Long believed to be a single, globally distributed species drifting freely across the open ocean, the bluebottle – also known as the Portuguese man o’...
Ocean ‘Greening’ At Poles Could Spell Changes For Fisheries
Ocean waters are getting greener at the poles and bluer toward the equator, according to an analysis of satellite data published in Science on June 19. The...
Brazil Accused Of Climate Hypocrisy As Amazon Oil Blocks Auctioned Ahead Of COP30 – OpEd
By Rita Joshi While Brazil positions itself as a global climate leader in the lead-up to COP30, its actions at home are drawing sharp criticism....
Brazil: Nine Companies Win 34 Blocks In Oil Exploration Auction
By Rafael Cardoso The auction held Tuesday (Jun. 17) by the Brazilian oil authority ANP ended with 34 oil exploration blocks awarded in the basins...
Sea Ice Plays Important Role In Variability Of Carbon Uptake By Southern Ocean
New research reveals the importance of winter sea ice in the year-to-year variability of the amount of atmospheric CO2absorbed by a region of the Southern...
How Lottery-Style Bottle Returns Could Transform Recycling
Would you rather have 10 cents in your pocket or a 1-in-10,000 shot at $1,000? Many people would choose the latter, and that could be...
Earthworms Reveal An Evolutionary Mechanism Which Could Defy Darwin
In 1859, Darwin imagined evolution as a slow, gradual progress, with species accumulating small changes over time. But even he was surprised to find the...
Before Dispersing Out Of Africa, Humans Learned To Thrive In Diverse Habitats
Today, all non-Africans are known to have descended from a small group of people that ventured into Eurasia after around 50 thousand years ago. However,...
Global Energy Transition Gains Ground, But Security And Capital Challenges Persist
Global progress towards secure, equitable and sustainable energy is accelerating after years of sluggish gains, according to a World Economic Forum report released today. However,...
Diverting Siberian River Water To Central Asia ‘Almost Certainly’ Won’t Happen This Century – OpEd
Despite recent talk about new plans to divert Siberian river water to Central Asia, such a project almost certainly won’t happen in this century because...