Browsing: Nature

The world’s oceans regulate climate, support biodiversity and sustain billions of people. Increasingly, they are also carrying the visible effects…

Mountain regions are often seen as timeless landscapes, but many are undergoing rapid environmental change. Glaciers in several parts of…

Coral reefs cover only a small portion of the ocean floor, yet they support some of the richest biodiversity on…

Forests are often described as the lungs of the planet, absorbing carbon dioxide and helping regulate global temperatures. But they…

Scientists have taken a major step in rewriting the rules of life by engineering bacteria to function with just 19…

For much of human history, the night sky was a shared and familiar presence. In many places, it is becoming…

Rivers have long been treated as resources to control, divert or exploit. Increasingly, they are being recognised as living systems…

Beneath forests, farms and cities lies one of the most important natural systems on Earth: soil. Yet it has often…

For much of the modern era, conservation focused on protecting what remained of nature from further damage. Increasingly, a different…

Seasonal cycles — once relatively predictable — are becoming increasingly irregular as climate change alters temperature and weather patterns. Scientists…