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Antarctica's Ice Attacked from Above and Below
Posted in Featured, Science on 13th May, 2015
by Alex Muller
This is the first time that melting from below has been found to be a culprit in the Antarctic Peninsula's vanishing ice shelves.
Fossils fill evolutionary gap between fish and 4-legged beasts
Posted in Featured, Science on 10th May, 2015
by Alex Muller
How did fish evolve into four-legged beasts that roam the land? A key part of that mystery has been solved by fossils found on a Nova Scotia beach.
MIT invention turns salt water into drinking water using solar power
Posted in Science on 26th Apr, 2015
by Alex Muller
Winners of the Desal Prize have been announced, part of a competition to see who could create an affordable desalination solution for developing countries.
Oxygen-depleted oceans had key role in mass extinction
Posted in Science on 5th Apr, 2015
by Alex Muller
Changes in the chemical balance of the ocean were crucial in the end-Triassic extinction, during which half of all plant, animal and marine life on Earth perished.
Oceans might take 1,000 years to recover from climate change
Posted in Featured, Science on 4th Apr, 2015
by Alex Muller
'We have to come to terms with the things that we are going to sacrifice if we do not reduce our greenhouse gas footprint.'