What Would Happen if All The Fish in The Ocean Disappeared?
Science Alert,
The consequences would be disastrous.
The consequences would be disastrous.
One of the most common arguments in debates about environmental crisis is: “it’s the rising population, stupid.” There are just…
A la ganadería se le atribuye un impacto importante en el cambio climático, basado tanto en sus emisiones directas, reflejadas…
by Jacob S. Suissa, University of Tennessee and Ben Goulet-Scott, Harvard University When you hear about the abundance of life…
Hey there. Tap tap tap.Today, we’ve got news about AI mind readers, a child who underwent brain surgery while in the womb, and (a…
Hey there. Tap tap tap.Today, we’ve got news about AI mind readers, a child who underwent brain surgery while in the womb, and (a…
Hey there. Tap tap tap.Today, we’ve got news about AI mind readers, a child who underwent brain surgery while in the womb, and (a…
The theme of this year’s Earth Day, celebrated on 22 April, invites us to ‘Invest in Our Planet’. Doing so requires rethinking…
When searching for extraterrestrial life, we have to base our hunt on what we know about life on our own planet. This may seem…
Der enorme Fußabdruck der Menschheit auf die Biosphäre und das gesamte Erdsystem ist mittlerweile global nachweisbar. So sind…
I often come across arguments to the effect that humans aren't really unique or special, we're just one animal among all the…
No wonder they run our world.
An expert in environmental philosophy and wildlife recovery responds to Margrét Helgadóttir’s “A Lion Roars in Longyearbyen.”
Editor’s note: Mainstream environmentalists have been demanding that countries across the world declare a “climate emergency.…
Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid hit the Earth with the force of 10 billion atomic bombs and changed the course of…
Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid hit the Earth with the force of 10 billion atomic bombs and changed the course of…
Greetings, humans!
Something has shifted.
Invertebrates are “the little things that run the world”. So researchers decided to count all the ants on Earth, to help…
<img src="https://naked-science.ru/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/ants0-1.jpg" alt="Биологи подсчитали численность всех муравьев на З…
Astounding!
Earth is the only planet we know of with continents, the giant landmasses that provide homes to humankind and most of Earth’s…
From The University of Hawai’i-Manoa…
Microbial 'dark matter' we still know so little about.
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Today we have another engrossing natural history lesson from reader Athayde Tonhasca Júnior. Everything he sent is indented…
Guest post by C Brandon Ogbunu. 2022 marks the return of the Population, Evolutionary, and Quantitative Genetics (PEQG…
If the life of natural things, millions of years old, does not seem sacred to us, then what can be sacred? Human vanity alone?
Veganism is, by orders or magnitude, the most carbon efficient method of feeding the human animal, on par with switching to an…
Fish faeces play an important role in the carbon cycle of the ocean, but industrial fishing has lead to a lack of defecation
Earth supports approximately 8.7 million species, of which over a quarter live in water and plants make up the overwhelming…
From CRISPR to glowing proteins to optogenetics, scientists have drawn from the natural world in their quest to advance…
The abundance of wild animals is regressing speedily as the number of domesticated animals and persons keeps escalating. Such…
Australia has the world’s highest rate of mammalian extinctions. We also hold the record for the largest annual commercial…
The carbonaceous winners are plants, which make up about 80 percent of all biomass on Earth. Bacteria comes in second at 13…
by Olivia Foster…
Hoy os presentamos un nuevo EcoMeme diseñado por nuestra colaboradora Amparo Hidalgo y que presenta los resultados de un…
This article was originally published on January 13, 2021 in The Conversation, known for academic rigour. The authors fight…
Сравниваем массу — живую и мертвую
Guest “implied facepalm” by David…
Guest “implied facepalm” by David…
Guest “implied facepalm” by David Middleton Worried about Earth’s future? Well, the outlook is worse than even scientists can…
Worried about Earth’s future? Well, the outlook is worse than even scientists can grasp Daniel Mariuz/AAP Corey J. A. Bradshaw…
Daniel Mariuz/AAP Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Flinders University; Daniel T. Blumstein, University of California, Los Angeles, and…
“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo. “So do I,’ said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times.
The biomass distribution on Earth by Yinon M. Bar-On, Rob Phillips, and Ron…
Here's why that's a big deal.
<img src="https://naked-science.ru/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/dsf3027.jpg" alt="Веганы: как с любовью навредить природе"/>Каждый…
Our deficiencies have always driven us, even among our distant ancestors, back in the last Ice Age. Having neither the speed…
Anthropogenic mass - basically everything humans have built - is now thought to weigh the same as all the planet's living…
Критическая точка была пройдена в этом году.
Az izraeli Weizmann Intézet környezettudósai ambiciózus kutatásba kezdtek, amikor eldöntötték, hogy kiszámítják a Földön találhat…
Jan Zalasiewicz, University of Leicester and Mark Williams, University of…
Jan Zalasiewicz, University of Leicester and Mark Williams, University of…
Now a new study in Nature by a team of scientists from the Weizman Institute in Israel upends that perspective. Our…
Jan Zalasiewicz, Mark WilliamsThe science-fiction scenario of an engineered planet is already here.
A simple rope bridge is enabling endangered gibbons to navigate a gap in their forest canopy, caused by landslides. Innovative…
Drew CostleySource LinkEarlier this year, the Earth saw a huge dip in carbon emissions as nations around the globe locked down…
large iceberg with a through arch in Antarctic…
large iceberg with a through arch in Antarctic…
Massive greenhouse gas reserves, frozen deep under the seabed, are alarmingly now starting to thaw. That’s according to an…
We need them to continue keeping it safely stored away.
The soil microbiome (bacteria and fungi) are key determinants of the global carbon cycle, with abiotic factors known to affect…
The soil microbiome (bacteria and fungi) are key determinants of the global carbon cycle, with abiotic factors known to affect…
We've been waiting a long time for this.
The next questions in our annual ask us anything series come from Tadhg Carroll: Brian, if you were still working on the 2nd…
The Ohio River is the most polluted river in the United States. In this series of essays entitled ‘The Ohio River Speaks,‘ Will…
Деградация экосистем разрушает буферные зоны и подвергает риску человеческие поселения
Although plants make up over 80% of the biomass on Earth, for centuries they have been thought of as inanimate and passive…
Nickie Charles – Centre for the Study of Women and Gender, Department of Sociology, University of…
We need to enhance natural processes that can accelerate diversification and allow emerging habitats to select the winners.
by ElioThe trio of Yinon Bar-On, Rob Phillips, and Ron Milo, here augmented by Avi Flamholz, have done it again. In the past…
Will our species go extinct? The short answer is yes. The fossil record shows everything goes extinct, eventually. Almost all…
Dr. Matt Hill is filling the role of the Lorax for insects. They are a critical part of our ecosystem, and they are…
Recently, the great renaissance city of Venice, Italy flooded yet again. It is happening ever more frequently. Each time it…
I often find myself in a position explaining to non-professionals just how bad the state of global biodiversity really really is.
Booming populations of cows, sheep, pigs and chickens inhabit the Earth — so their remains might rule our fossil record, too.
"Umbrella" species are animals selected for protection because doing so protects other species in the habitat.However, there…
Researchers engineered a strain of E. coli bacteria that can consume carbon dioxide and turn it into energy. The synthetic life-f…
Наличие воды в атмосфере далекой планеты, к сожалению, не означает, что она пригодна для жизни земного типа, но сам факт открытия…
Наличие воды в атмосфере далекой планеты, к сожалению, не означает, что она пригодна для жизни земного типа, но сам факт открытия…
Наличие воды в атмосфере далекой планеты, к сожалению, не означает, что она пригодна для жизни земного типа, но сам факт открытия…
The field of plant neurobiology studies the complex behavior of plants.Plants were found to have 15-20 senses, including many…
It is estimated that more than 99 per cent of existing viruses are yet to be discovered. But the viruses we do know the most…
In recent months a debate over whether a global insect apocalypse is underway has raged in the mainstream media and among…
In recent months a debate over whether a global insect apocalypse is underway has raged in the mainstream media and among…
In recent months a debate over whether a global insect apocalypse is underway has raged in the mainstream media and among…
In recent months a debate over whether a global insect apocalypse is underway has raged in the mainstream media and among…
Biodiversity, the variety and number of living things, may drive conservation conversations. But it’s far from the only way to…
Does the Fourth Industrial Revolution offer new opportunities or pose new threats? The World Economic Forum’s Global Future…
I managed to get to the BES annual meeting this year. I hadn’t been since 2014 as I boycotted the 2015 meeting* and the…
All children are fascinated by farts. So are atmospheric chemists. Farts are produced by anaerobic (without oxygen) digestion…
Our guest scientists pick the breakthroughs and discoveries that defined their year, from insights into human evolution to our…
In 100 million years, human civilization will have bit the dust. Perhaps a nuclear war scorched the planet, or a last-ditch bid…
Robert McLachlan, Massey University and Steven Alexander Trewick, Massey…
On ne peut que se réjouir de l’intérêt suscité par le Pacte de transition écologique proposé par certaines personnalités…