Monthly Archive: May 2019
Insects are ‘the glue in nature’, says Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson, underpinning the food and water we rely on. By Damian Carrington Guardian Environment editor @dpcarrington – A Notch-horned Cleg, a type of horsefly. ‘While we humans have doubled our population in the past 40 …
By Rich Haridy – Another Nominated Entry prize winner, several skiers walk the summit of Mont Blanc before skiing down the north face. (Credit: Mathias Dumas / Skypixel). Skypixel’s 2018 Aerial Storytelling Contest winners have just been revealed offering an incredible array of …
By Loz Blain – A quarter of the world’s species are under threat of extinction. This tarsier appears to think he could be one of them. (Credit: igorot/Depositphotos). Earth stands to lose a massive 25 percent of its biodiversity, warned UNESCO Director-General Audrey …
By Nick Lavars – – The range of technologies designed to take suspicious drones out of the sky is growing wider and wider. (Credit: Nesterenko_Max/Depositphotos). Just as new uses for drones continue to surface (both good and bad), so too do ways to …
By Rich Haridy – The Human Touch by James Gifford, Human/Nature Winner, Virunga National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Credit: James Gifford / BigPicture). At a time when hours of incredible documentary vision of the natural world are just a click away it’s easy …
By Michael Irving – The metal organic framework coating (luminescent green) protects lillyturf cuttings from damage by UV light. (Credit: Joseph Richardson). Plants are naturally amazing little machines – so giving them a bionic leg-up could unlock a whole new range of …
By Adam Williams – Tij was delivered by boat in roughly 400 pieces and assembled on site. (Credit: Katja Effting). Resembling an oversized egg in a nest, the Tij (or Tide) is a bird observatory in the Netherlands designed by Dutch firm RAU …
Ice cores, used to study ancient climates, also contain the history of the Roman Empire By Elisa Bonnin, Oceanography, University of Washington. Of all of the civilizations of the past two thousand years, there are few as well-known as the Roman …
If the Sahara were a country, it’d be the fifth largest in the world. By Amin Al-Habaibeh – Whenever I visit the Sahara I am struck by how sunny and hot it is, and how clear the sky can be. Aside from …
“This could actually be something that’s quite cyclical.” By Emma Betuel – A morning pee contains a surprising amount of information. A light yellow is probably a good sign, while a darker yellow may tell a tale of dehydration. For those who tend …
