All Earth & Environmental Sciences
Waves – a hidden factor influencing Arctic ice retreat?
Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 Jan 2015
The first detailed research on the impact of waves on Arctic sea ice will allow scientists to deter…
A fault with the origin of life
Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 Dec 2014
New research has shown that deep-reaching interconnected fault systems provide the right conditions…
Gee-whiz science yields high res climate models
Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Nov 2014
A climate scientist has used the powerful supercomputers at Berkeley Laboratory to carry out ‘gee-w…
Safer fracking thanks to new early warning system
Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Nov 2014
New technology developed at the University of Nottingham could be used as an early warning system t…
Weather forecasting set to improve
Evoluted New Media | Added: 29 Oct 2014
A new £97m supercomputer could put an end to the complaints about weather forecasting accuracy.!--m…
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,…
