The weakening of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is boosting the sea level along the New England coast ...

Waste from old landfill sites is spilling onto beaches as rising seas erode coastlines - and some of it is toxic ...

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The Tropical Forests Forever Facility, an initiative spearheaded by Brazil, would raise money from investments and pay ...

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Stars that pass close to the solar system could pull planets out of alignment, sending them hurtling into the sun or out into ...

If advanced alien civilisations are building vast satellite swarms designed to harvest a star’s energy, we should be able to see them – so why haven’t we? One answer might be that these ...

Anomalies in the moon’s gravitational field suggest our satellite’s insides are warmer on one side than the other – which ...

Women were historically excluded from health studies on the grounds that hormone fluctuations introduced "noise" into the ...

An analysis of compounds in chilli peppers has revealed chemicals that seem to negate their heat-giving capsaicinoids. This ...

Despite setting a global temperature record, 2023 might have been even hotter were it not for the cooling effect of smoke ...

We now have full genome sequences for six species of apes, helping us to pin down our last common ancestor – and potentially ...