All Earth & Environmental Sciences


Extremophile key to nuclear waste disposal

Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 Sep 2014

A subterranean bacterium could solve the problem of how to dispose of nuclear waste say researchers…

New threat to ozone layer

Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 Sep 2014

The Antarctic ozone hole is beginning to show signs of recovery, but a new threat is lurking sugges…

Winter weather set to get more erratic

Evoluted New Media | Added: 12 Sep 2014

Extreme variations in pressure over the North Atlantic are responsible for our increasingly erratic…

Ancient shellfish provide clues to El Niño history

Evoluted New Media | Added: 22 Aug 2014

New insight into the El Niño Southern Oscillation has been provided by 25-foot piles of ancient she…

New bacteria-filled sensor for water monitoring

Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Aug 2014

A small sensor filled with bacteria could be used to monitor the quality of drinking water in real …

Hidden magma tracked

Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Aug 2014

Despite being hidden deep underground, magma has an incredibly strong influence not only on the pla…

Svalbard reindeer numbers on the rise

Evoluted New Media | Added: 23 Jul 2014

In an unexpected twist, climate change is having a positive effect on the Norwegian reindeers of Sv…

Glacial microbes affect albedo

Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Jul 2014

Microbes drastically reduce the surface reflectivity of glaciers and have a non-negligible impact o…

Cloud formation slowed by biodiesel emission

Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Jul 2014

Global cloud formation and rainfall could be more dramatically and unexpectedly affected by the inc…

Global warming favours light-coloured insects

Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 Jul 2014

A warming European climate has led to lighter coloured butterflies and dragonflies out-competing th…

Bees under the spotlight

Evoluted New Media | Added: 30 Jun 2014

Recent research has uncovered a novel biopesticide which is safe for bees and doesn’t affect their …

New insight into effect of pesticides on aquatic life

Evoluted New Media | Added: 27 May 2014

Research by an international team of scientists has provided new insight into the effects of pestic…

£10m prize to solve greatest scientific problem

Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 May 2014

A £10 million prize has been launched by Nesta and the Technology Strategy Board to solve the great…

Rain in Balkans cause flood and landslides

Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 May 2014

Three months-worth of rain have fallen in three days in the Balkans, causing widespread floods and …

Ice core clue to Earth’s evolution

Evoluted New Media | Added: 13 May 2014

In an attempt to reveal how the planet has evolved, polar scientists have successfully drilled a 2,…

Ancient Mercury’s volcanic past

Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 Apr 2014

Volcanoes exploded on Mercury for a large proportion of the planet’s history according to detailed …

Saharan dust cloud highlights air quality problems

Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Apr 2014

Air pollution is now the world’s largest single environmental health risk according to the World He…

Supervolcanic eruptions solved?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 Feb 2014

Supervolcanic eruptions are caused by a change in magma pressure and magma buoyancy suggests two ne…

Soap bubbles predict circling winds

Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Feb 2014

Meteorologists have been using an unusual tool to predict the wind intensity and strength of hurric…

Nanoparticles and the environment

Evoluted New Media | Added: 30 Dec 2013

Metallic nanoparticles have many possible uses – including clean fuel technology and high density s…