Earth News

Flood victims offered free counselling as Storm Christoph hits the UK

Widespread flooding is causing mental and physical devastation for those affected by the extreme weather.

21/01/2021

USA

US-European ocean monitoring satellite launches into orbit

Sea-surface heights are affected by heating and cooling of water, allowing scientist to use the altimeter data to detect such weather-influencing conditions as the warm El Nino and the cool La Nina.

21/11/2020

Ecotech

NASA launches new satellite to monitor rising sea levels

The spacecraft is the latest initiative by the space agency to gather data about changing sea levels.

06/11/2020

Earth News

New penguin colonies in Antarctica spotted by satellites in space

Previously undiscovered emperor penguin colonies have been found by researchers at the British Antarctic Survey.

05/08/2020

Earth News

Pink snow in the Italian Alps could be linked to global warming

Ice could be melting faster in the Alps due to a peculiar plant causing the mountains to go from white to pink.

06/07/2020

World News

Acceleration of global sea level rise began earlier than first thought

Using new techniques, researchers have found the rate of rising sea levels has increased year on year since the 1960s. It was previously believed to have begun accelerating in the 1990s.

06/08/2019