Environment
22 May 2026
Seagrass seedlings come from sexual reproduction, not cloning, preserving essential genetic diversity
Environment
21 May 2026
Soils store carbon, sustain ecosystems, and underpin global food and water systems. A new Frontiers in Science paper details how AI tools can help us adapt soils—and the systems they nurture—to a changing climate.
Earth science
12 May 2026
Helium isotope readings from geothermal springs indicate that the Kafue Rift has broken through the Earth’s crust
Sustainability
11 May 2026
Q&A with Dr Ainara Ballesteros and Raquel Torres, authors of a new Frontiers in Marine Science article on the use of jellyfish bycatch as a sustainable collagen source
Space sciences and astronomy
06 May 2026
Scientists have shown for the first time that solar activity can predict the rate at which space junk and satellites descend from orbit
Environment
09 Apr 2026
Immediate call for global action to shift world towards a “nature positive” approach is published in Frontiers in Science.
Space sciences and astronomy
31 Mar 2026
What if future planetary robots did not have to wait for instructions from Earth before examining every rock?
Environment
18 Mar 2026
‘Microbial cross-feeding’ and previously unknown enzymes help community of bacteria to digest toxic phthalate esters
Environment
13 Mar 2026
Glacier ice can reveal air pollution dating back to the Roman Empire — but the climate crisis is destroying this frozen archive
Climate action
03 Mar 2026
Thinning to slow wildfires simultaneously boosts ‘hydrological resilience’ of forests
Environment
27 Feb 2026
Scientists use insects trapped in amber to understand ecosystems that died out millions of years ago
Environment
20 Feb 2026
New study on the Antarctic Peninsula shows that the choices we make in the next decade will determine Antarctica’s fate for centuries
Environment
10 Feb 2026
As drought and rising organizational demands for larger hunting operations hit at the same time, ancient hunters adapted to severe droughts by shifting the way and where they hunted, study shows
Environment
27 Jan 2026
New footprint identification technology can identify ecosystem-critical species which were once only distinguishable by DNA.
Environment
21 Jan 2026
Groundbreaking DNA analysis of Alaskan beluga whales shows both males and females have many different mates.
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