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Ice Memory Foundation’s specially dug ‘sanctuary’ offers storage for cores, which hold thousands of years of history
Last month the Ice Memory Foundation opened the first ever sanctuary for mountain ice cores in Antarctica, where samples will be stored for centuries to come.
The cores, typically 10cm in diameter and a metre or more long, are stored in a specially excavated ice cave. The first to be laid down came from two Alpine glaciers that are rapidly shrinking.
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The annual competition draws thousands of entries from across the world and brings together images from below the water’s surface that show the diversity and challenges of subaquatic life
All photographs courtesy of Underwater Photographer of the Year 2026
Local river defenders force U-turn by occupying grain terminal operated by one of US powerhouses of world trade
“A victory for life.” That was the triumphal message from Indigenous campaigners in the Brazilian Amazon this week after they staved off a threat to the Tapajós River by occupying a grain terminal operated by Cargill, the biggest privately owned company in the United States.
“The river won, the forest won, the memory of our ancestors won,” said the campaigners in Santarém when it was clear their actions had forced the Brazilian government into a U-turn on plans to privatise one of the world’s most beautiful waterways and expand its role as a soy canal.
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Isley Marsh, Devon: The birdlife is mostly staying still in the downpour, not least these large, striking waders that we’re lucky to have here
Rain washes across the saltmarsh, numbing my lips and fingers. The deluge is unavoidable, as it has been all year. It’s been one of the wettest winters on record and harder to get around. Glimpsing a huddle of white feathers, I try to silence my squelching, not wanting to disturb the sheltering bird. Its wings flare, as though preparing for flight, but the little egret remains in place. It considers the pool at its feet, buffered from the rain by the reeds.
Behind it, the silver River Taw winds into the estuary. Standing on the track, I catch the shimmering white breasts of lapwings at the water’s edge, fluttering like the tail of a kite before takeoff. They ripple but do not fully rise. The only real movement is from the water. Rain sheets in from the side; the river surges with the tide while the rest of us stand, crouch or falter in the murk, unable to muster the same momentum.
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A new mini power station and lithium extraction facility near Redruth are set to bolster green energy and create jobs
Just outside the perimeter fence stand the hulking remains of grand stone engine houses, a testament to Cornwall’s proud tin and copper mining history.
But inside is a shiny new mini power station and lithium extraction plant that is once again accessing rich underground resources in the far south-west of Britain.
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As fish stocks dwindle, surf tourism may offer a lifeline to traditional caballitos de totora fishers, whose vessels are thought to be among the first ever used to ride waves
Just before dawn, in a scene that has repeated itself over thousands of years on the north coast of Peru, fishers drag boats made of bound reeds to the water’s edge and, kneeling on them, use paddles shaped from split bamboo to row out into the Pacific Ocean to catch their breakfast. A few hours later, these surfer fishers return with netfuls of their catch, riding waves on the final stretch back to the shore. From the main beach in Huanchaco – a seaside town near the city of Trujillo – the fish are taken to sell at the market or to beachfront restaurants preparing meals for tourists.
The four-metre-long reed vessels – known as caballitos detotorain Spanish, or “little reed horses” – are placed upright on their ends by the promenade on El Mogote beach so that the seawater drains away and they are ready to be used the next morning.
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Changes threaten ecosystems as flowering falls out of sync with fruit-eating, seed-dispersing animals and pollinators
Tropical flowers are blooming months earlier or later than they used to because of climate breakdown, with potentially “cascading impacts across ecosystems”, according to a study of 8,000 plants dating back 200 years.
Researchers looked at flowers from a range of countries, including Brazil, Ecuador, Ghana and Thailand, home to the most biodiverse ecosystems on Earth, but also the most understudied.
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With most Scots supportive of reintroducing the wild cat, charities are focusing on those whose jobs could be affected
Could lynx, the elusive wild cat driven to extinction in Britain more than 1,000 years ago, become the new Loch Ness monster? “Whether Nessie’s there or not, she draws tourists,” said Margaret Luckwell, a resident of Moray, Scotland. “It would be the same with lynx. I’d love to see a lynx in the wild.”
Luckwell’s view is a majority one among local people gathering at village halls across the Highlands, as a painstaking consultation slowly gathers momentum for the apex predator’s return to Scottish forests.
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Falling volcanic ash has for years been viewed as a nuisance. But a Sicilian project has discovered its agricultural potential and wants to spread the word
In the Sicilian town of Giarre overlooking Mount Etna, Andrea Passanisi, a tropical and citrus fruits producer, uses an unusual fertiliser on his 100-hectare (247-acre) stretch of land: volcano ash.
Like hundreds of farmers and citizens of rural towns perched on the slopes of Europe’s highest and most active volcano, the 41-year-old’s family has had to deal with the nuisance of falling volcanic ash for generations. But it is only in recent years that the quantity of ash has become so excessive that it required an alternative approach.
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Sunrise is a majestic spectacle – but we should be grateful for the miles of vacuum between us and the star
Dawn on a still morning is a majestic spectacle, as sunlight spills silently across the landscape and the Earth gradually emerges from darkness. Sunrise has inspired countless pieces of music striving to express this soundless experience in audible form. But if we could actually hear the sun, it would be deafening.
The sun is a giant nuclear fusion reactor, converting hydrogen into helium and releasing massive amounts of energy in the form of heat – and sound. Sound is essentially vibration and needs a medium to travel through.
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Velika studija sugerira da ono što radnici u smjenama jedu, posebno koliko vlakana konzumiraju, može značajno utjecati na njihov rizik od koronarne bolesti srca, nudeći potencijalnu prehrambenu strategiju za suzbijanje kardiovaskularnog naprezanja tijekom rada noću. Inače, rizik od koronarne bolesti srca veći je među radnicima u smjenama nego među radnicima koji rade samo po danu.
U nedavno objavljenoj studiji znanstvenici su procijenjivali učinke dugotrajne zamjene vode za piće kolom zaslađenom ili bez šećera na crijevnu mikrobiotu, imunološki status i funkciju organa kod štakora.
Znanstvenici su otkrili ključno biološko objašnjenje zašto atopijski dermatitis (ekcem) tako često počinje u djetinjstvu. Naime, studija, provedena na mladim miševima, otkrila je da su neke vrste imunoloških stanica u koži u ranom životu reaktivnije od onih kod odraslih, što bi moglo pomoći u objašnjavanju zašto su djeca osjetljivija na upale i alergijske bolesti kože.
Gotovo polovica pacijenata hospitaliziranih zbog akutnog zatajenja srca u Europi ponovno je primljena u bolnicu unutar godine dana, tvrdi nova studija. Rizik od smrti također ostaje visok, posebno za one s više smanjenom funkcijom srca. Zatajenje srca je često stanje koje pogađa više od 64 milijuna ljudi diljem svijeta.
Čak i blagi slučaj COVID-19 ili gripe može utjecati na tijelo dugo nakon što vrućica i kašalj nestanu, tvrdi novo istraživanje koje bi moglo pomoći u objašnjavanju zašto se neki ljudi teško osjećaju potpuno oporavljenima tjednima ili mjesecima kasnije.
Nova studija osvjetljava ponašanje stanica kvasca u crijevima, otvarajući put novim linijama kvasca koje učinkovitije proizvode terapijske lijekove prilagođene liječenju specifičnih bolesti.
Prekomjerna tjelesna težina i pretilost roditelja prije trudnoće povezani su s povećanim rizikom od razvoja masne jetre kod sljedeće generacije, potencijalnog prekursora ciroze jetre i zatajenja jetre, sugerira novo istraživanje.
Rezultati kliničkog ispitivanja provedenog u Australiji pokazali su da dnevna porcija maslaca od kikirikija značajno povećava mišićnu snagu kod starijih osoba. U ispitivanju je sudjelovalo 120 odraslih osoba u dobi od 66 do 89 godina.
Kolorektalni rak jedan je od najčešćih vrsta raka u zapadnom svijetu i vodeći uzrok smrti povezanih s rakom. Dob, prehrana i način života poznati su čimbenici rizika. Međutim, u većini slučajeva još uvijek nije jasno što pokreće bolest. Posljednjih godina znanstvenici su sve više usmjeravali svoju pozornost na ekosustav crijeva – ogromnu zajednicu bakterija, virusa i drugih mikroorganizama koji tamo žive. Sada su danski znanstvenici otkrili prethodno neopisane viruse u uobičajenoj crijevnoj bakteriji te da se virusi češće pojavljuju kod pacijenata s kolorektalnim rakom.
Žene imaju tendenciju da imaju manje plaka koji začepljuje arterije od muškaraca, ali čini se da to ne štiti zdravlje njihovog srca, tvrdi nova studija. Naime, unatoč tome, žene su imale otprilike isti rizik od prerane smrti kao i muškarci. Također su imale jednake šanse da dožive srčani udar ili budu hospitalizirane zbog bolova u prsima.
