Author: Alex

Fieldwork in northern Greenland suggests that once collapsed, the ice shelves are no longer able to reform unless the climate cools significantly. Also, a simple return to pre-collapse conditions is not enough. The results were published in the journal Nature Communications on May 9. The polar caps and the ice shelves that accompany them are […]

New work published in the journal Nature Communications on February 22 shows how the growing influx of tourists to Antarctica is leading to an increased rate of melting near the most visited sites on the peninsula. The exotic, virgin and immaculate dimension of the Antarctic landscape makes it an increasingly popular place for tourists. With […]

Scientists from Queen Mary University of London demonstrated for the first time that DNA can be picked up from the air. The finding could provide new techniques for forensic investigators and anthropologists, even aid in understanding the transmission of diseases like Covid-19. The task force examined whether environmental DNA (eDNA) could be collected from air […]

When a star like the Sun ages, it begins to swell until it becomes a red giant. When it reaches the end of its life, the star finally expels its outer layers of gas, leaving behind a dense nucleus. You then get a star corpse, called “white dwarf”. This is how our Sun will end […]