Environment

Scientists call them tipping points—those moments when Earth’s big systems, like ice sheets or ocean currents, hit a breaking point and shift into a new state. Studies show that once these switches flip, there’s no easy way back. Glaciers melt...

As summer rolls in with its golden warmth and backyard barbecues, there’s an uninvited guest buzzing at the edges of our joy mosquitoes. These tiny tyrants, with their whining wings and itchy bites, aren’t just a backyard nuisance; they’re a...

The Smell That Draws Them In Mosquitoes aren’t just annoying; they’re tiny vampires with a knack for picking their victims. A 2022 study from Rockefeller University, published in Cell (https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(22)01307-1), digs into why some people are mosquito magnets. It’s all...

What if the world’s biggest carbon emitter started to lead the charge on how to fight climate change? It sounds far-fetched, but that is precisely what is happening. For the first time in history, China’s carbon emissions are declining—not because...

Think about the last time you threw away a plastic bottle. You probably hoped it would be recycled, didn't you? The truth is that it probably wasn't. All the bins, slogans, and good intentions aside, barely 9.5% of the plastic...

Have you ever looked up at the night sky and felt as if the universe was  softly  whispering a message in your ear? On May 12, 2025, you might. That's when the Flower Moon, the May full moon, will be visible in all its soft glory, lighting up the sky and...

Blood Falls, located in the heart of Antarctica’s McMurdo Dry Valleys at the terminus of the Taylor Glacier, is a captivating natural phenomenon first discovered in 1911 by Australian geologist Thomas Griffith Taylor. This red waterfall, cascading through perennial ice,...

The abyss of the Earth, the Mariana Trench, 2,550 km long and a staggering 10,994 meters (36,070 feet) deep at its darkest point—the Challenger Deep—is a curving cut in the seafloor. Beneath the western Pacific, hidden behind darkness, there is...

Nestled in Sydney's Homebush Bay, at the point where Parramatta River meets the city's urban beat, is an awe to behold a natural phenomenon known as the Floating Forest. Not a forest in the conventional sense with roots sunk deep...

Step outside on Saturday, April 12, to witness April’s full Pink Moon. This Paschal Moon marks the first full Moon of spring and is used to determine the date of Easter. This month also brings a micromoon. Curious about how...

The H5N1 subtype avian influenza is a stalking horse for the next global pandemic, according to scientists. For nearly near-45 years, Jessop has been keeping tabs on the good health of wild bird populations, counting the numbers in the flocks...

A powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Thailand and Myanmar on Friday, March 28, 2025, unleashing chaos, claiming lives, and leaving communities in despair. Centered near Mandalay, Myanmar’s second-largest city, the midday quake triggered a deadly high-rise collapse in Bangkok and prompted...

Southern California is preparing for a string of storms this week that will deliver heavy rain to coastal and basin regions and heavy snow to mountain regions. Heavy rain has been warned by the National Weather Service to increase the...

Air pollution remains one of the globe's most pressing environmental and health issues. Nineteen of the world's top twenty most polluted cities are in Asia according to new statistics from Swiss air purifier technology firm IQAir. They are followed in...

The Arctic’s Silent Collapse: A Tragedy in Motion A Melting Warning Sign The Arctic—a frozen crown at the top of the planet—has long been a place of mystery, adventure, and scientific curiosity. But now, it’s become something far more unsettling:...