2026

The research team at 5,050 metres altitude (University of Munster photo) The glacier on Mount Ararat, Turkey’s highest mountain, has been surveyed for the first time as scientists race to study its shrinking ice before more evidence is lost.Researchers believe the shrinking glacier could preserve valuable information about both climate change and human history. While…

Nearly 81 years after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, material recovered from the city’s shoreline is still yielding discoveries that scientists did not expect. Researchers examining tiny fragments preserved in beach sands have identified what appears to be a previously unknown metallic alloy that formed during the immense heat and rapid cooling triggered by the…

Representative Image (AI-generated) A long-term shift in the tropical Pacific Ocean has played contrasting roles in wildfire activity on opposite sides of the world, amplifying fire-prone conditions in the southwestern United States while easing them in eastern Australia. According to a new study published in the journal Nature Communications, the Pacific Ocean pattern increased drying-related…