Some metagenomic studies have suggested that less than 10% of the cells that comprise our bodies are Homo sapiens cells. The remaining 90% are bacterial cells. The description of this so-called human ...

The unprecedented failure of tropical upwelling will likely affect the country’s fisheries. Scientists aren’t certain whether it will happen again next year.

A new study suggests that Yellowstone’s herd of bison accelerates nutrient cycling, offering a glimpse into the North American plains of yesteryear.

An expert team are resurrecting ice age ponds and finding rare species returning from a ‘perfect time capsule’

The revised classification will help ensure different giraffe populations are adequately protected, conservationists say

Evidence from Uzbekistan pushes the roots of cereal exploitation deeper into Asia—and challenges what we thought we knew about the origins of farming.

Second strike at Gaza hospital happened just as journalists and rescue crews arrived * Middle East crisis – live updates The UN has demanded that Israel’s investigations into unlawful killings in Gaza, including its “double tap” bombing of Nasser hospital which killed 20 people, including five journalists, yield results and ensure accountability. “There needs to be justice,” Thameen Al-Kheetan, spokesperson for the UN’s human rights office, told reporters on Tuesday in Geneva. He added that the number of journalists killed in Gaza raised many questions about the targeting of media workers. Continue reading...

The Trump administration has asked NASA staffers to draw up plans to end at least two satellite missions that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to current and former NASA employees.

Yes, they can be hard to spot – but this find in Australia highlights how little we know about creatures crucial to our ecosystem, writes entomologist Gwen Pearson

The Guardian joins a Jordanian military airdrop for a rare chance to observe a landscape devastated by Israel’s offensive

Some of the iron emitted by industrial activity in East Asia is carried by winds into the North Pacific, where it nourishes iron-hungry phytoplankton.

Climate change is shifting the makeup of a key nutrient in rivers across Russia, Alaska, and Canada, with the potential for ecosystem-wide impacts.

Australia’s iconic Great Barrier Reef suffered its biggest ever decline last year after a marine heatwave bleached vast swathes of hard coral, a new report has found.

Nature Reviews Biodiversity - The terrestrial ecosystems of Southeast Asia are both globally important reservoirs of biodiversity, and a provider of resources and livelihoods for millions of people...

Public opinion is turning on the President’s policies, but it might not be enough to keep the country from entering a much darker phase.

Six Russian volcanoes erupted shortly after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake stuck nearby, with a seventh possibly to follow.

A computer vision technique modified to scan climate model data is helping scientists predict where and when rapid climatic shifts will happen in the future.

Using globally consistent measurements and high-resolution modelling, this study finds that black carbon emissions are generally underestimated in the Global South.

A report this month details US corporate involvement in IDF actions. Grassroots organizing offers opportunity for change

Pollution incidents reported between 2014 and 2019 were compared against scientific study that used satellite imagery to count slicks

Nature Reviews Biodiversity, Published online: 23 July 2025; doi:10.1038/s44358-025-00064-7The terrestrial ecosystems of Southeast Asia are both globally important reservoirs of biodiversity, and a provider of resources and livelihoods for millions of people across the region. This Review summarizes the threats to biodiversity in Southeast Asia, and the conservation solutions required to ensure successful outcomes for biodiversity and people.

Letter signed by agencies including Doctors Without Borders condemns Israeli military attacks on Palestinians More than 100 aid agencies issued a dire warning that “mass starvation” was spreading across Gaza and urged Israel to let humanitarian aid into the besieged strip to alleviate the growing man-made hunger crisis. A letter signed by 109 agencies including Doctors Without Borders, Oxfam International and Amnesty International says the Israeli government is blocking humanitarian organisations from effectively distributing life-saving aid. Continue reading...

Forty-six percent of tree species in Mesoamerica are threatened with extinction. Researchers hope a new regional study will inform targeted conservation strategies.

This week Australia’s federal court is due to make a decision in a landmark climate case that could safeguard the future of the island communities

Witnesses describe people shot in head and torso near site run by Israeli-backed US organisation Gaza Humanitarian Foundation Dozens of Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks while trying to get food aid in Gaza on Saturday, Palestinian hospital officials and witnesses said, while progress in talks aimed at securing a ceasefire appeared to be stalling. At least 31 Palestinians were killed on their way to a distribution site run by the Israeli-backed American organisation Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) near Rafah in southern Gaza, officials and witnesses said, according to the Associated Press. Continue reading...

Model simulations suggest that cropland expansion since industrialization has reduced atmospheric biogenic secondary organic aerosol by 10% and its associated radiative cooling effect by 11%.

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The hunter-gatherer gene pool of the Bogotá Altiplano was replaced by Central American ancestry at least 2000 years ago.