Researchers have long believed that frozen environments slow chemical reactions, but new research challenges this belief. In a study published last month in the journal PNAS, researchers have demonstrated that ice can dissolve iron minerals better than liquid water, with implications for the many Arctic rivers mysteriously turning orange as the planet warms. Specifically, Jean-François […]
The River Thames Has Been a Dumping Ground for Bodies for at Least 6,000 Years, Study Reveals
The average Londoner might be shocked to hear that, over the past two hundred years, hundreds of human bones have been discovered in the River Thames. As new research shows, a sizable portion of these remains date back to prehistoric times. Researchers in the U.K. have studied the remains of 61 individuals recovered from the […]