Air monitoring station records biggest ever jump in atmospheric CO2
The Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii has been recording atmospheric carbon dioxide…
Gene-edited cells that evade rejection show promise in type 1 diabetes
A transmission electron micrograph of a section through pancreas tissue, showing cells…
What is hMPV, the virus spreading through China?
Human metapneumovirus (hMPV) has probably been infecting people for centuriesROGER HARRIS/SCIENCE PHOTO…
Will there be another pandemic after covid-19 and are we prepared?
It has been just over five years since the beginning of covid-19…
H5N1 bird flu is closer to gaining pandemic potential than we thought
A highly infectious strain of bird flu has been circulating worldwide since…
New forms of animals made by fusing several comb jellies together
A warty comb jelly (Mnemiopsis leidyi)Andrey Nekrasov / Alamy Stock Photo It…
When, and where, did the covid-19 pandemic really begin?
People carrying out disinfection work at a market in Wuhan, where covid-19…
Heatwaves are surpassing the extremes predicted by climate models
The UK experienced a record-breaking heatwave in July 2022DAMIEN MEYER/AFP via Getty…
Plumes of pollution from big factories can make it snow
Factory aerosols can transform the clouds aboveGetty Images/iStockphoto Plumes of pollution from…
Why farming fish is more unsustainable than catching them in the wild
Claims about the sustainability of fish farms have been vastly overstatedVIKEN KANTARCI/AFP…
