Gizmodo Earth and Science

08/11/2022

It didn’t feel like November out there today.

Cities all over the world saw unusually high temperatures for November, while Greenland broke a disturbing record in September.

03/11/2022

A new report calculates just how much land countries will need to fulfill their Paris Agreement pledges--and it's a lot.

A new report calculates just how much land countries will need to fulfill their Paris Agreement pledges—and it's a lot.

08/06/2022

“It’s incredibly sad, but finding microplastics in fresh Antarctic snow highlights the extent of plastic pollution into even the most remote regions of the world."

Researchers detected microplastics in 19 samples of snow from the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.

05/05/2022

Repeat after us.

05/05/2022

Humans just need to stop killing these little porpoises. That's it.

Genetic bottlenecks aren't likely to harm these little porpoises, researchers say. Humans just need to stop killing them.

05/05/2022

To move forward with Starship testing and launches, SpaceX will have to monitor and manage the harm its operations at Boca Chica are causing to wildlife.

A document from U.S. Fish and Wildlife noted a decline in threatened birds, potentially complicating Elon Musk's plan to expand his South Texas launch facility.

04/05/2022

Before European colonizers arrived in the Americas and other parts of the world, Native peoples were cultivating tons of seafood—specifically oysters—the right way for millennia.

Archaeological research highlights how Indigenous communities practiced sustainable fishery management over thousands of years.

02/05/2022

Who cares that the Master Chief took off his helmet? Where are all the EVs!?

The EV transition seems like it never got off the ground in the futuristic world of the Halo series

02/05/2022

It’s hot enough in India to make one of Delhi’s biggest trash piles spontaneously combust.

Fires are still burning in the Bhalswa landfill, exposing residents of Delhi to toxic smoke.

02/05/2022

Contrary to popular belief, that recycling symbol doesn’t really mean that the item will be recycled.

Just because something has the recycling label, doesn't mean it actually can or will be recycled.

23/04/2022

“A world without reliable antibiotics for gonorrhea means that more people will lose the chance to have biological children, and more babies born every year will lose their eyesight.”

Gonorrhea, once an easily treated and relatively mild STI, is becoming a superbug, with major public health implications.

22/04/2022

The backpack is a collaborative effort between NASA and its private industry partners to help future explorers find their way around the less-explored south polar regions of the Moon

The backpack will use a sophisticated navigation algorithm to map out lunar terrain--and without the benefit of GPS.