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Edge Hill divests from climate wreckers

Fossil fuel extractor and border industry companies have been quietly banned as potential investments by Edge Hill University, after successful protests by People & Planet.  The move makes Edge Hill the third UK university to commit to both the Divest Borders and Fossil Free campaigns simultaneously – following in the footsteps of Staffordshire University and […]
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Continuing on to Comilla, Dhaka and the Coast – State of the Planet

I’m here in Bangladesh repairing my global navigation satellite system (GNSS) stations, which record the tectonic motions of the plate boundary and the subsidence of the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta, the largest in the world. I am traveling with Adam Woolace, an EarthScope Consortium engineer and Sanju Singha and Zohur Ahmed from Dhaka University. Having finished repairing […]
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Humans Occupied a High-Altitude Site in Australia During the Last Ice Age, New Study Finds – State of the Planet

The Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia. Credit: Donovan Kelly/Pexels A new study in Nature Human Behaviour led by Amy Way, a research archaeologist at the University of Sydney, establishes that sites above 700 meters in Australia were inhabited during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM)—a period between 26,000 and 19,000 years ago. Way and her […]
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Repairing Global Navigation Satellite Systems in the Land of Tea – State of the Planet

I have been doing research in Bangladesh for almost 25 years, covering many different Earth science topics: tectonics and earthquakes, land subsidence and sea level rise, availability of fresh and salty groundwater, rivers changing positions. For several of these topics, I set up and maintain a network of GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite Systems) stations. GPS […]
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Carbon credits ‘a free pass for polluters’

Certifying Dr West says that while some developers act in good faith, the system itself is set up to fail: “Not every project developer is inflating baselines.  “Some genuinely want to do the right thing, but they’re forced to follow Verra’s approved methodologies. Even with the best intentions, if you follow the “wrong recipe”, you will probably […]
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Earth’s Continents Stabilized Due to Furnace-Like Heat, Study Reveals – State of the Planet

Adapted from a press release written by Marina Naumova for Penn State University. For billions of years, Earth’s continents have remained remarkably stable, forming the foundation for mountains, ecosystems and civilizations. But the secret to their stability has mystified scientists for more than a century. Now, a new study by researchers at Penn State and […]
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Discover Climate LIVE K12 Sessions for 2025-2026 – State of the Planet

Climate LIVE K12 is back! We are thrilled to announce the next season of our free online series, open to all learners curious about climate and sustainability issues. From October to June, Columbia Climate School researchers and students will share expertise on topics ranging from climate justice, biodiversity systems, fashion and energy, to youth-focused climate […]
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A tiny ocean worm just revealed a big secret about how eyes evolve

A tiny ocean worm just revealed a big secret about how eyes evolve

A research team from the University of Vienna and the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven has uncovered how the eyes of adult marine bristleworms continue to increase in size throughout their entire lifespan. The work shows that this constant growth is powered by a ring of neural stem cells that resembles similar structures found in […]
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Will Glacier Melt Lead to Increased Seismic Activity in Mountain Regions? – State of the Planet

A recent study from Earth and Planetary Science Letters is the first to directly link earthquakes to climate change-induced glacial melt. Scientists analyzed 15 years of seismic activity in the Grandes Jorasses—a peak that is part of the Mont Blanc massif between Italy and France—to better understand this association. This massif is one of the […]
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A tiny ocean worm just revealed a big secret about how eyes evolve

A tiny ocean worm just revealed a big secret about how eyes evolve

A research team from the University of Vienna and the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven has uncovered how the eyes of adult marine bristleworms continue to increase in size throughout their entire lifespan. The work shows that this constant growth is powered by a ring of neural stem cells that resembles similar structures found in […]
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Will Glacier Melt Lead to Increased Seismic Activity in Mountain Regions? – State of the Planet

A recent study from Earth and Planetary Science Letters is the first to directly link earthquakes to climate change-induced glacial melt. Scientists analyzed 15 years of seismic activity in the Grandes Jorasses—a peak that is part of the Mont Blanc massif between Italy and France—to better understand this association. This massif is one of the […]
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