Energy & Environment

West Antarctica was ice-free 34 million years ago, reveal new samples

West Antarctica was ice-free 34 million years ago, reveal new samples

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Very few deny the impact of global warming today. With the term now having become slang for everything that’s wrong with the ...

40-million-year-old river buried beneath Antarctic ice discovered

40-million-year-old river buried beneath Antarctic ice discovered

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Millions of years ago, Antarctica looked vastly different from the icy landscape we know today. A research expedition led by the Alfred ...

Plastic munching marine fungus found in Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Plastic munching marine fungus found in Great Pacific Garbage Patch

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

According to National Geographic, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a collection of marine debris in the North Pacific Ocean. It’s also ...

Black holes with masses 10,000x of Sun may form in ‘birthing nests’

Black holes with masses 10,000x of Sun may form in ‘birthing nests’

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Scientists have discovered that rarely found intermediate-mass black holes may have formed in dense star clusters. Known as “globular clusters”, these bodies ...

The last solar storm was so severe that it sank to the ocean floor

The last solar storm was so severe that it sank to the ocean floor

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

The beginning of May was a highly stormy period for our Sun. A powerful solar storm lit up skies worldwide with mesmerizing ...

Fossil of 308-million-year-old spider ancestor with prickly legs found

Fossil of 308-million-year-old spider ancestor with prickly legs found

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Once a spider-like species that crawled through the Carboniferous coal forests of North America and Europe have now been traced back to ...

170 bison could tackle CO2 emitted by 2 million cars, says study

170 bison could tackle CO2 emitted by 2 million cars, says study

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

In the heart of Romania’s Tarcu mountains, a remarkable ecological resurgence is underway.  Over 170 European bison, once extinct in the region ...

120-year-old challenge championed by chemists creating new compound

120-year-old challenge championed by chemists creating new compound

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Scientists have discovered the mechanism of creating a reactive chemical compound after more than 100 years. Molecules known as N-heteroarenes are ring-shaped ...