A study by Copernicus reports that the effect of sea ice (fast ice connected to land) as a supporting force against land ice is negligible. The study area was the Larsen B Ice Shelf, which has been collapsing since 2002 and is effectively gone after a major collapse in 2022. We observe the evacuation of … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. CNN — About half a billion years ago, a volcanic eruption near a shallow sea in what is now Morocco produced some of the most complete specimens ever found of trilobites, insect-like marine creatures, revealing … Read more
The UK’s largest trade union and financial backer of Labor staged a protest on Thursday and published an open letter calling for a reconsideration of the ban on oil and gas extraction. The letter was signed by almost 200 local businesses from Scottish towns that rely on the oil and gas industry. By means of … Read more
Stay up to date with free updates Simply log in to the Oil and gas industry myFT Digest — straight to your inbox. The boss of one of Britain’s largest independent oil and gas producers has said the company is “very actively” looking for opportunities abroad, as he likened navigating the country’s tax regime to … Read more
Image caption, Surfers in Aberdeen protest on the beach calling for an end to new oil and gas permits Item information Author, Kevin Keane Role, BBC Scotland environmental correspondent June 26, 2024 Updated 7 hours ago “Do you support new oil and gas permits, yes or no?” That is the binary question at the heart … Read more
More than 500 million years ago, something in the ocean changed. [–> Some creatures evolved to build their own hard-shelled exterior. Others grew to sizes never seen before as the amount of oxygen on the planet’s surface finally reached a level high enough for complex creatures to exist. [–> Most important, for about 10 million … Read more
The Antarctic ice sheet is melting in a new, worrying way that scientific models used to project future sea level rise have not taken into account. This suggests that current projections could significantly underestimate the problem, according to a new study. Scientists from the British Antarctic Survey found that warm ocean water seeps under the … Read more
Robert Larter Thwaites Glacier in western Antarctica in 2019. New study suggests it’s warm CNN — The Antarctic ice sheet is melting in a new, worrying way that scientific models used to project future sea level rise have not taken into account. This suggests that current projections could significantly underestimate the problem, according to a … Read more
Researchers identified a prehistoric marine reptile found in 1935 as a thalattosaur and not a choristodere, using CT scans and a new specimen. Reconstruction of Pachystrofeus rhaeticuspictured next to a hybodont shark feeding on a Birgeria fish. Credit: James Ormiston Scientists have reclassified a prehistoric marine reptile discovered in 1935 as one of the last … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply log in to the Oil and gas industry myFT Digest – delivered straight to your inbox. Oil and gas executives have warned that Labour’s pledge to scrap North Sea tax exemptions threatens their investments in the basin, with several projects already on hold. Extraction companies have not drilled a … Read more