A supercomputer simulation of iron and carbon atoms in Earth’s inner core may explain how a molten ball at the centre of our ...

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Leading researchers warn that relying on "passive" carbon sinks such as forests to absorb ongoing carbon emissions will doom ...

A study modelling the impact of melting ice suggests scientists have underestimated the risk that an important ocean current ...

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Humans have already caused approximately 1.5°C of warming since the start of the industrial revolution, according to new estimates based on temperature data gleaned from bubbles of air trapped in ...

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The mega-coral measures 34 metres by 32 metres – making it larger than a blue whale – and it is thought to be three centuries ...

Eurasian reed warblers don’t just get a sense of direction from Earth’s magnetic field – they can also calculate their ...

It has been 50 years since archaeologists discovered Lucy, perhaps the most famous ancient hominin ever found. But the ...

Air pollution has been linked to eczema before, and now a study of more than 280,000 people has strengthened the association ...