Earth & The Environment
Browse through articles in the Earth & Environment trending section to read the latest on planet Earth as well as topics broadly encompassing solid Earth processes, surface and atmospheric dynamics, Earth system history, climate and climate change, marine and freshwater systems, sustainability, ecology and the interactions between humans and these systems.
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MAY 18, 2020Plants & Animals
Sharks are often viewed as one of the ocean’s top apex predators, but despite this rather prestigious classificati ... -
AUG 17, 2021Chemistry & Physics
A new study published in Physical Review Letters presents evidence for the creation of matter and antimatter from energy ...
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NOV 24, 2018Earth & The Environment
There are five places on our planet where gravity doesn't seem to work. It might sound crazy, so maybe you should ju ...
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MAR 03, 2016Space & Astronomy
We’re getting closer to Saturday, March 5th, and that means the asteroid known as 2013 TX68 is getting closer too. ...
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SEP 27, 2021Genetics & Genomics
While this research has provided some answers, it also raised many new questions. An image by Atish Waghwase/Harney et a ...
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NOV 13, 2016Plants & Animals
For the most part, any snake bite is a cause for worry because many people simply don’t know what they’re de ...
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APR 06, 2015Genetics & Genomics
That's what a leading geneticist at the University of Oxford is claiming based on results of DNA testing.
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DEC 02, 2020Earth & The Environment
New research presented at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union highlights the future of our continents & ...
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MAR 04, 2015Space & Astronomy
The first celestial object that attracts the attention of many people at a young age is the ever-changing moon. The luna ...
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NOV 26, 2019Plants & Animals
You’d be hard-pressed to find any fish daring enough to voluntarily enter a top predator’s mouth, but that&r ...
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AUG 19, 2018Videos
Whenever you glance at a flat world map, you should take what you see with a grain of salt. One in particular, known as ...
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JUL 22, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Earth's magnetic poles have been on a hasty move in the last two decades. Recently, the geoscientists at Leeds Unive ...
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MAR 12, 2018Plants & Animals
Poaching is a widespread issue affecting elephants in Central Africa, but a new paper published in the journal Conservat ...
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JUN 14, 2020Chemistry & Physics
On June 10th, 2020, thousands of STEM scientists and organizations around the world went on strike to protest systemic r ...
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OCT 22, 2016Chemistry & Physics
The mystery of the Bermuda Triangle (also known as the Devil’s Triangle) has stumped scientists for decades. ...
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MAY 12, 2016Plants & Animals
To write another article denouncing the horrors of gas chambers that are used in shelters throughout the US to euthanize ...
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SEP 03, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Typically, there are more male babies born than females, with the global average lying at 105 boys born for every 100 gi ...
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OCT 13, 2013Health & Medicine
A new brain connectivity study from Penn Medicine published today in the Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences fou ...
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JAN 12, 2020Plants & Animals
When large whales die, one of two things can happen: 1) their bodies can sink to the bottom of the ocean and go on to su ...
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SEP 21, 2020Neuroscience
Cavefish are fish that dwell in caves, unable to access the outside world. Often, they were separated from their closest ...
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MAR 20, 2017Plants & Animals
There are a handful of animal species that have involuntarily went extinct over the decades, and a truckload of others r ...
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APR 05, 2020Plants & Animals
Birds of all kinds are renowned for their calls, songs, and relentless chirps. Some birds use their calls to communicate ...
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JUN 07, 2019Chemistry & Physics
Translated from the German word Edelgas, noble gases commonly refer the six elements occupying the rightmost column of t ...
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APR 11, 2019Chemistry & Physics
If the over-reliance on petroleum for plastics production is not already a problem, the plastics pollution crisis is and ...
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FEB 08, 2016Space & Astronomy
On March 5th, we can expect yet another close encounter with an asteroid. It will be a relatively small one, but asteroi ...
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JUL 08, 2015Earth & The Environment
Global warming is one of those highly controversial subjects that continue to gain traction in the media. It feels like ...
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AUG 27, 2019Genetics & Genomics
On average, there are 105 boys born for every 100 girls. Is it purely a genetic tendency or are there environmental fact ...
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