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Earth's past and future ice
10 April 2019
Climate change means that nearly all glaciers in the Alps may disappear, and ancient ice is also involved in a search for climate change clues in Antarctica
10 April 2019
Climate change means that nearly all glaciers in the Alps may disappear, and ancient ice is also involved in a search for climate change clues in Antarctica
23 January 2019
Fossils in China suggest that that some of the first animals in existence may have been carnivorous comb jellies similar to some species that still exist today
16 January 2019
The super salty waste water dumped into the oceans by the world’s 16,000 desalination plants can push marine species beyond what they can tolerate
15 January 2019
Amid huge Brexit uncertainty, a range of emergency measures are being put in place to protect medical supplies – but no one knows if these will be enough
20 March 2019
A survey of nearly 3700 scientists across Europe and North America suggests that harassment, bullying and discrimination are widespread
20 March 2019
After the terrorist attack on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, social media firms face calls to take greater responsibility for tackling hate
6 February 2019
The most detailed ever look at Earth's prehistoric climate suggests many habitats changed in the past 800,000 years – and this may be why we evolved big brains
6 February 2019
Producing a single bitcoin now costs $4060 on average, but it is currently valued at less than $3500
5 December 2018
The news of gene-edited twins is more likely to have a chilling effect on research into the technique used than to open the floodgates to millions more edited babies
5 December 2018
Last week, He Jiankui announced that he had created the world's first gene-edited babies. Scientists around the world have condemned the experiment