The Future of Flooding in Venice – “Sea Level Is a Nasty Beast”
Improving Projections, Predictions and Protection in the Face of Expected Sea Level Rise A new assessment of flood risk in Venice indicates that the impact…
European Geosciences Union News
HI-SEAS Mars/Moon Habitat: Scientists Don Spacesuits to Explore Hawaiian Lava Tubes As if They Were on Mars
Imagine trying to pick up a pebble or scrape microbes off a cave wall in a bulky spacesuit with puffy gloves on, under a time…
Probing Deep Space With a New Interstellar Spacecraft
When the four-decades-old Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft entered interstellar space in 2012 and 2018, respectively, scientists celebrated. These plucky spacecraft had already traveled…
Earth’s Continental Crust Emerged 500 Million Years Earlier Than Thought
The first emergence and persistence of continental crust on Earth during the Archaean (4 billion to 2.5 billion years ago) has important implications for plate…
Mapping the Path to Rewilding: The Importance of Landscape in Restoring Biodiversity
Rewilding—a hands-off approach to restoring and protecting biodiversity—is increasingly employed across the globe to combat the environmental footprint of rapid urbanization and intensive farming. The…
A Balanced Approach to Weaving Indigenous Knowledge With Scientific Research
Indigenous knowledge, including oral histories, mythologies, place names, and classification schemes, can span many generations, preserving information that has helped native communities adapt to natural…
Air Pollution in New York City Linked to Wildfires From As Far as Canada
A new study shows that air pollutants from the smoke of fires from as far as Canada and the southeastern U.S. traveled hundreds of miles…
Fukushima Soil Decontamination: Lessons learned
Following the accident at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in March 2011, the Japanese authorities decided to carry out major decontamination works in the affected…
ESA’s Cluster Spacecraft Detects Plasmaspheric Wind
In a newly published study, researcher Iannis Dandouras details the discovery of plasmaspheric wind, providing the first conclusive proof of the existence this wind first…
