📅 10-09
Global oyster reefs contain ecological services valued at US$12 trillion
Abstract: Hidden in the world’s oceans is a long-undervalued ecological resource. The latest research shows that if larg
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📅 10-08
Swiss glaciers lose more than 5% of their ice volume in a year, setting a new record
Abstract: Latest research shows that Swiss glaciers are melting at an unprecedented rate. Scientists found that glaciers
📅 10-08
Ancient rocks from South Africa more than 2 billion years ago reveal how early life participated in the Earth's oxygen cycle. Atmospheric oxygen content fluctuated over time
Abstract: A study of sedimentary rocks in South Africa from about 2.3 billion to 2.25 billion years ago provides a new e
📅 10-06
Research shows that the Guriya Ice Cap on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau preserves more than 100,000 years of ancient ice, and the time scale may reach 128,000 years
Abstract: An international team led by The Ohio State University in the United States has reanalyzed the ice core of the
📅 10-05
NASA's "Perseverance" discovered that the history of water on Mars is far more complicated than imagined. The same rock has experienced at least three water processes.
Abstract: The latest detection results of NASA's "Perseverance" Mars rover show that the hydrological history of Mars' J
📅 10-04
Two new species of sea spider discovered in Canadian waters. Their fuzzy feet and “three-petal strange mouth” refresh our understanding.
Abstract: A research team from the University of British Columbia in Canada recently discovered and described two previo
📅 09-30
New type of "plastic coral" pollution discovered on the coast of Japan. The permanent fusion of plastic and coral debris raises ecological concerns
Abstract: An unprecedented form of pollution has appeared on the coast of Okinawa, Japan. Researchers found that melted
📅 09-29
Western China's cryosphere is accelerating "degradation": melting glaciers sound alarm for mountain safety
Abstract: As the area with the highest concentration of mountain glaciers in mid- and low-latitudes, alpine glaciers in
📅 09-29
Trump administration relaxes vehicle fuel efficiency standards
Summary: The Trump administration has relaxed vehicle fuel efficiency standards that previously required automakers to e
📅 09-23
Study finds global land heat waves are coming earlier and developing faster
Abstract: Associate researcher Xu Wenfang and researcher Liu Juxiu of the South China Botanical Garden of the Chinese Ac
📅 09-18
Zoologists identify new species of wild cat
Abstract: After years of cross-comparison of genomics and morphology in tropical rainforests and mountain ecosystems in
📅 09-17
The shape of the Earth is undergoing subtle changes: the solid crust is accelerating to become rounder, and the gravitational geoid is becoming flatter.
Abstract: According to the latest research in geophysics, the planet we live in is undergoing a seemingly contradictory