New Scientist – Earth New Scientist – Earth https://www.newscientist.com</link> New Scientist – Earth https://www.newscientist.com/wp-content/themes/new-scientist/img/ns-logo-scaled.png https://www.newscientist.com</link> </image> daily 1 Fossil blubber…
New Scientist – EarthNew Scientist – Earth https://www.newscientist.com</link> New Scientist – Earthhttps://www.newscientist.com/wp-content/themes/new-scientist/img/ns-logo-scaled.png https://www.newscientist.com</link> </image> daily1Fossil blubber shows ichthyosaurs were warm blooded reptiles https://www.newscientist.com/article/2187399-fossil-blubber-shows-ichthyosaurs-were-warm-blooded-reptiles/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Wed, 05 Dec 2018 18:00:00 +0000A fossil so well preserved that its skin is still flexible is revealing much more about the marine reptiles called ichthyosaurs that swam in the sea during the age of dinosaurshttps://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2187399North Pole and Polar Worlds review – why Inuit don’t worry about north https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24032052-600-north-pole-and-polar-worlds-review-why-inuit-dont-worry-about-north/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Sat, 24 Nov 2018 10:00:00 +0000Exciting tales of heroic polar explorers make a great exhibition, but a book on the North Pole shows that times are too changed not to seek deeper narrativeshttp://mg24032052.600Shallow Mexican seabed traps tsunamis so they strike land repeatedly https://www.newscientist.com/article/2186342-shallow-mexican-seabed-traps-tsunamis-so-they-strike-land-repeatedly/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Thu, 22 Nov 2018 13:30:00 +0000A tsunami kept pinging back and forth for three days after being triggered by the 8 September 2017 Mexico earthquake, posing even more risk to human lifehttps://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2186342Anthropocene review – tough film makes case for human-created epoch https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24032040-700-anthropocene-review-tough-film-makes-case-for-human-created-epoch/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Sun, 18 Nov 2018 10:00:00 +0000From Kenyan children picking through plastic waste to swathes of Germany laid waste for coal mining, a film shows why we are in a new, human-created epochhttp://mg24032040.700Timefulness review – our impulsive and pugnacious age needs geology https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24032040-600-timefulness-review-our-impulsive-and-pugnacious-age-needs-geology/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Sat, 17 Nov 2018 10:00:00 +0000If you want to save Earth, argues a new book, quit sitting around in the present hoping for the best and learn to think really long term, like a geologisthttp://mg24032040.600Huge 30-kilometre wide meteorite crater found under Greenland glacier https://www.newscientist.com/article/2185339-huge-30-kilometre-wide-meteorite-crater-found-under-greenland-glacier/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Thu, 15 Nov 2018 14:05:00 +0000Radar surveys have revealed a crater left when a kilometre-wide asteroid hit Greenland – and the impact could explain a climate mysteryhttps://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2185339Why Earth’s water could be older than Earth itself https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24032020-400-why-earths-water-could-be-older-than-earth-itself/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Fri, 02 Nov 2018 12:00:00 +0000How did water survive Earth’s searingly hot birth? A radical new answer turns planetary history on its head – and could revolutionise the search for alien lifehttp://mg24032020.400Quakes prompt UK fracking operations to pause several times https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24032023-200-quakes-prompt-uk-fracking-operations-to-pause-several-times/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Wed, 31 Oct 2018 18:00:00 +0000A rash of recent earthquakes in Lancashire, UK has prompted fracking operations to halt temporarily on six separate occasionshttp://mg24032023.200Weird rocks in Australia are a missing piece of the Grand Canyon https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24032014-700-weird-rocks-in-australia-are-a-missing-piece-of-the-grand-canyon/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Wed, 24 Oct 2018 10:40:00 +0000Some rocks in Tasmania, Australia, look out of place. Now an analysis suggests they were once part of the rocks that form the Grand Canyon in the UShttp://mg24032014.700Supercharged geothermal energy could power the planet https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24032000-300-supercharged-geothermal-energy-could-power-the-planet/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Fri, 19 Oct 2018 11:00:00 +0000The next generation of geothermal plants will unlock more of Earth’s bountiful, underground energy and could allow the technology to finally fulfil its promisehttp://mg24032000.300Huge fossil-like scars of the Anthropocene mark walls of Russian mine https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24031992-500-huge-fossil-like-scars-of-the-anthropocene-mark-walls-of-russian-mine/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Tue, 16 Oct 2018 07:00:00 +0000Vast machines have left the subterranean world of a potash mine in the Urals with ammonite-like whorls, photographed for a project to highlight lasting human impacts on the planet.http://mg24031992.500Falling rocks can explode so hard that only nuclear weapons beat them https://www.newscientist.com/article/2182017-falling-rocks-can-explode-so-hard-that-only-nuclear-weapons-beat-them/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Tue, 09 Oct 2018 15:00:00 +0000If big rocks fall far enough they can explode with more energy than any non-nuclear bomb – and the ensuing shockwave can snap large trees half a kilometre awayhttps://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2182017Front-runner in Brazil’s election wants to pull out of climate treaty https://www.newscientist.com/article/2181816-front-runner-in-brazils-election-wants-to-pull-out-of-climate-treaty/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Mon, 08 Oct 2018 10:52:00 +0000The far-right winner of the first round of Brazil’s presidential election wants to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement and cut down the Amazon rainforesthttps://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2181816Dramatic pictures of the storm damage from Florence and Mangkhut https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23931965-300-dramatic-pictures-of-the-storm-damage-from-florence-and-mangkhut/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Tue, 25 Sep 2018 07:00:00 +0000Extreme storms Hurricane Florence and Typhoon Mangkhut have caused destruction and taken lives across the globe this week, forcing millions to evacuate their homeshttp://mg23931965.300Earliest known animal was a half-billion-year-old underwater blob https://www.newscientist.com/article/2180053-earliest-known-animal-was-a-half-billion-year-old-underwater-blob/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Thu, 20 Sep 2018 18:00:00 +0000The weird ‘Ediacaran’ fossils have stumped scientists for decades – now fatty molecules found inside some of them confirm they are the most ancient animals we knowhttps://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2180053Photography: heating up the climate campaign https://www.newscientist.com/article/2180283-photography-heating-up-the-climate-campaign/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Thu, 20 Sep 2018 18:00:00 +0000At Unseen Amsterdam, striking images of a melting glacier are stirring visitors to actionhttps://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2180283Global warming is melting glaciers and that means more tsunamis https://www.newscientist.com/article/2178847-global-warming-is-melting-glaciers-and-that-means-more-tsunamis/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Thu, 06 Sep 2018 14:00:00 +0000Mountainsides are becoming less stable as glaciers retreat, leading to more landslides that can trigger massive – but localised – tsunamishttps://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2178847Special report: The new megaprojects changing the face of our planet https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23931932-500-special-report-the-new-megaprojects-changing-the-face-of-our-planet/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Wed, 05 Sep 2018 12:00:00 +0000Across the world, new roads, railways, dams and power lines are encroaching on previously virgin territory – with untold consequences for Earth’s wildlifehttp://mg23931932.500Biodiversity in crisis: Earth’s giant construction projects mapped out https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23931932-600-biodiversity-in-crisis-earths-giant-construction-projects-mapped-out/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Fri, 31 Aug 2018 16:00:00 +0000The planet’s largest areas of undisturbed wilderness in Siberia and tropical rainforests are under threat from huge waves of development. Here’s what it looks likehttp://mg23931932.600How a janitor wowed Darwin by solving the ice age mystery https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23931920-700-how-a-janitor-wowed-darwin-by-solving-the-ice-age-mystery/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Tue, 28 Aug 2018 11:50:00 +0000Self-educated ice sage James Croll cracked the conundrum of why Earth periodically freezes over. He was feted in his time, so why did the world forget him?http://mg23931920.700New world map is a more accurate Earth and shows Africa’s full size https://www.newscientist.com/article/2177132-new-world-map-is-a-more-accurate-earth-and-shows-africas-full-size/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Wed, 22 Aug 2018 08:00:00 +0000The “Equal Earth” projection shows the true area of continents such as Africa without greatly distorting their shapes and is already being adopted by NASAhttps://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2177132NASA’s deep-space mission to a $ 10 quintillion all-metal world https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23931910-400-nasas-deep-space-mission-to-a-10-quintillion-all-metal-world/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Tue, 21 Aug 2018 15:00:00 +0000The unique metal asteroid Psyche may be a space miner’s fantasy – but there are better reasons to want to visit it, says mission leader Lindy Elkins-Tantonhttp://mg23931910.400Life may have begun on Earth 100 million years earlier than we thought https://www.newscientist.com/article/2177334-life-may-have-begun-on-earth-100-million-years-earlier-than-we-thought/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Mon, 20 Aug 2018 16:00:00 +0000A new timeline of early evolution suggests life on Earth began 100 million years earlier than we thought, while meteorites were still pummelling the planethttps://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2177334Corals on old North Sea oil rigs could help natural reefs recover https://www.newscientist.com/article/2176831-corals-on-old-north-sea-oil-rigs-could-help-natural-reefs-recover/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Thu, 16 Aug 2018 14:00:00 +0000Not only are deep-sea coral ecosystems thriving on oil and gas rigs in the North Sea, their larvae may be helping repopulate damaged natural reefshttps://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2176831Asteroid strike may have forged the oldest rocks ever found on Earth https://www.newscientist.com/article/2176562-asteroid-strike-may-have-forged-the-oldest-rocks-ever-found-on-earth/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Mon, 13 Aug 2018 16:00:00 +0000The oldest rocks ever found are over four billion years old and we don’t know how they formed – but a massive asteroid bombardment may be responsiblehttps://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2176562The Meg: Real Megalodon shark would eat Jason Statham for breakfast https://www.newscientist.com/article/2176414-the-meg-real-megalodon-shark-would-eat-jason-statham-for-breakfast/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Fri, 10 Aug 2018 11:37:00 +0000Jason Statham’s new film The Meg looks gloriously silly and good luck to it, but it got us thinking about what its giant prehistoric shark was really like and why it died outhttps://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2176414Don’t give up, we can survive even a Hothouse Earth https://www.newscientist.com/article/2176269-dont-give-up-we-can-survive-even-a-hothouse-earth/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Wed, 08 Aug 2018 17:22:00 +0000Bad news on the climate should lead neither to despair nor unfounded optimism. Instead, we need to roll up our sleeves and prepare for life on a drastically changing planethttps://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2176269California’s worst wildfire in history is now the size of Los Angeles https://www.newscientist.com/article/2176208-californias-worst-wildfire-in-history-is-now-the-size-of-los-angeles/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Wed, 08 Aug 2018 11:57:00 +0000Firefighters are battling high winds and extreme heat as they try to slow the spread of the biggest wildfire ever recorded in Californiahttps://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2176208Global warming may become unstoppable even if we stick to Paris target https://www.newscientist.com/article/2176006-global-warming-may-become-unstoppable-even-if-we-stick-to-paris-target/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Mon, 06 Aug 2018 20:00:00 +0000There could be a planetary threshold beyond which the earth will keep warming even if we stop pumping out more fossil fuels – the so-called ‘Hothouse Earth’ scenariohttps://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2176006A weird Pacific cycle could make the Arctic warm up even faster https://www.newscientist.com/article/2176071-a-weird-pacific-cycle-could-make-the-arctic-warm-up-even-faster/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Mon, 06 Aug 2018 16:00:00 +0000The Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) is cyclical, switching from warm to cold phases every 20 years or so. When it switches again it could speed up Arctic warminghttps://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2176071Did ancient Mayan civilisation collapse because of a sudden drought? https://www.newscientist.com/article/2175823-did-ancient-mayan-civilisation-collapse-because-of-a-sudden-drought/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Thu, 02 Aug 2018 19:00:00 +0000We have the best evidence yet that there was a prolonged drought at the time of the demise of the classic Mayan civilisation – and could explain why it collapsedhttps://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2175823Extreme heat: Why its origins could lie deep in the Atlantic https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23931890-100-extreme-heat-why-its-origins-could-lie-deep-in-the-atlantic/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Wed, 01 Aug 2018 12:00:00 +0000Swathes of the northern hemisphere are smashing temperature records. Could it be because we’ve broken the ocean currents that stabilise our weather?http://mg23931890.100Earth Overshoot Day – what to make of this moment of reckoning? https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23931892-100-earth-overshoot-day-what-to-make-of-this-moment-of-reckoning/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Wed, 01 Aug 2018 10:30:00 +0000Earth Overshoot Day is a hugely popular way to highlight our global environmental impact. Here are two views on it…http://mg23931892.100Mass graves found on Scottish islands may be ancient tsunami victims https://www.newscientist.com/article/2175412-mass-graves-found-on-scottish-islands-may-be-ancient-tsunami-victims/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Mon, 30 Jul 2018 13:26:00 +0000A rare tsunami may have struck the islands of Shetland and Orkney off the UK’s north coast 5500 years ago, killing dozens of people who had to be hastily buriedhttps://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2175412Weird ‘wind drought’ means Britain’s turbines are at a standstill https://www.newscientist.com/article/2174262-weird-wind-drought-means-britains-turbines-are-at-a-standstill/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Tue, 17 Jul 2018 11:08:00 +0000Britain is experiencing a prolonged “wind drought” that has slowed or halted the blades on turbines around the countryhttps://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2174262Stone Age bakers made first bread thousands of years before farming https://www.newscientist.com/article/2174139-stone-age-bakers-made-first-bread-thousands-of-years-before-farming/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Mon, 16 Jul 2018 19:00:00 +0000Evidence of the first early bread suggests humans were baking with wheat and oats thousands of years before they began farming the cerealshttps://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2174139Globetrotting film sends scientists on “relay race” of inquiry https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23931850-600-globetrotting-film-sends-scientists-on-relay-race-of-inquiry/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Sat, 14 Jul 2018 10:00:00 +0000A documentary called The Most Unknown uses a global game of science “tag” as a cute way to frame humanity’s big questions – but it can all get a bit earnesthttp://mg23931850.600Record temperatures mean ancient forts become visible in fields https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23931862-800-record-temperatures-mean-ancient-forts-become-visible-in-fields/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Wed, 11 Jul 2018 13:30:00 +0000When the ground is baked by days of sun, markings that indicate the location of ancient settlements begin to emerge in the parched terrainhttp://mg23931862.800The tiny oasis spared wrath of Hawaii’s volcano https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23931850-100-the-tiny-oasis-spared-wrath-of-hawaiis-volcano/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Fri, 06 Jul 2018 11:00:00 +0000A tiny stretch of road has escaped the lava flows from the latest eruption of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano, which is still menacing a corner of Big Island two months after it beganhttp://mg23931850.100UK is not on track to meet its own climate targets, says report https://www.newscientist.com/article/2172829-uk-is-not-on-track-to-meet-its-own-climate-targets-says-report/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Thu, 28 Jun 2018 00:01:00 +0000The UK is not on course to meet its own targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions in the 2020s and 2030s, says the UK’s Climate Change Committeehttps://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2172829Fire crews prepare ‘heavy attack’ on massive moorland wildfire https://www.newscientist.com/article/2172797-fire-crews-prepare-heavy-attack-on-massive-moorland-wildfire/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Wed, 27 Jun 2018 11:11:00 +0000Pockets of fire continue to burn across a six-kilometre area of Saddleworth Moor today as 50 firefighters worked to contain the situationhttps://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2172797Illegal Chinese refrigerator factories are selling banned CFCs https://www.newscientist.com/article/2172654-illegal-chinese-refrigerator-factories-are-selling-banned-cfcs/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Tue, 26 Jun 2018 13:00:00 +0000Last month it was revealed that someone somewhere was still manufacturing banned CFCs. Now it appears that illegal factories in China are the sourcehttps://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2172654Capitalism broke the planet. Here’s how it’s going to fix things https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23831830-500-capitalism-broke-the-planet-heres-how-its-going-to-fix-things/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Mon, 25 Jun 2018 17:00:00 +0000The environment and high finance are strange bedfellows – but a new movement is raising billions to fight climate change. A breakthrough – or green hogwash?http://mg23831830.500An entire Arctic ecosystem could vanish within the next decade https://www.newscientist.com/article/2172444-an-entire-arctic-ecosystem-could-vanish-within-the-next-decade/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Mon, 25 Jun 2018 16:00:00 +0000The Barents Sea, home to a diverse array of wildlife, could be completely gone in just a few years – perhaps the most dramatic impact of climate change yet seenhttps://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2172444Cambridge’s Museum of Zoology: Bobby the whale and Attenborough https://www.newscientist.com/article/2172316-cambridges-museum-of-zoology-bobby-the-whale-and-attenborough/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Thu, 21 Jun 2018 17:00:00 +0000Bobby the fin whale presides over the reopening of Cambridge University’s zoology museum – with David Attenborough putting the final specimen in placehttps://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2172316Cocaine in the water makes eels hyperactive and damages muscles https://www.newscientist.com/article/2172143-cocaine-in-the-water-makes-eels-hyperactive-and-damages-muscles/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Wed, 20 Jun 2018 13:01:00 +0000There are low levels of cocaine and other drugs in many rivers, and lab studies suggest that European eels are suffering muscle damage as a resulthttps://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2172143The first Americans had pet dogs 1000 years earlier than thought https://www.newscientist.com/article/2171836-the-first-americans-had-pet-dogs-1000-years-earlier-than-thought/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Mon, 18 Jun 2018 12:44:00 +0000There were domestic dogs in North America 10,200 years ago, according to a re-examination of an ancient dog skeleton that looks like a small English setterhttps://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2171836The epic hunt for the place on Earth where life started https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23831820-400-the-epic-hunt-for-the-place-on-earth-where-life-started/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Fri, 15 Jun 2018 12:00:00 +0000Darwin’s warm little pond, the deep ocean and icy shores – all have been suggested as the birthplace of life. Now one location could have it allhttp://mg23831820.400Wild animals are turning nocturnal to keep away from humans https://www.newscientist.com/article/2171676-wild-animals-are-turning-nocturnal-to-keep-away-from-humans/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Thu, 14 Jun 2018 19:00:00 +0000Dozens of species all around the world are abandoning the day and becoming more active at night, to avoid contact with humanshttps://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2171676Alarm as ice loss from Antarctica triples in the past five years https://www.newscientist.com/article/2171563-alarm-as-ice-loss-from-antarctica-triples-in-the-past-five-years/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Thu, 14 Jun 2018 14:00:00 +0000The loss of Antarctica’s ice has been accelerating ominously since 2012, and could lead to big rises in sea level if the rate of loss keeps increasinghttps://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2171563EU will limit the use of palm oil as car fuel but won’t stop it https://www.newscientist.com/article/2171672-eu-will-limit-the-use-of-palm-oil-as-car-fuel-but-wont-stop-it/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Thu, 14 Jun 2018 12:45:00 +0000The European Union will make only minor tweaks to “renewable” energy policies that are actually increasing greenhouse gas emissions and driving deforestationhttps://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2171672Why tidal power won’t solve the world’s renewable energy needs https://www.newscientist.com/article/2171638-why-tidal-power-wont-solve-the-worlds-renewable-energy-needs/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Wed, 13 Jun 2018 17:48:00 +0000There are widespread calls for the UK government not to abandon a trailblazing tidal power project, but this energy source is no green panacea, says Hans van Harenhttps://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2171638Finally we can power the planet on renewables alone – here’s how https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23831810-100-finally-we-can-power-the-planet-on-renewables-alone-heres-how/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Wed, 13 Jun 2018 16:50:00 +0000Ditching fossil fuels to go 100 per cent renewable is a dream within reach – thanks to new tech that keep things humming even when wind and sun aren’t therehttp://mg23831810.100Britain’s hedgehog population has fallen 66 per cent in 20 years https://www.newscientist.com/article/2171416-britains-hedgehog-population-has-fallen-66-per-cent-in-20-years/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Wed, 13 Jun 2018 00:01:00 +0000Britain only has 58 wild mammal species to start with, and many have declined sharply in number since 1995 – with hedgehogs suffering a particularly severe fallhttps://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2171416Africa’s 2000-year-old trees of life are suddenly dying off https://www.newscientist.com/article/2171185-africas-2000-year-old-trees-of-life-are-suddenly-dying-off/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Mon, 11 Jun 2018 16:00:00 +0000In the past decade most of the oldest baobabs, many of them sprouted over two millennia ago, have died unexpectedly and few new ones are sproutinghttps://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2171185A renewables revolution is afoot – but who will benefit? https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23831812-500-a-renewables-revolution-is-afoot-but-who-will-benefit/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Mon, 11 Jun 2018 10:00:00 +0000Donald Trump’s commitment to coal is short-sighted and wrong-headed. A 100 per cent renewable future is coming – and other countries will reap the rewardshttp://mg23831812.500Sperm whales are tracking fishing boats and stealing their fish https://www.newscientist.com/article/2171142-sperm-whales-are-tracking-fishing-boats-and-stealing-their-fish/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Fri, 08 Jun 2018 14:25:00 +0000Fishing boats in the Gulf of Alaska are being stalked by enormous sperm whales, which charge in and rip huge volumes of fish from the lineshttps://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2171142Why are there so many devastating volcanic eruptions right now? https://www.newscientist.com/article/2171020-why-are-there-so-many-devastating-volcanic-eruptions-right-now/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Wed, 06 Jun 2018 16:57:00 +0000High-profile volcanic eruptions in Hawaii and Guatemala are grabbing the headlines, but geophysics isn’t responsible for connecting the two disastershttps://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2171020Europeans now burn more palm oil in their cars than they eat https://www.newscientist.com/article/2170901-europeans-now-burn-more-palm-oil-in-their-cars-than-they-eat/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Wed, 06 Jun 2018 10:42:00 +0000Palm oil consumption in the EU jumped by 7 per cent in 2017 because it is increasingly used as a biofuel – driving the destruction of orangutans’ habitathttps://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2170901The most elusive whales reveal their secrets in their wakes https://www.newscientist.com/article/2170808-the-most-elusive-whales-reveal-their-secrets-in-their-wakes/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Tue, 05 Jun 2018 12:20:00 +0000We know almost nothing about the enormous beaked whales because they spend so much time deep underwater, but a new DNA technique could unmask themhttps://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2170808Zambia to kill 2000 hippos because they might spread anthrax https://www.newscientist.com/article/2170735-zambia-to-kill-2000-hippos-because-they-might-spread-anthrax/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Mon, 04 Jun 2018 15:50:00 +0000Over the next five years 2000 hippos are to be culled in Zambia, supposedly to stop them giving people anthrax, but the cull may inadvertently fuel the trade in hippo ivoryhttps://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2170735Guatemala volcano kills 75 as ash buries entire villages https://www.newscientist.com/article/2170658-guatemala-volcano-kills-75-as-ash-buries-entire-villages/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Mon, 04 Jun 2018 11:17:00 +0000The Fuego volcano in Guatemala has exploded and spewed out molten rock and ash, killing at least 75 people in the country’s most violent eruption for over a centuryhttps://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2170658Enjoy a season of science with our 2018 UK festival picks https://www.newscientist.com/article/2170621-enjoy-a-season-of-science-with-our-2018-uk-festival-picks/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Fri, 01 Jun 2018 18:00:00 +0000Stumble into surprises all over the UK, from the physics of gin at WOMAD, to mind-reading at Green Man, to time deconstructed at New Scientist Livehttps://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2170621H2Oh! 10 mysteries of water https://www.newscientist.com/article/2170303-h2oh-10-mysteries-of-water/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Wed, 30 May 2018 16:00:00 +0000Water has a host of unusual properties – many of which are essential for life. Here we round up ten of the most peculiarhttps://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2170303H2Oh! Water is actually two liquids disguised as one https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23831800-100-h2oh-water-is-actually-two-liquids-disguised-as-one/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Wed, 30 May 2018 12:00:00 +0000Earth’s most precious liquid is weird, and if it wasn’t we would die. Now experiments have uncovered its secret: it’s not one liquid, it’s twohttp://mg23831800.100Night fishing with light-up lures that can be seen from space https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23831790-200-night-fishing-with-light-up-lures-that-can-be-seen-from-space/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Tue, 29 May 2018 07:00:00 +0000In this stunning photo snapped from the International Space Station, green LED fishing lures light up the night in the Gulf of Thailand and the Andaman Seahttp://mg23831790.200The Great Barrier Reef has died 5 times in the last 30,000 years https://www.newscientist.com/article/2170064-the-great-barrier-reef-has-died-5-times-in-the-last-30000-years/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Mon, 28 May 2018 16:00:00 +0000The Great Barrier Reef has resurrected itself five times in the last 30,000 years after being wiped out by dramatic environmental shifts.https://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2170064Burning Planet: Fire’s intriguing role throughout Earth history https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23831791-000-burning-planet-fires-intriguing-role-throughout-earth-history/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Mon, 28 May 2018 09:00:00 +0000We view fire as a hazard, but a thought-provoking book argues it wasn’t always so – and helps us revise our thinking by looking back over geological timehttp://mg23831791.00011 unmissable wonders of the natural world https://www.newscientist.com/article/2168935-11-unmissable-wonders-of-the-natural-world/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Fri, 25 May 2018 15:00:00 +0000Seven wonders of the world? Too few! We dial it up to 11 with this selection of nature’s greatest hits – unique environments all too often in troublehttps://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2168935The curious fate of the eighth wonder of the world https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23831790-600-the-curious-fate-of-the-eighth-wonder-of-the-world/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Fri, 25 May 2018 12:00:00 +0000People travelled from far and wide to see New Zealand’s spectacular pink and white terraces. Then they were destroyed in a volcanic eruption – or were they?http://mg23831790.600More lava flows reach the coast as volcano threatens Hawaii https://www.newscientist.com/article/2170068-more-lava-flows-reach-the-coast-as-volcano-threatens-hawaii/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Fri, 25 May 2018 10:54:00 +0000Lava is entering the ocean off Hawaii from a third flow, marking the third week of a volcanic eruption that has opened up nearly two dozen vents,https://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2170068In big cities even the fish are always rushing around the place https://www.newscientist.com/article/2170007-in-big-cities-even-the-fish-are-always-rushing-around-the-place/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Fri, 25 May 2018 09:00:00 +0000Two common US fish have evolved different body shapes to help them survive in the fast-moving streams in built-up areashttps://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2170007Asteroid that killed the dinosaurs caused massive global warming https://www.newscientist.com/article/2170015-asteroid-that-killed-the-dinosaurs-caused-massive-global-warming/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Thu, 24 May 2018 19:00:00 +0000The asteroid that struck Earth 66 million years ago caused dramatic climate change, which could mean we are underestimating how much the planet will warm in the coming centurieshttps://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2170015Fixing planet plastic: How we’ll really solve our waste problem https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23831780-100-fixing-planet-plastic-how-well-really-solve-our-waste-problem/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Thu, 24 May 2018 13:40:00 +0000From bag bans to bacterial mulchers, many solutions are touted for the plastic waste crisis. Find out which work – and which don’t – in our definitive guidehttp://mg23831780.100Mystery ozone-destroying gases linked to badly recycled fridges https://www.newscientist.com/article/2169981-mystery-ozone-destroying-gases-linked-to-badly-recycled-fridges/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Thu, 24 May 2018 10:30:00 +0000Last week we learned a chemical that harms the ozone layer is being emitted in Asia – and now it seems sloppy recycling might be partly to blamehttps://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2169981Why the UK’s plan to tackle air pollution is mostly hot air https://www.newscientist.com/article/2169777-why-the-uks-plan-to-tackle-air-pollution-is-mostly-hot-air/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Tue, 22 May 2018 13:15:00 +0000A ban on using polluting wet wood isn’t nearly enough to halt the rise in dangerous particulates from trendy wood burnershttps://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2169777Salvaged plastics imitate bizarre and beautiful sea life https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23831784-200-salvaged-plastics-imitate-bizarre-and-beautiful-sea-life/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Tue, 22 May 2018 07:00:00 +0000This deceptive artwork was created by photographing just a few of the 5 trillion bits of plastic that pollute our oceans and shorelineshttp://mg23831784.200Half of life on Earth has vanished since we arrived on the scene https://www.newscientist.com/article/2169551-half-of-life-on-earth-has-vanished-since-we-arrived-on-the-scene/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Mon, 21 May 2018 20:00:00 +0000The biomass of living organisms on the planet has halved since human civilisation began, and humans now outweigh all wild mammals tenfoldhttps://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2169551Chinese giant salamanders may already be virtually extinct https://www.newscientist.com/article/2169700-chinese-giant-salamanders-may-already-be-virtually-extinct/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Mon, 21 May 2018 18:05:00 +0000Researchers spent four years looking for Chinese giant salamanders and only found 24 – and that’s not even the worst bit of newshttps://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2169700The volcanic eruption on Hawaii is now making an acidic fog https://www.newscientist.com/article/2169635-the-volcanic-eruption-on-hawaii-is-now-making-an-acidic-fog/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Mon, 21 May 2018 15:35:00 +0000As lava from Kilauea plunges into the Pacific Ocean, clouds of hot acidic steam are being blasted off – and the eruption shows no signs of slowing downhttps://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2169635Plastic waste is a problem – but some solutions are even worse https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23831781-900-plastic-waste-is-a-problem-but-some-solutions-are-even-worse/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Mon, 21 May 2018 10:00:00 +0000Plastics have done wonders for hygiene and human health. We need to fix the waste problem – but don’t throw out the baby with the bath tubhttp://mg23831781.900A third of ‘protected’ nature zones are quietly being ruined https://www.newscientist.com/article/2169186-a-third-of-protected-nature-zones-are-quietly-being-ruined/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Thu, 17 May 2018 19:00:00 +0000The world’s nations have set up 200,000 protected areas in which nature is supposed to flourish, but in many cases the protection is pretty much theoreticalhttps://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2169186Someone is wrecking the ozone layer again. They must be stopped https://www.newscientist.com/article/2169337-someone-is-wrecking-the-ozone-layer-again-they-must-be-stopped/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Thu, 17 May 2018 17:47:00 +0000For the health of our planet, and ourselves, we must find and foil those who breach crucial environmental treaties, says Lesley Evans Ogdenhttps://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2169337Worst-case climate change scenario is even worse than we thought https://www.newscientist.com/article/2168847-worst-case-climate-change-scenario-is-even-worse-than-we-thought/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Thu, 17 May 2018 14:45:00 +0000A possible future that climatologists treat as the worst of the worst, because it would produce huge greenhouse gas emissions, might lead to even more emissions than believedhttps://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2168847Harsh: Europe’s cannabis died just as the first farmers arrived https://www.newscientist.com/article/2169163-harsh-europes-cannabis-died-just-as-the-first-farmers-arrived/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Thu, 17 May 2018 11:45:00 +0000Cannabis – the source of the drug marijuana – virtually disappeared from Europe just as farmers arrived, so they didn’t get the chance to grow it for another 4500 yearshttps://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2169163Drones plus AI help to spot sick trees and plants in time https://www.newscientist.com/article/2169172-drones-plus-ai-help-to-spot-sick-trees-and-plants-in-time/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Thu, 17 May 2018 11:45:00 +0000Drones fitted with multispectral cameras are scanning forests for beetle attack, and orchards and vineyards for signs of disease before it’s too latehttps://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2169172Lizards keep evolving toxic green blood and we don’t know why https://www.newscientist.com/article/2169131-lizards-keep-evolving-toxic-green-blood-and-we-dont-know-why/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Wed, 16 May 2018 19:00:00 +0000All the green-blooded lizards in the world live in New Guinea, but it turns out the trait has evolved there independently at least four timeshttps://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2169131Biodegradable plastic: Waste that eats itself https://www.newscientist.com/article/2168834-biodegradable-plastic-waste-that-eats-itself/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Wed, 16 May 2018 16:00:00 +0000Plastics that degrade on disposal already exist, and are getting better. But they won’t solve the plastic trash problem on their own – and here’s whyhttps://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2168834Fertiliser feeds us but trashes the climate – now there’s a fix https://www.newscientist.com/article/2168917-fertiliser-feeds-us-but-trashes-the-climate-now-theres-a-fix/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Tue, 15 May 2018 16:00:00 +0000The way we make ammonia for fertilizer was developed a century ago and produces more than 1 per cent of all carbon emissions. Now we may have a replacementhttps://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2168917Hawaii’s erupting volcano may blast out ‘10-tonne cannonballs’ https://www.newscientist.com/article/2168913-hawaiis-erupting-volcano-may-blast-out-10-tonne-cannonballs/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Tue, 15 May 2018 14:45:00 +0000As Kilauea continues erupting, lava is mixing with water, creating steam that could trigger massive explosions and throw large rocks up to a kilometre awayhttps://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2168913The tides are getting stronger thanks to the shifting continents https://www.newscientist.com/article/2168895-the-tides-are-getting-stronger-thanks-to-the-shifting-continents/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Tue, 15 May 2018 12:30:00 +0000The ocean tides are the strongest they have been for millions of years, and they will get stronger for several million years to come – because of the position of the continentshttps://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2168895Rich nations restore their own forests but trash those elsewhere https://www.newscientist.com/article/2168833-rich-nations-restore-their-own-forests-but-trash-those-elsewhere/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Mon, 14 May 2018 19:00:00 +0000As countries get richer, they start replanting their forests – but this is not a big environmental gain because they “export” the deforestation to poor countrieshttps://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2168833We messed up our figures on how much carbon dioxide is too much https://www.newscientist.com/article/2168780-we-messed-up-our-figures-on-how-much-carbon-dioxide-is-too-much/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Mon, 14 May 2018 16:00:00 +0000Climatologists have tried to set a “carbon budget” that tells us how much greenhouse gas we can emit and stay below 2°C, but their efforts have only caused confusionhttps://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2168780It is worth valuing trees, but all deserve our respect https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23831772-000-it-is-worth-valuing-trees-but-all-deserve-our-respect/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Mon, 14 May 2018 10:00:00 +0000The benefits trees bring to our lives are now being quantified by a band of treeconomists, an approach that could help us give trees the respect they deservehttp://mg23831772.000Towing icebergs to Cape Town is a poor way to halt water crisis https://www.newscientist.com/article/2168339-towing-icebergs-to-cape-town-is-a-poor-way-to-halt-water-crisis/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=earth&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-earth</link> Fri, 11 May 2018 18:00:00 +0000Hauling chunks of polar ice to dry regions to provide fresh water sounds tempting but there are many reasons to reject it, says Olive Heffernanhttps://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2168339Treeconomics: How to put a fair price tag on urban forests https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23831770-200-treeconomics-how-to-
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