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April 15, 2026

73% Wildlife Decline Since 1970 — Science Says Single-Threat Conservation Cannot Stop What’s Coming

Three out of every four monitored wildlife populations tracked since 1970 have shrunk. When habitat loss, overexploitation, and climate change hit the same population simultaneously, does protection targeting only one of those

Ice-covered rocky island surrounded by ocean waves in the Weddell Sea, identified during the 2026 AWI Polarstern Antarctic expedition.

Discovery·Ocean

Weddell Sea’s Unnamed 130-Metre Island Was Hiding ~1.85 Km Off Its Charted Position in Antarctica

Uncharted Island Found in Antarctica’s Weddell Sea | KarmActive Antarctica · Discovery · 2026 A “Dirty Iceberg” That Turned Out to Be an Island During a storm detour in the Weddell Sea, a research crew spotted something that the charts

April 10, 2026

Global Wildlife Down 73%: “Tackling Threats One at a Time Will Not Be Enough,” Warns Major 70-Year Study

Environment·Science·Wildlife

When Six Threats Hit at Once: Global Wildlife Is Disappearing Faster | KarmActive Biodiversity When Six Threats Hit at Once: Global Wildlife Is Disappearing

NOAA G1 Storm Watch March 6: Northern Lights Could Hit 18 U.S. States as Equinox Doubles Aurora Odds

Astronomy·Space·USA·Weather

Northern Lights March 2026 | NOAA G1 Geomagnetic Storm Watch Space Weather · March 6, 2026 Northern Lights Could Light Up the U.S. Tonight

3D molecular stick model of melatonin illustrating its chemical structure and relevance to new research linking prolonged use with higher heart failure risk.

Health·Science

Melatonin linked to 90% higher heart failure risk in year-long users, 130,000-patient study finds

Long-Term Melatonin Use and Heart Health: What the Research Shows American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2025 Long-Term Melatonin Use Linked to Higher Heart Risks New preliminary research from over 130,000 adults reveals

Tejal Somvanshi

November 5, 2025

Mist among tall Congo Basin rainforest trees photographed by Scott Thompson for the World Resources Institute, illustrating a major tropical carbon sink amid concerns about declining natural CO₂ sequestration

Climate·News·Science

Natural Carbon Storage Has Fallen Since 2008 As Climate Change ‘Will Accelerate’, Strathclyde Warns—And The Annual Cut Isn’t Small

Nature’s Carbon Storage Is Declining Mist drifting through Congo Basin trees, a landscape long treated as a vast carbon store; yet recent analyses suggest nature’s carbon uptake has already peaked. (Photo: Scott

Rahul Somvanshi

November 5, 2025

Hubble Space Telescope image of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS showing a bright blue-white nucleus surrounded by a diffuse teardrop-shaped coma against a dark background with streaked stars appearing as short blue lines due to the telescope tracking the fast-moving comet.

Astronomy·Science·Space

3I/ATLAS: JWST Shows CO₂/H₂O 7.6:1 And Rapid r⁻7.5 Brightening Near Perihelion

Interstellar Visitor 3I/ATLAS (C/2025 N1): Facts, Path & How To See It Confirmed interstellar comet discovered by the ATLAS survey in Chile on July 1, 2025; perihelion on Oct 29, 2025 (~1.36–1.4

Karmactive Team

November 3, 2025

Water droplets on a green fabric surface.

News·Pollution·Science·Water

Cornell nanofiber removes nearly 90% triclosan from water; “very thin fiber” under 1 micron confirmed in lab

Water & Materials Corn-Based Nanofiber Membrane Removes Triclosan & Other Micropollutants Electrospun cyclodextrin fibers were reported to remove ~90% triclosan in lab tests, with ~75% in the first 15 minutes at 11 mg/L

Karmactive Team

October 27, 2025

Stacey Bent and Sanzeeda Baig Shuchi standing beside an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy setup in a Stanford lab.

Materials·News·Science

Stanford Freezes Batteries To −200°C: Cryo-XPS Finds Real SEI Chemistry, LiF Overstated In Warm Tests

Battery Tech New Freezing Method Reveals True Chemistry of Lithium Metal Batteries Cryo‑XPS flash‑freezes cells before X‑ray photoelectron spectroscopy, preserving the lithium anode interface for a more faithful read‑out of surface chemistry.

Sunita Somvanshi

October 27, 2025

High‑speed strike study graphic from Journal of Experimental Biology showing snake strike kinematics and timing metrics

Nature·News·Science·Wildlife

Vipers Hit Target In 21.7ms: High‑Speed Study Times 36 Venomous Species

Science High‑Speed Cameras Reveal How Venomous Snakes Bite Fast strikes, different tactics: vipers top the speed chart, with an Australian death adder close behind. 📅 Oct 25, 2025 ⏱️ 5 min read

Govind Tekale

October 26, 2025

Dusky shark (Carcharhinus obscurus) at Sea World, Gold Coast, Australia, lateral view.

Marine Life·Nature·News·Ocean·Science·World

Dusky Sharks Kill Snorkeler In Israel’s First Recorded Fatality—Study Cites “Begging” Behavior And GoPro Lure

Feature image: Dusky shark (Carcharhinus obscurus), CC BY 2.0 Marine Safety · Field Note Dusky Sharks in Hadera: Rare Fatal Attack & Verified Context A snorkeler was fatally bitten off Hadera, Israel,

Karmactive Staff

October 24, 2025

Sodium-ion battery graphic showing NVOH cathode performance and desalination test in saltwater.

Energy·Science·Technology·UK

Water-In Cathode Lifts Sodium-Ion Capacity Past 250 mAh/g—“Completely Unexpected,” Says Surrey

Keeping Water In: The Simple Trick Boosting Sodium‑Ion Battery Performance Scientists at the University of Surrey reported that retaining water within sodium vanadium oxide – forming nanostructured sodium vanadate hydrate (NVOH) –

Karmactive Team

October 23, 2025

Illustration of Earth with the Moon and a satellite against a dark space background

News·Science·Space

Earth quasi-moon 2025 PN7 confirmed: tiny rock may linger ~60 years, with kilometer range and size band inside

Quasi‑moon 2025 PN7 — Simple Explainer 2025 PN7 is a small near‑Earth asteroid moving in step with Earth around the Sun (1:1 resonance). It was spotted by Pan‑STARRS in August 2025. Archival

Rahul Somvanshi

October 22, 2025

Artistic reconstruction of Yunxian man showing facial features of early human ancestor from the longi clade, with pronounced brow ridge and robust facial structure.

Archaeology·Discovery·Science

Million-Year-Old Chinese Skull Pushes Human Origins Back 400,000 Years, Challenging Evolution Timeline

Million‑Year‑Old Skull Pushes Human Origins Back 400,000 Years The Yunxian 2 cranium from central China is placed in the longi (Denisovan‑linked) group; divergence among major human lineages is placed beyond one million

Govind Tekale

October 20, 2025

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