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The Cop30 climate talks have ended in Brazil with a collective shrug of the shoulders after the Goliaths of the fossil energy industry once again flexed…

November 25, 20253 min readThis Fossil Is Rewriting the Story of How Plants Spread across the PlanetAn enigmatic group of fossil organisms has finally been identified—and…

October 22, 20253 min readEarth Is Getting Darker, Which Could Accelerate Global WarmingThe planet’s brightness is dimming—changing rainfall, circulation and temperatureBy Ryan Green edited by Andrea…

Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World describes a society inthrall to the values of science and technology. It is set in the futuristic World State, whose citizens…

Artists have created visualisations of the impact of the climate crisis on some of the world’s most recognisable landscapes, in a project to highlight the environmental…

]]> A very hungry planet is gobbling up to 6 billion tonnes of gas and dust each second1. Access options ]]> Access Nature and 54 other…

Jane Goodall, the renowned scientist who revolutionized our understanding of primates, died Wednesday at the age of 91. In her final interview, she issued a last,…

September 23, 20252 min readThis Blazing Exoplanet Breaks All the Rules About Alien Atmospheres, JWST FindsHot, small and old—exoplanet TOI-561 b is just about the worst…

The repair of the Earth’s ozone layer has been a success, but a new study reveals a downside: ozone is warming the planet up to 40%…

Astronomers have found nearly 6,000 exoplanets orbiting other stars—but for every confirmed detection, there are countless mere hints, inconclusive observations that could just as well be…