Loss of Arctic sea ice affecting all polar bears Dutch, English, French, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, Serbian, Slovenian, Spanish 14 September 2016 In a new study, published in The Cryosphere and funded by NASA, researchers at the University of Washington have found that sea ice is now melting earlier in the spring and freezing later in the autumn across all regions of the Arctic where polar bears live. Read more
Using ocean and weather data to find MH370 Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, Serbian, Spanish 27 July 2016 Eric Jansen, a researcher at the Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change in Italy, and his team have used a computer model to find out where the Malaysian airlines MH370 plane might have crashed. Read more
Fire clues in cave dripwater Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, Serbian, Spanish 21 July 2016 Researchers in Australia and the UK have found that stalagmites and stalactites can be used to help trace past wildfires that burned above the cave. Fires change the chemistry of the water above ground, and these subtle changes leave traces in the stalactites and stalagmites that form when the water drips in the caves underground. Read more
What’s the highest peak in US Arctic? New technique gives the answer Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, Serbian, Spanish 23 June 2016 Kit DesLauriers joined forces with US scientist Matt Nolan to settle a debate of more than 50 years, while testing a new technique in a steep mountainous region. Read more
Half a degree makes a world of difference Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, Serbian, Spanish 21 April 2016 The climate of our planet is changing, and the Earth is warming up. World leaders have discussed whether we should limit the average temperature increase in our planet to 1.5°C or 2°C. There’s only half a degree of difference between these two temperature limits, but scientists have now discovered that they would each have very different consequences for our planet. Read more
Fishing with smartphones for science Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, Serbian, Spanish, Turkish 29 February 2016 Researchers Rolf Hut and Tim van Emmerik from the Netherlands and Scott Tyler from the US have now developed smart waders that still keep you dry but also collect valuable information about the water to help scientists study streams. Read more
Radioactive truffles? Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, Serbian, Spanish, Turkish 25 February 2016 A group of scientists, led by Ulf Büntgen from Switzerland, decided to check whether one type of popular truffles, called Burgundy truffles, are radioactive. Read more
Studying glaciers with animated satellite images Croatian, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish 26 November 2015 Frank Paul, a scientist from the University of Zurich in Switzerland, has come up with a simple method to allow us to see glacier movements and changes, using the Karakoram mountain range in central Asia as an example. He created GIF animations from satellite images of the region. Read more
Fighting for cleaner air and a more stable climate Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, Serbian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish 24 September 2015 Emissions of carbon dioxide are only part of the climate change problem. There are other substances, called short-lived pollutants, that we should pay attention to as well, especially because they could also be important in reducing air pollution. Read more
Tsunamis in the Mediterranean Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, Serbian, Slovenian, Spanish, Turkish 27 August 2015 A team of European researchers, led by Achilleas Samaras, a Greek researcher working in Italy, has created a new computer model that looks at how parts of Italy and Greece would be affected if a tsunami was triggered after a large earthquake in the Eastern Mediterranean. Read more
What does West Antarctica’s future look like? Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, Serbian, Spanish, Turkish 18 August 2015 Stephen Cornford from the UK, Dan Martin from the US, and other researchers from around the world have used a powerful computer simulation to see how West Antarctica might look like in the future, and how much it could contribute to global sea-level rise. Read more
Hair ice mystery solved Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, Serbian, Spanish, Turkish 22 July 2015 Did you know that there is a type of ice called hair ice? It is shaped like fine, silky hairs and looks like white candy floss. It grows on the rotten branches of broad-leaf trees during humid winter nights when the air temperature drops slightly below 0°C. A 100-year old theory states that hair ice also needs something else to grow – a fungus – but, until now, no one had managed to confirm this. Read more
Floods as war weapons Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, Serbian, Slovenian, Spanish 9 June 2015 Most floods are natural events that can happen when it rains a lot in a short period of time, or when there’s a storm surge (rising sea water due to stormy winds that can flood coastal areas). But a new study shows that some past floods in the Netherlands had entirely different causes. Read more
Glacier changes at the top of the world Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish 27 May 2015 The Himalayas (South Asia) are home to the largest volume of ice outside the polar regions. The Dudh Kosi basin in Nepal Himalaya hosts some of the world’s highest mountain peaks, including Mt Everest, and a huge number of glaciers. A team of scientists have been researching how sensitive these glaciers could be to future climate change. Read more
Ice shelf melting from above and below Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, Serbian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish 13 May 2015 A team of scientists, led by Paul Holland from the British Antarctic Survey, has discovered that an ice shelf in Antarctica, at the very south of our planet, is melting not only from its surface, but also from underneath. Read more
Uninhabitable whirlpools found in the Atlantic Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, Serbian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish 30 April 2015 Researchers have found whirling areas of incredibly low oxygen in the tropical Atlantic Ocean. Oxygen is vital to much of life on Earth, and without it, animals like fish and crabs can’t survive. Read more
Travelling pollution Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, Serbian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish 31 March 2015 When we think of rainforests, we imagine remote regions of natural beauty, with pure air and none of the atmospheric pollution that we see in the big cities. However, an international team of researchers has found evidence of manmade pollution deep inside the rainforest of Borneo in Southeast Asia. Read more
Water, key to survival of Roman Empire Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish 11 December 2014 Since the Mediterranean region is often very dry, it was not easy to grow food, such as grain (wheat, oats and other cereals), in some parts of the Empire. Yet, the Romans managed to ensure that the people in their cities had enough food all year round. Scientist Brian Dermody wanted to find out how the Empire survived for so long in the challenging environment of the Mediterranean. Read more
How tall are the ice sheets? Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish 20 August 2014 By bouncing powerful radar beams from a satellite, a German team of scientists have created very detailed maps of how the height changes across the ice sheets. Read more
Wonders of the deep sea Croatian, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish 29 July 2014 US scientist Andrew Thurber got an international team of researchers together to tell everyone about the deep sea, and why we should protect it. Read more
