All Earth & Environmental Sciences


Tim Peake becomes first Brit in Space

Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Dec 2015

Tim Peake will become the first British ESA astronaut to visit the International Space Station this…

Martian valleys carved by less ancient water

Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Dec 2015

Martian valleys could have been carved by much less water in a much shorter time span than previous…

Life hits 4.1 billion years

Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Dec 2015

New evidence suggests that life on Earth began 300 million years earlier than previously thought.

Transport sector can reduce CO2 emission by 50% by 2050

Evoluted New Media | Added: 2 Dec 2015

The transportation’s sector CO2 emissions could be halved by 2050, according to new research.

Volcanic eruptions can affect river flow

Evoluted New Media | Added: 24 Nov 2015

Major volcanic eruptions have been found to affect the flow of the world’s biggest rivers.

Deep ocean carbon mystery solved

Evoluted New Media | Added: 13 Nov 2015

Scientists have discovered that hydrothermal vents are the reason dissolved organic carbon (DOC) le…

Icelandic volcano SO2 levels top up European industry emissions

Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Nov 2015

The volcanic eruption in Iceland that occurred in August 2014 released three times more sulphur dio…

Subduction zone formation finally explained

Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 Oct 2015

Geologists have explained how subduction zones – zones where one tectonic plate moves under another…

Marine life triggers atmospheric ice

Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Oct 2015

Marine life in remote ocean regions can contribute to airborne particles that trigger ice formation…

Green slime opens the door to the past

Evoluted New Media | Added: 28 Sep 2015

Green slime at the bottom of an Antarctic lake replicates conditions that occurred on Earth 2.8-2.4…

First digital geological map of the world’s ocean floor

Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 Sep 2015

Geologists have used geological data sets from ships to produce the world’s first digital map of th…

Volcanic eruptions and global climate linked at last

Evoluted New Media | Added: 27 Jul 2015

New ice core data has revealed further evidence that volcanic eruptions have a significant and repe…

Martian glass may reveal ancient life

Evoluted New Media | Added: 24 Jun 2015

By using data from Mars, geologists have discovered evidence for the presence of glass which may be…

Smartphones to predict earthquakes

Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 Jun 2015

Geophysicists have discovered that GPS sensors in smartphones could be used as an earthquake warnin…

Greenhouse emission ‘gap’ explained

Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Jun 2015

Scientists at the University of Bristol say data on the five most abundant hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs…

Can pollen make it rain?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 Jun 2015

Researchers have discovered that broken pollen particles can trigger cloud formation.!--more--

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Ice ages explain decline in avian biodiversity

Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 May 2015

By studying bird species, scientists have discovered that major decline in biodiversity coincides w…

The oldest unevolved organism

Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 Apr 2015

Scientists have discovered a deep-sea microorganism that shows no evidence of evolution in the last…

Double dome points to largest asteroid impact

Evoluted New Media | Added: 16 Apr 2015

The world’s largest asteroid impact zone – invisible at the earth’s surface – has been found in cen…

The rise of new ozone-damaging gases

Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Mar 2015

Short lived gases - previously thought to have little effect on the environment - can contribute to…