Your double helix is ticking. We can do a lot to shorten or lengthen our time on earth, from what we choose to eat, to where we choose to live. But some part of our longevity is hardwired. I... Read more
A decade on, IGBP in collaboration with the Stockholm Resilience Centre has reassessed and updated the Great Acceleration indicators, first published in the IGBP synthesis, Global Change and... Read more
It’s widely known that the Earth’s average temperature has been rising. But research by an Indiana University geographer and colleagues finds that spatial patterns of extreme temperature ano... Read more
Breakthrough technology could make long-distance space travel feasible, clean our air here on Earth, and even combat global warming. To say that an invention has the potential to change the... Read more
A newly launched satellite will reveal even more about the planet’s workings than originally planned
Monitoring Earth: Gaia’s breath THE ten-and-a-half minutes it took a Delta 2 rocket to lift OCO-2 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California to a parking orbit 190km above Earth on July 2n... Read more
On the less glamorous side of space exploration, there’s the more practical problem of waste — in particular, what to do with astronaut pee. But rather than ejecting it into space, scientist... Read more
A new global map of subduction zones – which occur at the edge of tectonic plates – to predict which ones are capable of generating giant earthquakes A team of international researchers, led... Read more
According to an international team of researchers, the rapid pace of climate change is threatening the future presence of fish near the equator. “Our studies found that one species of fish c... Read more
Members of the public have a negative view of climate engineering, the deliberate large-scale manipulation of the environment to counteract climate change, according to a new study. The resu... Read more
A private San Francisco start-up has launched the largest-ever ensemble of satellites The constellation of Earth-imaging satellites launched yesterday—28 individual sputniks, called “Doves,”... Read more
The completion of the 30-day Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration or LLCD mission has revealed that the possibility of expanding broadband capabilities in space using laser communications... Read more
The world’s seas are becoming more acidic. How much that matters is not yet clear. But it might matter a lot. HUMANS, being a terrestrial species, are pleased to call their home “Earth”. A m... Read more
New Kepler data analysis and research also show that most stars in our galaxy have at least one planet Scientists from around the world are gathered this week at NASA’s Ames Research C... Read more
Everyone needs a little light relief sometimes, including the Nobel winning economist and writer/blogger extraordinaire Paul Krugman. A few months back he reminded the world of a short paper... Read more
The download rate is more than six times faster than previous state-of-the-art radio systems flown to the moon In the early morning hours of Oct. 18, NASA’s Lunar Laser Communication Demonst... Read more