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Recent months have seen national outcry over water companies allowing sewage pollution in rivers to breach acceptable limits.

University of Queensland researchers have created new tools that could change how conservation experts monitor and protect some of Australia’s most endangered species.

Arctic sea ice retreated to near-historic lows in the Northern Hemisphere this summer, likely melting to its minimum extent for the year on September 11, 2024, according to researchers at NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC).

When most people think of fungi, they think of the part you can see: mushroom caps poking through the soil.

The microbes that cycle nutrients in the ocean don’t do the work on their own – the viruses that infect them also influence the process.

Dozens of studies have demonstrated that nitrogen pollution, due mainly to the burning of fossil fuels and agricultural practices, is causing plant biodiversity losses worldwide.

Rivers in the Amazon basin fell to record-low levels in October 2024 as drought gripped vast areas of South America. 

The key to more accurate rainfall predictions may lie in the intricate dance of falling snowflakes, a new study has found. 

Animals that hunt in the dark with sonar may not be able to tell junk from squids.

Researchers from the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Oxford have shown that weathering of rocks in the Canadian Arctic will accelerate with rising temperatures, triggering a positive feedback loop that will release more and more CO2 to the atmosphere.