By Barney Calman Head of Health for Mailonline 11:55 Jul 19, 2024, updated 12:26 Jul 19, 2024 New research shows that vaping, smoking and even using nicotine gum and patches may increase the risk of fatal heat exhaustion. The warning came as Britain braces for a ‘mini heatwave’ this weekend, with the mercury expected to … Read more
Negev Petroglyphs of Animals. Credit: Laura Rabbachin, INTK, Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna The Negev Desert in southern Israel is known for its unique rock art. Since at least the third millennium BCE, hunters, herders, and traders roaming the Negev have left thousands of engravings (petroglyphs) on the rocks. These figures are usually carved into … Read more
The remarkable aurora borealis in early May this year showed just how powerful solar flares can be in the form of radiation. But every now and then the sun does something even more devastating. These proton explosions, known as “solar particle events,” come directly from the sun’s surface and can shoot out into space like … Read more
This week, two asteroids – one big enough to destroy a city, and the other so big it could end civilization – will fly near our planet. Do not panic. Both have a zero percent chance of impacting Earth. And depending on where you are in the world, you might even see one. The larger … Read more
For decades, a deadly fungal disease has been ravaging the world’s amphibians, wiping out frogs, toads and salamanders from the mountain lakes of the United States to the rainforests of Australia. The disease, known as chytridiomycosis or chytrid, has wiped out at least 90 species of amphibians and contributed to the decline of hundreds more … Read more
Green and gold bell frogs in artificial hotspot shelter. Credit: Anthony Waddle Researchers from Macquarie University have used heat to develop a simple and effective way to help endangered frogs survive the devastating effects of a multi-species pandemic. In collaboration with the University of Melbourne, researchers have delved into the fungal disease chytridiomycosis, which has … Read more
This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread OK! Green and gold bell frogs in artificial hotspot shelter. Credit: Anthony Waddle × close to Green and gold bell frogs in artificial hotspot shelter. Credit: Anthony Waddle Researchers from Macquarie University have used heat to develop a simple and effective … Read more
ADVENTURES IN VOLCAN LAND: what volcanoes tell us about the world and ourselvesby Tamsin Mather I live on a hill of pink granite, part of a geological formation that stretches across southern Connecticut, protruding from the ground here and there like a pod of whales surfacing. Before my wife and I bought our house, we … Read more
The Cascadia Subduction Zone has the potential to shake the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia with devastating earthquakes. Now, if we look closer than ever at the structure of the megafast, it appears that it is segmented into several major regions. These regions can disintegrate individually, or they can all cause a massive shock all … Read more