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In ‘Warming Up,’ the sports world’s newest opponent is climate change

In ‘Warming Up,’ the sports world’s newest opponent is climate change

One heartening example is Innes FitzGerald, a teenage cross-country runner who refused to fly from Britain to Australia for the 2023 World Athletics Championships out of concern for air travel’s carbon emissions (SN: 5/14/20).


Something weird is happening to Earth’s inner core

Something weird is happening to Earth’s inner core

Similarly, the new study suggests that if a person standing on Earth’s surface could see the inner core — akin to the bus driver looking at the truck — it would seem to be turning in the opposite direction as it was a couple decades ago.


Why antibiotic resistance could make the last pandemic look minor

Why antibiotic resistance could make the last pandemic look minor

Our warming world is partly responsible for increasing rates of AMR, with shifting climate conditions around the globe helping bacteria such as Salmonella and cholera-causingVibrio to survive – and evade our current antibiotic weaponry completely.


6 species that scientists got wrong

6 species that scientists got wrong

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Warm water seeping under Antarctic ice sheets may accelerate melting

Warm water seeping under Antarctic ice sheets may accelerate melting

As the climate warms, the future of Antarctica’s vast ice sheets remains uncertain, with projections ranging widely for how rapidly they will melt and therefore how much they will contribute to sea level rise.


The shape of our universe may be complex — like a doughnut

The shape of our universe may be complex — like a doughnut

For instance, the first cellular changes that signal the start of a cancer may be only subtly different — as in small and hard to distinguish from nearby healthy tissues.