The Dirty Secret Behind Clean Energy Technology The smartphones in our pockets, electric vehicles on our roads, and wind turbines dotting our landscapes all depend on rare earth elements—metals whose extraction.
Out-of-Season Blazes Fueled by Rare Climate Combination Southern California is facing highly unusual January wildfires, with fast-moving infernos tearing through the Los Angeles area long after the state’s typical fire season.
Cool Pacific Pattern Emerges After Months of Delay After an unexpected delay, the La Niña climate phenomenon has officially developed in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean—months later than forecasters predicted. This cooling.
Scientists Discover Billion-Year-Old “Continent-Sized” Blobs Deep Inside Earth By [James Dinneen] The Mystery of Earth’s Deep Mantle Deep beneath our feet, hidden within the swirling currents of molten rock, lie.
Deep-Sea Mystery: Scientists Investigate if Metallic Nodules Produce “Dark Oxygen” A Groundbreaking Discovery Challenges Our Understanding of Oxygen Production In a revelation that could rewrite biology textbooks, scientists are investigating.
Enhanced Rock Weathering: A Breakthrough in Carbon Capture for Farmlands Crushed Rocks on Farmland Can Trap CO₂ – Scientists Boost Efficiency with Faster-Reacting Minerals A groundbreaking advancement in carbon capture.
Human Activity Has Disrupted Earth’s Ancient Ice Age Cycle For millions of years, Earth’s climate has followed a rhythmic dance dictated by subtle changes in our planet’s orbit and tilt..
The Aral Sea’s Disappearance Is Literally Reshaping the Earth The catastrophic shrinking of Central Asia’s Aral Sea has revealed an astonishing geological consequence – human activity is causing Earth’s mantle.
