Image shows a reconstruction of the earliest ichthyosaur and the 250-million-year-old ecosystem found on Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, undated photo. A team of Swedish and Norwegian palaeontologists has discovered remains of the earliest known ichthyosaur or 'fish-lizard' on the remote Arctic island of Spitsbergen. (Esther van Hulsen/Newsflash)

Oldest Sea Reptile Found On Arctic Island Mountain

• Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
• Post published:March 20, 2023

Ancient remains of a terrifying 250-million-year-old sea reptile have been found halfway up a mountain in Norway. The ichthyosaur fossil shows that the feared ocean predator apparently existed long before…

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Image shows ant species Tetramorium alpestre that live in high alpine areas, undated photo. Researchers from the University of Innsbruck, in Tyrol, Austria, found out that climate crisis makes the ants more aggressive. (Petra Thurner, Forschungsgruppe Molekulare Oekologie/Newsflash)

Climate Heat Crisis Makes Ants More Aggressive, Says Study

• Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
• Post published:February 2, 2023

Austrian boffins claimed in a recent study that ongoing climate change make ants act more aggressively. The study - published by a research team from the University of Innsbruck in…

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Image shows activist Raul Semmler, undated photo. The police had to cut out a whole piece of asphalt to free him in the city of Mainz, Germany. (CEN)

Police Free Glued Climate Activist By Cutting Him Out Of Road

• Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
• Post published:December 21, 2022

A climate activist who glued his hand to the road has been mocked on social media after police set his hand free by simply hacking it out of the tarmac.…

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Image shows Rafael's Sistine Madonna, undated photo. Two Last Generation activists glued themselves to the painting's frame in the Dresden Zwinger museum in Germany on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022. (Newsflash)

German Police Raid Climate Activists’ Homes Over Damaged Property At Art Gallery

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:December 3, 2022

German police have raided the homes of climate activists suspected of having damaged property at an art gallery. The raids, which took part today (24th November), as part of a…

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Image shows the University of Vienna, Austria, undated photo. Researchers discovered that celestial bodies of the solar system changed the Earth's climate about 200 million years ago. (Universitat Wien, Gebhard Sengmuller/Newsflash)

New Study Says Other Planets In Solar System Can Affect Earth’s Climate

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:November 13, 2022

The other planets in our solar system have the ability to influence climate change on earth according to a new study conducted by Austrian, British and American scientists. The research…

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The Marjelenalp glacier in Switzerland, pictured in 2021. Scientists reconstructed the retreat of glaciers using historical photo material and came to the conclusion that the volume of the glaciers halved between 1931 and 2016, in Switzerland. (VAW, ETH Zurich/Newsflash)

Swiss Glaciers Lose Half Their Volume In 85 Years, Study Shows

• Post author:Thomas Hochwarter
• Post published:September 1, 2022

Switzerland’s glaciers have decreased by around 50 per cent within 85 years - and are now melting at an even faster rate. Experts studied tens of thousands of period photographs…

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Image shows the HALO research aircraft launched into an almost empty airspace during the COVID-19 lockdown in May 2020. The aircraft investigated the influence of limited mobility on air quality during the Bluesky research campaign in Germany.(DLR/Newsflash)

COVID-19 Lockdown Almost Halved Soot Levels In Atmosphere

• Post author:Michael Leidig
• Post published:August 28, 2022

Lockdowns in the early summer of 2020 ensured the amount of soot in the atmosphere was almost halved, with benefits to the climate and health. The reductions in soot concentrations…

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Sirex noctilio, also known as the Sirex woodwasp. (Flora Krivak-Tetley/Newsflash)

Alien Invader Wasp Threatens North America’s Forests With Females Capable Of Producing 1,000 Offspring

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:July 11, 2022

A superwasp able to produce 1,000 offspring is threatening vast forests in North America's, a new study has revealed. The Sirex woodwasp lays its eggs on pine trees in a…

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According to the AWI Institute in the German city of Bremerhaven microplastics can reach the Arctic, the Antarctic or the deep sea through ocean currents or rivers. (Melanie Bergmann/Newsflash)

Urgent Call To Monitor Microplastics In Air That Can Spread Round World In Days

• Post author:Thomas Hochwarter
• Post published:May 20, 2022

Microplastics may significantly intensify global warming, according to a new study. Scientists from different German research institutions - including the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research in Kiel - have…

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The tooth that was discovered belonged to a newly classified shark species Cladodus gailensis from the Carboniferous Period in Austria over 325 million years ago.

Austrias Oldest Shark Teeth Shed Light On Climate Crisis 325M Years Ago

• Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
• Post published:August 13, 2021

The teeth of a previously undiscovered shark species considered to be the oldest to have existed in Austria has shed light on a global climate crisis that occurred about 325…

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