In many rivers, only a small amount of streamflow remains for nature after water is diverted for hydropower production. In light of climate change and biodiversity loss, this is having increasingly serious consequences. Researchers from WSL,...
Scientists have identified what could be the oldest rocks on Earth from a rock formation in Canada.
The Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt has long been known for its ancient rocks—plains of streaked gray stone on the eastern shore...
Earth's surface is the living skin of our planet—it connects the physical, chemical and biological systems.
Over geological time, this surface evolves. Rivers fragment the landscape...
Early universe observations by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) cannot be explained by current cosmological models. These models estimate the universe to be...
Does the existence of life on Earth tell us anything about the probability of abiogenesis—the origin of life from inorganic substances—arising elsewhere? That's a...
Is it tumbleweed? A piece of fishing line? Spaghetti?
A tangled object discovered by NASA's Mars Perseverance rover has intrigued space watchers, leaving some musing...
