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Environment - Earth Sciences - 25.03.2026 - 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
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
Understanding Mountain Water
Understanding Mountain Water
$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
New measurement campaign investigates clouds over Arctic sea ice
New measurement campaign investigates clouds over Arctic sea ice
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
Carbon-trapping rocks demonstrate Earth's natural ability to store carbon dioxide
Carbon-trapping rocks demonstrate Earth’s natural ability to store carbon dioxide
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
Peatland lakes in the Congo Basin release carbon that is thousands of years old
Peatland lakes in the Congo Basin release carbon that is thousands of years old
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
New KISS Report Presents Blueprint for Combining Greenhouse Gas and Wind Data
New KISS Report Presents Blueprint for Combining Greenhouse Gas and Wind Data

Earth Sciences - Environment - 17.02.2026
Record-breaking sediment core may help predict Antarctic ice loss
Record-breaking sediment core may help predict Antarctic ice loss
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 physicist who also grows trees investigates the fate of raindrops
A physicist who also grows trees investigates the fate of raindrops
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
Disappearing glaciers: revealing the paradoxes of tourism
Disappearing glaciers: revealing the paradoxes of tourism
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
In the Australian outback, we're listening for nuclear tests - and what we hear matters more than ever
In the Australian outback, we’re listening for nuclear tests - and what we hear matters more than ever

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
The dwarf Mediterranean megalodon does not exist: it turned out to be just a myth
The dwarf Mediterranean megalodon does not exist: it turned out to be just a myth
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
Mineral dust accelerating melting of Greenland ice sheet
Mineral dust accelerating melting of Greenland ice sheet
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
Ancient clay hidden under Japan caused rupture that triggered devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami 
Ancient clay hidden under Japan caused rupture that triggered devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami 
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
Western wins Canadian Space Agency contract to develop imaging instrument for lunar rover
Western wins Canadian Space Agency contract to develop imaging instrument for lunar rover

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
UCalgary paleontologists capture public's imagination with dinosaur discoveries
UCalgary paleontologists capture public’s imagination with dinosaur discoveries
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
Water cycle instability drove global water-related disasters in 2025
Water cycle instability drove global water-related disasters in 2025
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
Canada-Sweden Arctic Ocean Expedition provides profound climate change insight
Canada-Sweden Arctic Ocean Expedition provides profound climate change insight

Environment - Earth Sciences - 08.01.2026
Litter in the Rhine River: Some 53,000 Items of Litter Flow Past Cologne Daily
Litter in the Rhine River: Some 53,000 Items of Litter Flow Past Cologne Daily
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
Early hominins from Morocco reveal an African lineage near the root of Homo sapiens
Early hominins from Morocco reveal an African lineage near the root of Homo sapiens
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
Copernicus Sentinel-6B delivers first altimeter images and reaches final orbit
Copernicus Sentinel-6B delivers first altimeter images and reaches final orbit

Earth Sciences - 16.12.2025
The University of Manchester works with Rolls-Royce to test how to limit damage to jet engines
The University of Manchester works with Rolls-Royce to test how to limit damage to jet engines

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
Earthquakes on tap
Earthquakes on tap
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
Growing Trees Amid Lettuces to Protect the Climate
Growing Trees Amid Lettuces to Protect the Climate
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
Oceans take up more carbon dioxide after hurricanes
Oceans take up more carbon dioxide after hurricanes
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
Diverse life in a primeval lake
Diverse life in a primeval lake
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
A roadmap for combating marine litter across the globe
A roadmap for combating marine litter across the globe
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
1.8 mio CHF for research into the carbon cycle
1.8 mio CHF for research into the carbon cycle

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
The seamounts of Cape Verde: a biodiversity hotspot and a priority for marine conservation in the central-eastern Atlantic
The seamounts of Cape Verde: a biodiversity hotspot and a priority for marine conservation in the central-eastern Atlantic
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
The Future Fate of Glaciers in the Andes
The Future Fate of Glaciers in the Andes
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.
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