New Scientist - Earth

1. Epic images show old mines transformed into a library, lab and museum
   Amazing images of an open-air library, underground lab and design museum show the reincarnation of dead mines, captured in a new book, 102 Things to Do With a Hole in the Ground
2. Shock discovery reveals deep sea nodules are a source of oxygen
   Sea-floor nodules raise oxygen levels in the deep ocean, suggesting they may have a valuable role in ecosystems and adding to concerns about the impact of deep-sea mining
3. What would Earth look like in 25 years? I asked the experts
   Exhausted by today's political and environmental instability, Annalee Newitz investigated what a future Earth might look like. Get ready for green mining, soft cities and robo-taxis
4. Record amount of water from 2022 Tonga eruption is still in atmosphere
   Millions of tonnes of water vapour have been lingering in the atmosphere since the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano erupted in 2022– possibly contributing to global warming
5. Watch Philippines typhoon disaster film winner of Earth Photo 24 award
   A documentary film about three young survivors of super-typhoon Odette, a tropical cyclone that hit the Philippines in 2021, wins the New Scientist Editors Award at Earth Photo 2024
6. Photos of a rusting Alaskan river win New Scientist Editors Award
   Taylor Roades's images of a river in north-west Alaska that has turned orange because of global warming have won the New Scientist Editors Award at the Earth Photo competition
7. Is North America set for another bad wildfire smoke season?
   Smoke from wildfires burning in Canada and Mexico is already worsening air quality in the US, but some signs suggest clearer skies than last year
8. Hot Atlantic sets the stage for extreme hurricane season
   This year could bring up to 25 named tropical storms in the Atlantic Ocean due to a shift to La Niña conditions, says the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
9. Snow and rising sea levels may have triggered Japan's earthquake swarm
   In an ongoing swarm of earthquakes that began hitting Japan in 2020, the shifting weight of surface water may have spurred the shaking
10. Why criticisms of the proposed Anthropocene epoch miss the point
    A proposal to define the Anthropocene as a geological epoch was rejected this March, but humanity's impact on Earth is real, whether formalised or not, says Jan Zalasiewicz