2026

An international research team co-led by a researcher from ETH Zurich has recovered the longest sediment core ever drilled from beneath an ice sheet in West Antarctica. The core preserves evidence of climate changes spanning millions of years and will help improve predictions of how the West Antarctic Ice Sheet may respond to ongoing global warming.
Physics - Earth Sciences - 17.02.2026

A new study sheds light on a previously overlooked mechanism of soil erosion that occurs just after raindrops hit the ground. The research was conducted in part by Bertil Trottet, an EPFL physicist who also runs a family tree farm in Féchy. What does the study of the physics of particle entrainment have to do with apple-growing along the coast of Lake Geneva? The answer lies in the parallel activities carried out by Bertil Trottet.
Earth Sciences - Environment - 12.02.2026
CONNECT and iCRAG launch SmartScape: a new Centre-to-Centre collaboration using fibre networks to sense the city
Posted on: 12 February 2026 SmartScape brings together experts to explore explore how Dublin's existing telecommunications infrastructure can be transformed into a powerful, city-scale sensing platform.
Environment - Earth Sciences - 09.02.2026

At a time when the world's glaciers are melting at an unprecedented rate, tourism around these ice giants is exploding, increasing pressure on these vulnerable regions and disrupting ecosystems.
Earth Sciences - 05.02.2026

Environment - Earth Sciences - 30.01.2026
University of Bern and ETH Zurich lead new Centre of Competence in Research
Earth Sciences - Environment - 29.01.2026

Recent research into the biology of the extinct Otodus megalodon , the largest predatory shark that ever lived, had suggested that Mediterranean populations reached significantly smaller sizes than those from other parts of the planet, giving rise to the term -Mediterranean dwarfism-.
Earth Sciences - 28.01.2026
Analysis: The cold war maps that can help us rethink today’s Arctic conflict
Earth Sciences - Environment - 28.01.2026

Large-scale m'elting of the Greenland Ice Sheet is irreversible and happening at a rapid rate, and now a new international study is the first to understand why.
Earth Sciences - 28.01.2026

A thin, soft and slippery layer of clay-rich mud embedded in rock below the seafloor intensified the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami.
Astronomy & Space - Earth Sciences - 26.01.2026

Earth Sciences - Environment - 21.01.2026
Critical Atlantic Ocean currents kept going during last ice age
During the last ice age, the Atlantic Ocean's powerful current system remained active and continued to transport warm, salty water from the tropics to the North Atlantic despite extensive ice cover across much of the Northern Hemisphere, finds new research led by UCL scientists. The findings, published in Nature , show that despite the Earth being in an ice age, part of the ocean's interior - known as North Atlantic Deep Water (NADW) - was only about 1.8°C colder than today, far from the near-freezing conditions previously assumed.
Paleontology - Earth Sciences - 20.01.2026

The science of dinosaurs has everyone - from students to Slash from Guns N' Roses - wanting to learn more about Earth's prehistoric population On the main floor of the Earth Sciences building at the University of Calgary, across from the Gallagher Library, sits an empty display case.
Environment - Earth Sciences - 13.01.2026
Recovering tropical forests grow back nearly twice as fast with nitrogen
Young tropical forests play a crucial role in slowing climate change. Growing trees absorb carbon dioxide from the air, using photosynthesis to build it into their roots, trunks, and branches, where they can store carbon for decades or even centuries. But, according to a new study, this CO2-absorption may be slowed down by the lack of a crucial element that trees need to grow: nitrogen.
Environment - Earth Sciences - 13.01.2026

Ongoing shifts in the global water cycle amplified floods, droughts and heat extremes in 2025, according to a new report involving an international team of researchers, led by The Australian National University (ANU).
Environment - Earth Sciences - 09.01.2026

Environment - Earth Sciences - 08.01.2026

A citizens science project led by the University of Bonn, conducted in partnership with an environmental non-profit organization, has calculated a greater-than-expected volume of litter in the Rhine.
Paleontology - Earth Sciences - 07.01.2026

773,000-year-old fossils from Thomas Quarry I in Morocco illuminate the shared ancestry of Homo sapiens , Neandertals, and Denisovans Precisely dated fossils: A high-resolution magnetostratigraphic r
Environment - Earth Sciences - 07.01.2026
One Year Later, Fire Research Continues to Support the Community
One year after the 2025 Los Angeles fires, Caltech researchers are pressing forward with research projects to provide answers in service of public health and safety.
Environment - Earth Sciences - 22.12.2025
EU team to detect earthquakes and infrastructure damage using internet cables
Environment - Earth Sciences - 18.12.2025
International report reveals atmospheric impact of Hunga eruption
An international assessment report provides definitive statements on the atmospheric impacts from a huge volcanic eruption in 2022.
Environment - Earth Sciences - 17.12.2025
Satellite Data Reveals New Insights into Sustainable Groundwater Usage in the Hollywood Basin
Groundwater is a critical resource in Southern California, where long-term drought and climate change place increasing pressure on local aquifers. Some regions, like the Hollywood Basin (a small region in and around the West Hollywood neighborhood), are increasing their reliance on these aquifers in order to reduce the amount of water imported from elsewhere.
Astronomy & Space - Earth Sciences - 16.12.2025

Earth Sciences - 16.12.2025

Earth Sciences - Life Sciences - 16.12.2025
Identical micro-animals live in two isolated deep-sea environments. How is that possible?
It sounds almost impossible. And yet, the same nematodes live in two extremely isolated deep-sea trenches located 17,000 km apart.
Earth Sciences - 16.12.2025

In a former service tunnel built for the Furka-Gotthard rail link, ETH geoscientists are looking to move mountains.
Environment - Earth Sciences - 15.12.2025

Germany will only be able to achieve net zero by 2045 with a concerted approach to cutting emissions and removing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere according to the conclusion drawn from the first phase of the CDRterra research program.
Earth Sciences - History & Archeology - 15.12.2025
Rediscovering the treasures of the UCL Map Library
Environment - Earth Sciences - 15.12.2025

Model simulation: A high-resolution Earth system model can be used to investigate interactions between intense tropical cyclones and the carbon cycle. Carbon uptake: During hurricanes, significantly more carbon dioxide is released from the ocean into the atmosphere than under normal conditions. However, as the ocean surface cools due to the hurricanes, the ocean subsequently absorbs more carbon dioxide, and this effect dominates.
Earth Sciences - Innovation - 12.12.2025
Taras Gerya, how can we ensure the long-term survival of human civilisation?
History & Archeology - Earth Sciences - 11.12.2025
British discovery shows humans made fire 350,000 earlier than thought
A collection of artefacts showing the earliest evidence of early humans intentionally making fire nearly 350,000 years earlier than previously thought has been uncovered in Barnham, England, by a team of archaeologists including researchers from UCL.
Environment - Earth Sciences - 11.12.2025
Coastal areas can no longer keep up with methane emissions
Heavily polluted waters, such as Lake Grevelingen, emit large amounts of methane because the sediment's natural methane filter is under severe stress.
Paleontology - Earth Sciences - 05.12.2025

An unusually rich fossil deposit has been discovered and described by an international research team in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile.
Environment - Earth Sciences - 28.11.2025

Marine litter is a serious environmental problem worldwide. Reducing it would require implementing a global monitoring system, agreeing on the use of common methods and protocols for data collection, and categorizing all components of marine debris.
Environment - Earth Sciences - 27.11.2025

Environment - Earth Sciences - 26.11.2025
Over half of global coastal settlements are retreating inland due to intensifying climate risks
Climate A new study using satellite nightlight data reveals that more than half of the world's coastal settlements have retreated inland over the past 30 years in response to intensifying climate hazards. The study coauthored by University of Copenhagen researchers also identified regions moving towards the coast despite the risks - including Copenhagen.
Environment - Earth Sciences - 25.11.2025

An international team led by Covadonga Orejas, a researcher at the Gijón Oceanographic Centre of the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO-CSIC); Veerle Huvenne, a researcher at the UK National Ocea
Environment - Earth Sciences - 20.11.2025
Researcher strengthen storm resilience
Environment - Earth Sciences - 18.11.2025

Avalanche bulletin and snow situation In light of the ongoing fifteen-year megadrought in Chile, an international team of researchers, including the Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL and the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA), addressed the future of Andean glaciers.
Environment - Earth Sciences - 12.11.2025
Climate change. CO2 sources and sinks
As COP30 gets underway, scientists publish an adjusted estimate of natural and anthropogenic CO2 sources and removals in the journal Nature.
Art & Design - Today
New special exhibition at the Josephinum is dedicated to Austria's exceptional artist Gustav Klimt
New special exhibition at the Josephinum is dedicated to Austria's exceptional artist Gustav Klimt

Health - Today
Cortical thickness, schizophrenia, and causality in psychiatry: when the trace is mistaken for the cause
Cortical thickness, schizophrenia, and causality in psychiatry: when the trace is mistaken for the cause
Career - Today
Low-income students and girls are steered away from 'risky' creative careers at school
Low-income students and girls are steered away from 'risky' creative careers at school

Environment - Today
UCalgary expedition, with NASA, Canadian and European space agencies, sets out to better understand state of Arctic ice
UCalgary expedition, with NASA, Canadian and European space agencies, sets out to better understand state of Arctic ice

Social Sciences - Mar 24
Young people's wellbeing is improving in Greater Manchester, major survey finds
Young people's wellbeing is improving in Greater Manchester, major survey finds
Environment - Mar 24
Australia's environment is improving but climate change is 'accelerating' damage to ecosystems and wildlife
Australia's environment is improving but climate change is 'accelerating' damage to ecosystems and wildlife

Psychology - Mar 23
The grief myth: it doesn't come in stages or follow a checklist - like love, it endures
The grief myth: it doesn't come in stages or follow a checklist - like love, it endures













