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March 18, 2025
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Mar. 14, 2025 — New research quantifies the health risks of wildland-urban interface fires, showing fire emissions in populated areas are three times more likely to lead to annual premature deaths than emissions from wildfires in ...
Mar. 14, 2025 — Hydrology experts are calling for urgent investigations into the operation of bore-fields that access fresh groundwater on Pacific islands, including Kiribati, where rising sea levels are already putting local water supplies at ...
Mar. 13, 2025 — Researchers identified a strong negative North Atlantic Oscillation in 2009--2010 as the tipping point that pushed sargassum into the tropical Atlantic, confirming vertical mixing, not rivers, as the primary nutrient source fueling the massive ...
Mar. 12, 2025 — Climate change may lead to more precipitation and more intense floods. A new study shows that to understand the details of this relationship, it is important to distinguish between different types of rainfall and flood events -- namely, between ...
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Mar. 11, 2025 — A new study has introduced a powerful tool for analyzing satellite imagery of boreal forests (also known as 'Taiga' in North America), offering unprecedented insights into the health and dynamics of ...
Mar. 11, 2025 — Cloudy areas over oceans are reflecting less sunlight to space than ...
Mar. 11, 2025 — On decadal timescales, the loss of Arctic ice favors the climate of the south-west of the United States -- and California in particular -- becoming ...
Mar. 5, 2025 — Mining of polymetallic nodules from the seabed might lead to significant and long-lasting ecological changes -- both in the mined area, where surface sediments and the fauna living in and on it are ...
Mar. 10, 2025 — Scientists have discovered that whales move nutrients thousands of miles -- in their urine -- from as far as Alaska to Hawaii. These tons of nitrogen support the health of tropical ecosystems and ...
Mar. 10, 2025 — It is widely believed that Earth's atmosphere has been rich in oxygen for about 2.5 billion years due to a relatively rapid increase in microorganisms capable of performing photosynthesis. ...
Mar. 7, 2025 — An international team of scientists has synchronized key climate records from the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans to unravel the sequence of events during the last million years before the extinction of ...
Mar. 6, 2025 — A new study is predicting estuaries along the East Coast of the U.S. will experience marine heat wave conditions up to a third of the year by the end of the ...
Mar. 6, 2025 — A type of Artificial Intelligence that mimics the functioning of the human brain could represent a powerful solution in automatically detecting ...
Mar. 6, 2025 — New research has found it will be economically unsustainable by 2080 for many areas across Latin America and the Caribbean to continue growing bananas for export, because of rising temperatures ...
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Mar. 6, 2025 — Researchers have combined satellite collar data with specialized cameras to shed light on one of the most mysterious and important stages in polar bears' lives -- maternal denning, when bears ...
Mar. 5, 2025 — Some parts of Hawai'i are sinking faster than others. That discovery also highlights that as sea level rises, the infrastructure, businesses, and communities in these low-lying areas are at risk ...
Mar. 5, 2025 — The study shows caribou herds changed their migratory duration, distance or elevation over 35 years of radio tag ...
Mar. 4, 2025 — Researchers have discovered that what was previously thought to be a unique seaweed species of bladderwrack for the Baltic Sea is in fact a giant clone of common bladderwrack, perhaps the ...
Mar. 4, 2025 — A new study offers a more precise picture of exactly where and how warming will affect our ability to grow ...
Mar. 3, 2025 — New modeling method helped researchers understand why kelp forests returned more slowly in Southern California than in British ...
Mar. 3, 2025 — Melting ice sheets are slowing the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), the world's strongest ocean current, researchers have found. This melting has implications for global climate indicators, ...
Feb. 28, 2025 — Scientists have revealed that two continent-size regions in Earth's deep mantle have distinctive histories and resulting chemical composition, in contrast to the common assumption they are the ...
Feb. 26, 2025 — A team has gathered photographic data on daily mammalian activity, studying 445 total species around the world with surprising results. The project generated a massive dataset of animal images ...
Feb. 26, 2025 — A study looking at a small region in Japan has shown that the properties of fault zone rocks really matter for the generation of ...
Feb. 26, 2025 — The south-western Baltic Sea has about 3,000 kilograms of dissolved toxic chemicals released from unexploded ordnance, according to a new study. The substances were detected in almost all water ...
Feb. 25, 2025 — New research has revealed how massive ancient glaciers acted like giant bulldozers, reshaping Earth's surface and paving the way for complex life to flourish. By chemically analyzing crystals in ...
Feb. 25, 2025 — An international team of researchers has successfully captured the internal structure of the longest-runout sediment flow ever recorded on Earth. Using seismic measurements, the researchers have for ...
Feb. 25, 2025 — New research suggests that all five subregions of Africa will breach the 1.5 C climate change threshold -- the limit stipulated by the Paris Agreement -- by 2040 even under low emission ...
Feb. 24, 2025 — Remember when 2 degrees Celsius of global warming was the doomsday scenario? Well, we're now staring down the barrel of something much worse. From the fish on your plate to the weather outside ...
Feb. 24, 2025 — New research uncovers the survival strategy juvenile Chinook salmon adopt to migrate to the ocean, providing insight on how to conserve the threatened ...
Feb. 24, 2025 — The gut bacteria of giraffes are not primarily determined by what they eat, but by the species they belong to. This is shown in a new study in which researchers have analyzed the link between diet ...
Feb. 24, 2025 — It is no strange sight to see icebergs break off of the Antarctic ice cap and drift away, like the gigantic sheet of ice that is currently heading for the island of South Georgia. But climate change ...
Feb. 24, 2025 — New analysis of ancient fossilized rocks known as stromatolites, preserved in southern Zimbabwe, suggests strong links to hydrothermal nutrient recycling, 'meaning that early life may in part ...
Feb. 21, 2025 — Using underwater microphones and machine learning (ML), researchers have developed a new method to estimate North Atlantic right whale numbers -- offering a potentially safer and more cost-effective ...
Thursday, March 6, 2025
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
- Flooding Expected Sooner in Hawai'i's Sinking Coastal Areas
- Caribou Migration Patterns Are Shrinking
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
- Giant Clone of Seaweed in the Baltic Sea
- World's Critical Food Crops at Imminent Risk from Rising Temperatures
Monday, March 3, 2025
- Sea Otters Help Kelp Forests Recover -- But How Fast Depends on Where They Are
- Melting Antarctic Ice Sheets Will Slow Earth's Strongest Ocean Current
Friday, February 28, 2025
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
- When the Wild Things Are: Surprising Details of Mammalian Daily Activity
- School of Rock: Properties of Rocks in Fault Zones Contribute to Earthquake Generation
- Environmental Impact of Unexploded Ordnance in the Baltic Sea
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
- Giant Ice Bulldozers: How Ancient Glaciers Helped Life Evolve
- Longest-Runout Undersea Sediment Flows Analyzed in Unprecedented Detail
- Africa Set to Reach 1.5 C Climate Change Threshold by 2040 Even Under Low Emission Scenarios
Monday, February 24, 2025
- Arctic Study Urges Stronger Climate Action to Prevent Catastrophic Warming
- How Young Salmon Navigate a Gauntlet of Danger En Route to the Sea
- Unexpected Discoveries in Study of Giraffe Gut Flora
- Mega-Iceberg from Antarctica on Collision Course With South Georgia: Harbinger of Things to Come?
- Research Provides New Detail on the Impact of Volcanic Activity on Early Marine Life
Friday, February 21, 2025
- Underwater Mics and Machine Learning Aid Right Whale Conservation
- The Rising Tide of Sand Mining: A Growing Threat to Marine Life
Thursday, February 20, 2025
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
- Nitrogen Fixation on Marine Particles Is Important in the Global Ocean
- We Can Farm More Seafood While Minimizing Its Impact on Biodiversity
- Global Retreat of Glaciers Has Strongly Accelerated
- 'Glacial Fracking': A Hidden Source of Arctic Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Monday, February 17, 2025
Friday, February 14, 2025
- Scientists Use Distant Sensor to Monitor American Samoa Earthquake Swarm
- Research Reveals How Earth Got Its Ice Caps
Thursday, February 13, 2025
- New England's Salt Marshes Store 10 Million Cars' Worth of Carbon -- And Add Another 15,000-Worth Every Year
- Restoring Wildlife Habitats in Wealthy Nations Could Drive Extinctions in Species-Rich Regions, Experts Warn
- Foraging Seals Enable Scientists to Measure Fish Abundance Across the Vast Pacific Ocean
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
- Can Artificial Intelligence Save the Great Barrier Reef?
- Models Show Intensifying Wildfires in a Warming World Due to Changes in Vegetation and Humidity; Only a Minor Role for Lightning
- Economically, Culturally Important Marine Species Vulnerable to Changing Climate
- Arctic Cyclones Could Be Missing Link in Sea Ice Depletion Models
Tuesday, February 11, 2025
- Outokumpu's Bedrock Reveals a Smelly Surprise
- Model of Antarctica's Water Enhances Sea Level Forecasts
- Scientists Harness AI to Help Protect Whales, Advancing Ocean Conservation and Planning
- New Study Unravels the History of the Largest Pastoral Population in Africa
- Satellite Data Identifies Warning Signs Ahead of 2018 Volcanic Eruption, Tsunami
Monday, February 10, 2025
- Peatlands and Mangroves Key to Reducing Carbon Emissions in Southeast Asia
- Anomaly in the Deep Sea
- New Autonomous System to Monitor Arctic's Melting Ice
Friday, February 7, 2025
Thursday, February 6, 2025
- Multinational Research Project Shows How Life on Earth Can Be Measured from Space
- Ice Streams Move Due to Tiny Ice Quakes
- Whale Poop Contains Iron That May Have Helped Fertilize Past Oceans
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
- Clean Air Policies Having Unintended Impact Driving Up Wetland Methane Emissions by Up to 34 Million Tons
- Scientists Simulate Asteroid Collision Effects on Climate and Plants
- Shifting Landscapes Due to the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake in Japan
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
- Climate Change Is Overhauling Marine Nutrient Cycles
- Globetrotting Not in the Genes
- Half a Degree Further Rise in Global Warming Will Triple Area of Earth Too Hot for Humans
- New Study Assesses Impact of Agricultural Research Investments on Biodiversity, Land Use
Monday, February 3, 2025
- Study Examines How African Farmers Are Adapting to Mountain Climate Change
- Global Groundwater Sulfate Distribution Map Uncovers Public Health Risks for 17 Million People
- More, Bigger Crevasses Open Up in Greenland Ice Sheet, Threatening Increased Sea Level Rise
- Temperature, Rainfall and Tides Speed Glacier Flow on a Daily Basis
Friday, January 31, 2025
Thursday, January 30, 2025
- Groundwater in Arctic Is Delivering More Carbon Into the Ocean Than Was Previously Known
- Polar Bear Population Decline the Direct Result of Extended 'energy Deficit' Due to Lack of Food
- Earth Scientists Study Sikkim Flood in India to Help Others Prepare for Similar Disasters
- Sharks and Rays Benefit from Global Warming, but Not from CO2 in the Oceans
- Lead Contamination in Ancient Greece Points to Societal Change
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
- Antarctic Fast Ice Secrets
- A Window Into the Future of Amazonia
- Oceanic Plate Between Arabian and Eurasian Continental Plates Is Breaking Away
- Landmark Genetic Study: Fresh Shoots of Hope on the Tree of Life
- Research Contrasts Drought Sensitivity of Eurasian and North American Grasslands
- Pairing Old and New Technologies Could Unlock Advances in Plankton Science
- Protecting the Plains: Conserving Prairie Dogs Will Revitalize North America's Grasslands
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
- Ocean-Surface Warming Four Times Faster Now Than Late-1980s
- Mapping Antarctica's Hidden Ice-Free Lands: A Blueprint for Conservation
- Antarctic Ice Sheet Faces 'death by a Thousand Cuts'
Monday, January 27, 2025
- Unveiling Japan's Geological History Through Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide Deposits
- Unraveling the Connection Between Canadian Wildfires and Arctic Ice Clouds
- Underwater Mud Volcanos Are a Haven for Marine Organisms
- Preserving Asian Horseshoe Crab Populations Through Targeted Conservation Strategies
- Global Sea Level Very Likely to Rise Between 0.5 and 1.9 Meters by 2100 Under High-Emissions Scenario
Sunday, January 26, 2025
Friday, January 24, 2025
Thursday, January 23, 2025
Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
- Extreme Climate Pushed Thousands of Lakes in West Greenland 'across a Tipping Point,' Study Finds
- New Evidence Suggests Megaflood Refilled the Mediterranean Sea Five Million Years Ago
Thursday, January 16, 2025
- The Megadroughts Are Upon Us
- Thawing Permafrost Threatens Up to Three Million People in Arctic Regions
- Speleothem and Ice Cores: Natural Climate Archives Offer New Insights Into the Climate History of Central Europe
- How Satellite Imagery Can Help Monitor Dangerous Lakes Formed by Glacier Surges Near High-Mountain Communities
- Pioneering Research Exposes Huge Loss of Glaciers in One of the Fastest-Warming Places on Earth
- Mussel Bed Surveyed Before World War II Still Thriving
- Early Humans Adapted to Harsh Conditions More Than a Million Years Ago
- Dung Data: Manure Can Help to Improve Global Maps of Herbivore Distribution
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
- Nord Stream Methane Spread Across the Southern Baltic Sea
- Critical Ocean Current Has Not Declined in the Last 60 Years
- Small-Scale Fisheries Essential to Global Nutrition, Livelihoods