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Why is the sea salty? The chemistry of water that made earth habitable
Dorrik Stow’s Oceans: A Very Short Introduction offers a starting point for a scientific journey through the oceans — from the chemistry of seawater and the origins of salinity to the oceans’ crucial role in regulating the global climate
Greece’s €4.77 billion climate plan gets green light from European Commission
Approved funding covers household renovations, heat pumps, social housing, student halls, electric buses, Metro trains, disability access and vehicle leasing, with Greece able to request its first payment from the Commission once milestones are achieved
What is the sea smoke phenomenon that “erased” beaches & islands? Eerie images from the Cyclades (videos-photos)
Despite its name, it is not actual smoke but a type of fog - How the phenomenon occurs
Europe is warming faster than other continents, with a worrying trend in Greece
Heatwaves and drought are intensifying wildfires - What climate expert Konstantinos Kartalis says about the changing climate
Megafires, Europe’s new nightmare: The phenomenon of pyrocumulus clouds and the consequences
Greece has experienced two of the three worst megafires that occurred in the Mediterranean (Evros, 2023 and Evia, 2021) – The causes of the violent change in the profile of fires and the pessimism of scientists
The “devil’s worm” that lives 1.3 kilometers beneath the Earth and changes what we knew about life: “Humans do not rule the world”
The Halicephalobus mephisto that was found at a depth of 1.3 kilometers inside a gold mine in South Africa overturns what we knew about the limits of life
