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The Largest Whale Necropolis in the World Discovered in the Indian Ocean, with Millions of Fossils and Remains from 5. 3 Million Years Ago to the Present
2+ hour, 59+ min ago (656+ words) Whale falls occur when the carcasses of these marine mammals sink to the ocean floor, creating local concentrations of biodiversity in the abyssal depths. Beyond their role in long-term carbon sequestration, these phenomena allow scientists to trace the evolution and…...
Scientists warn of record heat as climate monitoring threatened
3+ hour, 51+ min ago (754+ words) PUBLISHED: 11 Jun 2026 at 19: 45 PARIS (FRANCE) - Planetary heating is intensifying and key climate indicators are deteriorating, top scientists have said, warning that funding decisions affecting Earth observation systems in the United States and other countries threaten efforts to track global warming....
NASA Scientists to Conduct Major Eclipse Research Mission in Iceland - Arctic Portal - The Arctic Gateway
2+ hour, 41+ min ago (860+ words) Nearly 40 scientists from NASA are expected to arrive in Iceland in August 2026 to conduct an extensive research campaign during the total solar eclipse that will cross the country on August 12. The mission, which will include a research aircraft, atmospheric balloons…...
New deep diamond and barium minerals named after UBC researchers
1+ hour, 8+ min ago (185+ words) Two newly identified minerals'one from a deep Earth diamond'offer rare insights into the planet's interior and honour UBC researchers and their legacies. Two newly discovered minerals have a very personal connection to UBC: they were discovered by, and named after,…...
Perovskite's structural dynasty - Nature Geoscience
13+ hour, 27+ min ago (151+ words) Nature Geoscience volume19, page 607 (2026) Cite this article The structure of perovskite underpins materials from as deep as 2, 900 kilometres in the Earth to those fundamental to modern technology, as Simon Redfern explains. Rob Lavinsky, i Rocks. com (panel a) Rose, G. Ann. Phys. 124, 551573 (1839). Redfern,…...
Ca Mau battles worsening coastal erosion
8+ hour, 27+ min ago (245+ words) At several coastal communities, residents have repeatedly relocated their homes as advancing erosion continues to eat away at the shoreline. At Ganh Hao Estuary, many households remain at risk despite moving further inland multiple times. Residents say large waves and…...
Fossil fuel imports have dropped across the EU since war on Iran - except in these three countries
5+ day, 8+ hour ago (821+ words) It's been 100 days since the war on Iran began, dragging the world into one of the greatest fossil fuel shocks of our time. Europe's renewable boom has helped shelter the continent from soaring oil and gas prices " which remain volatile…...
Ryan Alter helped decide Austin's fossil fuel future behind closed doors
1+ hour, 52+ min ago (273+ words) Last month, the Austin City Council made one of the most consequential generational climate decisions for the city and the planet: a commitment to build new gas-fired power plants that could cost ratepayers close to $1 billion and burn fossil fuels…...
Moderate mag. 4. 0 earthquake - 49 km southwest of Susques, Departamento de Susques, Jujuy Province, Argentina, on Thursday, Jun 11, 2026, at 12: 15 pm (GMT -3)
2+ hour, 11+ min ago (35+ words) Detailed info, map, data, reports, updates about this earthquake: Moderate mag. 4. 0 earthquake - 49 km southwest of Susques, Departamento de Susques, Jujuy Province, Argentina, on Thursday, Jun 11, 2026, at 12: 15 pm (GMT -3) -...
Seismic-like event, possible earthquake, reported few minutes ago near Shillong, Meghalaya, India
1+ hour, 42+ min ago (0+ words) ...