Simultaneous significant warming was recorded at the North and South poles of the planet - the temperature at the Antarctic...
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Scientists are searching for means to clean up water sources from oil spills
There have been proposals to use medical masks, cellulose products and devices with a magnetic core as sorbents. (more…)
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Bezymyanny volcano in Kamchatka continues active volcanic activity
On March 16, a powerful eruption occurred with the release of lava and ash from the Bezymianny volcano. The resulting...
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A landslide covered 80 houses in one of the neighborhoods of Peru, and a massive landslide also occurred in Malaysia
In Peru, a large landslide covered dozens of houses in the city of Retamas. The cataclysm occurred on March 15...
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The seismically active zone of Southeast Asia has been rocked by a series of earthquakes in recent months
An earthquake of magnitude 3.2 occurred on March 15, the epicenter of the earthquake was concentrated on land approximately 21...
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The European Space Agency and NASA are developing instruments for lunar exploration
The European Space Agency has selected a team of five European companies to design and build the first experimental payload...
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Roscosmos will produce its own Russian orbital station
The first module of the Russian orbital station could be launched as early as 2026, which will be several times...
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Malaysia and Australia have been suffering from floods all year, which have not happened for almost 50 years
In Australia and Malaysia, heavy downpours have caused the worst flooding in 50 years, there are casualties, and residents are...
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Scientists from Shanghai are developing a method for growing mammalian offspring from a single egg
It is still very difficult to carry out the “virgin fertilization” procedure on a large scale in practice - it...
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New data discovered for mosquito control
New landmarks for mosquitoes to find victims, respond to insecticides, and ways to combat malaria have been established. (more…)
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Warming continues to accelerate on its own
The accumulation of sea salt and the seepage of warm, salty seawater under ice sheets as glaciers melt accelerate the...
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The last whalers are going to stop their fishing
A moratorium on whaling, with the exception of the needs of the indigenous population of certain regions, has been in...
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Russia and China signed a number of documents on joint exploration of the Moon
A number of establishing documents were signed: a memorandum, an agreement, an intergovernmental agreement. China, with good financial support, is...
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Researchers discuss the environmental friendliness of electric vehicles and cars with a traditional internal combustion engine
Sales of electric cars are growing all over the world; according to the European Association of Automobile Manufacturers, sales of...
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In the UK, crabs, lobsters and octopuses are recognized as sentient animals and are protected under animal rights law
Decapods - crabs, lobsters, shrimp and crayfish; Cephalopod cephalopods - octopuses, squids and cuttlefish - have a complex central nervous...
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A database of the sea coasts of the Russian Arctic has been created, and plans include a digital model of the World Ocean
More than sixty percent of Russia is permafrost zone. More than 15 million people live in this territory, and there...
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Roscosmos has stopped cooperation with most European countries
NASA intends to maintain contacts with Roscosmos to ensure the safe operation of the International Space Station and to continue...
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NASA and UNESCO plan to study up to 80 percent of the ocean floor by 2030
The US space agency's goal is twofold: to understand the nature of the oceans that exist on other planets and...
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Giant bacteria measuring more than one centimeter were discovered in tropical forests
Before the discovery of the new bacterium Thiomargarita magnifica, the bacterium Thiomargarita namibiensis, measuring just over half a millimeter, was...
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The General Director of the Roscosmos State Corporation commented on the situation in connection with possible sanctions
On February 26, 2022, General Director of the Roscosmos State Corporation Dmitry Rogozin took part in the broadcast of the...
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Global warming is accelerating itself
On the Pacific islands, entire cities are retreating inland under the pressure of water. Melting permafrost is changing landscapes, destroying...
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Noise pollution is one of the main environmental problems of modern cities
UN experts note that noise affects the mental and physical health of people of all age groups: it causes sleep...
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Dmitry Peskov explained the military operation against Ukraine as a purge of “pro-Nazi people”
“The goals were told by the president - demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine. Actually, both of them pose a threat...
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Apes have their own alternative medicine
Researchers have noticed how chimpanzees use insects to treat their own wounds and the wounds of their relatives. At the...
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In Russia, starting March 1, it is prohibited to throw household appliances, computer system units, motherboards and hard drives into trash containers
Household appliances, computer system units, motherboards and hard drives will have to be recycled. It is noted that the innovation...
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Scientists have confirmed the dangers of reusable plastic tableware
Studies have shown that reusable plastic bottles contaminate water with hundreds of potentially dangerous toxic substances from the walls of...
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Forest industry entrepreneurs believe that deforestation is good for the environment
Their opponents argue that trees need time to grow again and soil needs time to store carbon again. Forestry “reduces...
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Highest rogue wave in history recorded
The highest rogue wave in history was recorded in the North Pacific Ocean. It received its own name - “Ucluele”...
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Canadian scientists have achieved that 80 percent of organs for transplantation have become universal
The new technology involves replacing the second blood group of a donor organ with the first. The article says that...
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In several European countries, 16 people died during Hurricane Eunice
In the Netherlands and Poland, four people each died, in Britain - three, in Germany and Belgium - two each,...
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Roscosmos continues to establish international cooperation in space
At the Baikonur Cosmodrome, intensive preparations have begun at the Vostok launch complex at site No. 31 for the launch...
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Extremely high temperatures occur in half of the world’s oceans
At the end of the 19th century, only 2% of the ocean surface experienced extremely high temperatures, so-called “heat waves.”...
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Private astronautics is becoming more and more distinct
Private space flights, the first private spacewalk, infrastructure for the development of private space exploration in Russia and private satellites...
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More than a hundred people became victims of floods in Brazil
On February 15, in just 6 hours, more than a month’s rainfall fell in the city of Petropolis. At least...
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The international satellite system COSPAS-SARSAT has been successfully saving lives for almost 40 years
The Russian Space Systems holding company began creating a network of ground stations for receiving signals from the COSPAS-SARSAT search...
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Climate change provokes military conflicts and famine
According to American military analysts, such military clashes could begin no later than 2040. At the same time, as the...
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Roscosmos launched another 34 OneWeb satellites into orbit from the French cosmodrome
On February 10, 2022, the Soyuz-ST-B launch vehicle was launched from the launch complex of the Guiana Space Center (French...
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The Russian Federal Space Program includes the creation of a garbage collector from geostationary orbits
The federal space program, designed in Russia until 2025, provides for the creation of a satellite for cleaning up space...
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Wireless power transmission has become a reality
Roscosmos has developed a project for a promising space power station that will transmit solar energy from space to Earth...
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The island of Madagascar and the southeast coast of Africa were hit by devastating cyclones
On February 6, 2022, a second cyclone, Batisirai, hit Madagascar, killing at least 10 people in southeastern Madagascar, causing floods,...
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China, USA and Russia are the main participants in the “moon race”
All three countries have long-term programs, the ultimate goal of which is the creation of a permanent base on the...
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Potentially dangerous asteroids for the Earth do not leave their orbits
In 2029, the asteroid Apophis will fly at a distance of 30 thousand km from the Earth, on February 8,...
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South Pole Ice Sheet Contains Major Volcanic Activity
The scan showed that in Antarctica, 138 volcanoes rest under 3-4 km of ice, 91 of which are geologically hazardous...
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Bacteria evolve at a rate equal to the rate of environmental pollution
New microbial enzymes can recycle and metabolize plastic in soil and oceans. (more…)
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The number of refugees and migrants in 2021 has broken all previous records
More than 84 million people fled their homes between January and November 2021, according to the UN Refugee Agency (more…)
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The coasts of Peru and Thailand have been declared environmental disaster zones
The oil slick in Thailand covers an area of about 47 square meters. kilometers, more than a million liters of...
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Heredity determines the age at which old age sets in
Humans, giant tortoises, and other animals have genes responsible for DNA repair, namely for the correct repair and self-destruction of...
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Russian-European orbital module found new evidence of the existence of water on Mars
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has discovered signs and minerals in the craters of Mars that suggest that there was once...
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The Greenland ice sheet preserves the impact crater of a two-kilometer asteroid and ancient vegetation
The Greenland Ice Sheet is the second largest on Earth after the Antarctic Ice Sheet and covers 1.5 million square...
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The next breakthrough in the field of genetics – obtaining offspring of a certain sex and an artificial form of life
A new type of artificial life is called a “living programmable organism”: xenobots, millimeter-sized. (more…)
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Scientists blame rotting trees for excess greenhouse gases
Rotting wood releases up to 10.9 gigatons of carbon, equivalent to 115% of fossil fuel emissions, an international research team...
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The modern landscape on Mars was formed by major floods, and there is still oxygen in the atmosphere
The composition of the rock on Mars indicates volcanic activity, the presence of bodies of water, primitive organisms and a...
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Roscosmos is actively solving the problem of space debris
The sinking of outdated spacecraft and the development of new radar stations will help in the avoidance and elimination of...
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The international community is concerned about the possible militarization of space
The state corporation Roscosmos is concerned that the United States and NATO are launching potential weapons carriers into space. (more…)
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A special NASA mission is testing to change the orbit of an asteroid
On the morning of October 24, 2021, a Falcon 9 launch vehicle with the DRAT space probe launched from a...
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Unexpected sources of ocean pollution
Decaying plastic and nutrients from cities and farms pollute the ocean as much as oil spills. (more…)
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Melting glaciers reveal unknown species and meteorite remains
Glaciers are capable of preserving information about the history of the Earth, as they trap dust particles, traces of gas,...
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UN presents climate dictionary and new Climate Declaration
What is COP26, UNFCCC, SDGs, NDCs, Net Zero, IPCC, climate finance and the COP26 signed declaration. (more…)
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Nobel laureates in chemistry and medicine 2021 – nature-like technologies and a new understanding of sensations
Scientists have replicated the natural synthesis of organic molecules and discovered new touch receptors. (more…)
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The Cumbre Vieja volcano on the Spanish island of La Palma has covered the surrounding residential area with a thick layer of lava and ash for the second month
Experts from the National Geographic Institute of Spain cannot yet predict when the volcanic eruption on the island of Palma...
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Winter cold in 2021 started earlier than expected
Mount Fuji in Japan was covered with snow a month earlier, a snowstorm raged in Krasnoyarsk, snow fell in the...
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Tropical Pacific heat waves spread to mid- and polar latitudes
Abnormal July 2021: record heat in the Northern Hemisphere and record cold in the Southern Hemisphere of the Earth. (more…)
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Russia will store and collect genetic information for research
In the Russian Federation, a National Genetic Information Database will be created by 2024, and in 2009 a “forensic” genetic...
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