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Bioconscience: looking at life without losing precisionMaxime Blondeau’s illustrated book brings science and philosophy together. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault offers a concrete example of the distinctions that need to be preserved.
How shells preserve traces of the marine climateGrowth lines, isotopes and chemical analyses: researchers use shells as ocean archives, while taking care not to confuse local signals with the global climate.
The solid Earth is becoming slightly less flattened: what satellites measureA study published on 9 September 2026 reveals that uplift in the polar regions accelerated between 1997 and 2015. This tiny change in the shape of the solid globe sheds light on the effects of ice and water redistribution.
Barnes Ice Cap: why researchers speak of an interrupted glaciationPlants preserved beneath the ice trace an ancient advance, followed by a retreat. The finding sheds light on a slow process, without heralding an imminent deep freeze.
Photo Ark: why the 18,000-species milestone is more than a collection of imagesJoel Sartore’s project reached this milestone in August 2026 with a red handfish. His approach gives a place to smaller species that are often less visible.
Ozone: two years, two findingsA favourable assessment for 2025, a large area in September 2026: reports on Antarctica do not contradict each other. They measure different periods.