Mark Poynting Climate reporter, BBC News EPA The Earth could be doomed to breach the symbolic 1.5C warming limit in as little as three years at current levels of carbon dioxide emissions. That’s the stark warning from more than 60 of the world’s leading climate scientists in the most up-to-date assessment of the state of…
Rebecca Morelle, Alison Francis and Victoria Gill BBC News Science Team Getty Images / Maxar Technologies. Iran’s Natanz nuclear site has been a target of Israel’s airstrikes The IAEA has described the attacks on Iran’s nuclear facilities as “deeply concerning”. On Monday, its Director General Rafael Grossi said that military escalation “increases the chance of…
Alison Francis Senior Science Journalist Tony Jolliffe/BBC News The Roman frescoes reveal stunning details like this daisy Archaeologists have pieced together thousands of fragments of 2,000-year-old wall plaster to reveal remarkable frescoes that decorated a luxurious Roman villa. The shattered plaster was discovered in 2021 at a site in Central London that’s being redeveloped, but…
Bogong moths migrate to cool caves in the summer Dr. Ajay Narendra/Macquarie University, Australia An Australian moth that migrates over 1000 kilometres to seek respite from summer heat is the first known invertebrate to use the stars as a compass on long journeys. Every spring, billions of bogong moths (Agrotis infusa) travel from various parts…
Asteroid 2024 YR4 could result in the largest impact on the moon for the past 5000 years MARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images The asteroid 2024 YR4, which was once thought to be on a collision course with Earth, may still pose a threat to the planet. There is still a chance the space rock could…
Georgina Rannard Climate and science correspondent Getty Images Basking shark is one of the species that could find a home in new parts of the UK The UK could see a boom in endangered sharks, rays and native oysters as species move habitats to respond to rising ocean temperatures, according to scientists. But some, including…
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory Rubin Observatory/NSF/AURA/A. Pizarro D I have never been to a watch party, unless you count me and two of my friends getting together to watch Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (complete with themed snacks). But now, it seems, I will have my chance – as watch parties are no longer…
Artistic reconstruction of Bolg amondol Cullen Townsend An extinct monstersaur discovered in North America is shedding new light on life in the area around 75 million years ago. The creature looks “like a goblin that sprang from the rocks”, says Hank Woolley at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. The species is a…
Giant pink sea star larvae resumed their development after being frozen at −200°C Patrick Webster For the first time, scientists have successfully cryopreserved sea star larvae and reactivated them – an important milestone that could help re-establish a critically endangered keystone species. Beginning in 2013, sea star wasting syndrome spread along the west coast of…
Basecamp researchers gathering genetic data in Malta Greg Funnell A British biotech firm called Basecamp Research has spent the past few years collecting troves of genetic data from microbes living in extreme environments around the world, identifying more than a million species and nearly 10 billion genes new to science. It claims that this massive…
