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July 21, 2024
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July 18, 2024 — The key to cooling 'urban heat islands' may lie in the countryside, according to a new ...
July 17, 2024 — Researchers have uncovered an under the sea phenomenon where coral-destroying crown-of-thorns starfish larvae have been feasting on blue-green algae bacteria known as 'sea ...
July 17, 2024 — When it comes to diatoms that live in the ocean, new research suggests that photosynthesis is not the only strategy for accumulating carbon. Instead, these single-celled plankton are also building biomass by feeding directly on organic carbon in ...
July 17, 2024 — As sea ice disappears and grows less reflective, the Arctic has lost around a quarter of its cooling power since 1980, and the world has lost up to 15%, according to new ...
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July 18, 2024 — The way oil drops break up at the water's surface means some oil may not get cleaned up after a ...
July 16, 2024 — Researchers used machine learning to generate highly detailed maps of over 100 million individual trees from 24 sites across the U.S. These maps ...
July 16, 2024 — A new global assessment of scientific literature finds that nature-based solutions (NbS) are an economically effective method to mitigate risks from ...
July 16, 2024 — Researchers examine the specific impacts of microplastics on the geophysics of sea foam formation in the critical zone where water meets air in the top layer of the ocean. They devised two ...
July 15, 2024 — As the planet continues to warm due to human-driven climate change, accurate computer climate models will be key in helping illuminate exactly how the climate will continue to be altered in the years ...
July 15, 2024 — Oxygen is a fundamental requirement of life, and the loss of oxygen in water, referred to as aquatic deoxygenation, is a threat to life at all ...
July 5, 2024 — While, in theory, precipitation impacts the Earth's radiation budget, the radiative effects of precipitation (REP) are poorly understood and excluded ...
July 12, 2024 — Landslides triggered by intense rainfall can sometimes be predicted along with incoming storms, but dry-season landslides often take people by surprise. The July 2023 Rolling Hills Estates landslide ...
July 9, 2024 — Researchers developed TetrapodTraits -- a global database of animals with four feet -- which can now be applied for better ecology, evolution and conservation ...
July 11, 2024 — Scientists have released a landmark report on glacial geoengineering -- an emerging field studying whether technology could halt the melting of ...
Earlier Headlines
July 11, 2024 — Child-friendly cities prioritize safe environments, healthcare, education, green spaces, and children's participation in decision-making processes. However, children are consulted only for ideas ...
July 10, 2024 — Findings has critical implications for predicting extreme weather events such as hurricanes and heavy ...
July 10, 2024 — New evidence of changes to the Gulf Stream during the last ice age could indicate additional sensitivity to future climatic changes, finds a new ...
July 9, 2024 — A new study reveals that the rare Desertas Petrels (Pterodroma deserta), a wide-ranging seabird in the North Atlantic, exhibit unique foraging behaviors during hurricane season. Contrary to other ...
July 8, 2024 — Scientists may have to rethink the relationship between the ocean's circulation and its long-term capacity to store carbon, new research suggests. As the ocean gets weaker, it could release more ...
July 4, 2024 — In recent years global warming has left its mark on the Antarctic ice sheets. The 'eternal' ice in Antarctica is melting faster than previously assumed, particularly in West Antarctica more ...
July 3, 2024 — Climate change is likely to drive tree species towards colder and wetter ...
July 3, 2024 — Researchers have found that the early onset of El Nino around June leads to warm winter climates in Japan, while the late onset of El Nino is associated with colder winters. By analyzing 100-ensemble ...
July 2, 2024 — Melting of glaciers in a major Alaskan icefield has accelerated and could reach an irreversible tipping point earlier than previously thought. The research found that glacier loss on Juneau Icefield, ...
July 1, 2024 — A new study of coral reefs in Papua New Guinea shows ocean acidification simplifies coral structure, making crucial habitat less appealing to certain fish ...
July 1, 2024 — Increased atmospheric moisture may alter critical weather patterns over Africa, making it more difficult for the predecessors of many Atlantic hurricanes to form, according to a new ...
July 1, 2024 — A new study challenges the common theory that the devastating potato blight pathogen Phytophthora infestans originated in Mexico. Researchers meticulously reconstructed its global migration history ...
July 1, 2024 — GPS tracking collars have revealed how newly reintroduced eastern quolls are settling in at Mulligans Flat Woodland Sanctuary in Canberra, with quolls who were born at the sanctuary accepting their ...
June 28, 2024 — Hydrothermal vents can be found around the world at the junctions of drifting tectonic plates. But there are many hydrothermal fields still to be discovered. During a 2022 expedition of the MARIA S. ...
June 28, 2024 — A new study explores waste management systems and reveals that achieving zero waste leakage by 2030 is unlikely, potentially jeopardizing related Sustainable Development Goals. The authors emphasize ...
June 28, 2024 — Atmospheric scientists predict that unchecked carbon emissions will force tropical rains to shift northward in the coming decades, which would profoundly impact agriculture and economies near the ...
June 27, 2024 — Researchers predict that climate change will drive a substantial redistribution of brown seaweeds and seagrasses at the global scale. The projected changes are alarming due to the fundamental role ...
June 27, 2024 — Slush -- water-soaked snow -- makes up more than half of all meltwater on the Antarctic ice shelves during the height of summer, yet is poorly accounted for in regional climate models. The findings ...
June 27, 2024 — Across the Midwest during the warmer months, studying the sky for signs of storms and tornadoes becomes one of the most popular pastimes. Working at the intersection of climate science and ...
June 26, 2024 — Researchers have directly measured cold, deep water upwelling via turbulent mixing along the slope of a submarine canyon in the Atlantic ...
Thursday, July 11, 2024
Wednesday, July 10, 2024
- New Study Provides Enhanced Understanding of Tropical Atmospheric Waves
- The Gulf Stream Is Wind-Powered and Could Weaken from Climate Change
Tuesday, July 9, 2024
Monday, July 8, 2024
Thursday, July 4, 2024
Wednesday, July 3, 2024
- Climate Change Drives Tree Species Towards Colder, Wetter Regions
- Early-Onset El Niño Means Warmer Winters in East Asia, and Vice Versa
Tuesday, July 2, 2024
Monday, July 1, 2024
- Ocean Acidification Turns Fish Off Coral Reefs
- Dampening the 'seeds' Of Hurricanes
- Unraveling the Origin and Global Spread of the Potato Blight Pathogen
- Everybody Needs Good Neighbors: Resident Quolls Help Newcomers Settle in at Mulligans Flat
Friday, June 28, 2024
- Investigating Newly Discovered Hydrothermal Vents at Depths of 3,000 Meters Off Svalbard
- Drowning in Waste: Pollution Hotspots in Aquatic Environments
- Climate Change to Shift Tropical Rains Northward
Thursday, June 27, 2024
- Projected Loss of Brown Macroalgae and Seagrasses With Global Environmental Change
- Antarctic Ice Shelves Hold Twice as Much Meltwater as Previously Thought
- New Twists on Tornadoes: Earth Scientist Studies Why U.S. Has So Many Tornadoes
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
- Researchers Address Ocean Paradox With 55 Gallons of Fluorescent Dye
- El Niño Forecasts Extended to 18 Months With Innovative Physics-Based Model
- Underwater Mountains Have a Big Impact on Ocean Circulation
Monday, June 24, 2024
Friday, June 21, 2024
Wednesday, June 19, 2024
Monday, June 17, 2024
- Climate Change: Rising Temperatures May Impact Groundwater Quality
- An Earthquake Changed the Course of the Ganges: Could It Happen Again?
- Satellites to Monitor Marine Debris from Space
Friday, June 14, 2024
Thursday, June 13, 2024
- A Conservation Market Could Incentivize Global Ocean Protection
- Ancient Ocean Slowdown Warns of Future Climate Chaos
- New Way to Spot Beetle-Killed Spruce Can Help Forest, Wildfire Managers
Wednesday, June 12, 2024
- Pacific Coast Gray Whales Have Gotten 13% Shorter in the Past 20-30 Years, Oregon State Study Finds
- Cocaine Trafficking Threatens Critical Bird Habitats
- Humans Are the Elephant in the Room Where Conservation Is Debated
- Just Thinking About a Location Activates Mental Maps in the Brain
- A Mountainous Mystery Uncovered in Australia's Pink Sands
Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Monday, June 10, 2024
- Researchers Use 3D Visualization to Predict, Prevent Hurricane Damage
- Study Estimates That Between 1980 and 2020, 135 Million Premature Deaths Could Be Linked to Fine Particulate Matter Pollution
- Upstream and Downstream: River Study Highlights Cross-Country Inequities
Friday, June 7, 2024
- Cascadia Subduction Zone, One of Earth's Top Hazards, Comes Into Sharper Focus
- Earth and Space Share the Same Turbulence
Thursday, June 6, 2024
- Diagnosing Damaged Infrastructure from Space
- Scientists Question Effectiveness of Nature-Based CO2 Removal Using the Ocean
Wednesday, June 5, 2024
- Fighting Fires from Space in Record Time: How AI Could Prevent Devastating Wildfires
- Early Summer Fishing Can Have an Evolutionary Impact, Resulting in Smaller Salmon
- Best of Both Worlds: Innovative Positioning System Enhances Versatility and Accuracy of Drone-Viewpoint Mixed Reality Applications
Tuesday, June 4, 2024
- A Novel Approach to Tracking Conservation Reveals More Areas May Be Conserved Than Currently Accounted for
- Giant Viruses Found on Greenland Ice Sheet
- Exploring Three Frontiers in Marine Biomass and Blue Carbon Capture
- Rocky Shores of Pacific Northwest Show Low Resilience to Changes in Climate
- Small, but Smart: How Symbiotic Bacteria Adapt to Big Environmental Changes
- Some Countries Could Meet Their Total Electricity Needs from Floating Solar Panels
Monday, June 3, 2024
- Centering Relationships Between People and Place: A Critical Step Towards Improving Science's Contributions to Society
- Microscopic Defects in Ice Shape How Massive Glaciers Flow, Study Shows
- Mapping the Seafloor Sediment Superhighway
- Shape and Depth of Ocean Floor Profoundly Influence How Carbon Is Stored There
- Wire Snare Removal in Protected Areas Is Labor-Intensive but Effective -- And Essential to Solving the Southeast Asian Snaring Crisis
- Urgent Need for Action Now for Increasing Threat from Invasive Alien Species
- Arctic Melting Heavily Influenced by Little-Studied Meteorological Phenomena
- Thawing Permafrost: Not a Climate Tipping Element, but Nevertheless Far-Reaching Impacts
- Fungus Breaks Down Ocean Plastic
- Greenhouses Cover More and More of Earth's Surface
Friday, May 31, 2024
Thursday, May 30, 2024
- People Are Altering Decomposition Rates in Waterways
- Historic Iceberg Surges Offer Insights on Modern Climate Change
- Local Bright Spot Among Melting Glaciers: 2000 Km of Antarctic Ice-Covered Coastline Has Been Stable for 85 Years
- Indian Ocean Surface Temperature Could Help Anticipate Dengue Outbreaks
Wednesday, May 29, 2024
- A Drying Salton Sea Pollutes Neighboring Communities
- Abandoned Farmlands Could Play a Role in Fighting Climate Change: A New Study Shows Exactly Where They Are
- Fatal Attraction: When Endangered Species Try to Mate With Domestic Relatives, Both Wildlife and People Lose
- Health Risk from Global Warming Predictor of City Climate Action During COVID-19, Study Finds
Tuesday, May 28, 2024
- Improved Refrigeration Could Save Nearly Half of the 1.3 Billion Tons of Food Wasted Each Year Globally
- Simple Food Swaps Could Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Household Groceries by a Quarter
- Global Activity of Seafloor Biodiversity Mapped
Monday, May 27, 2024
Thursday, May 23, 2024
- The Global Clean Water Crisis Looms Large
- Effectiveness of GBGI Infrastructure in Mitigating Urban Heat, Proposing Nine-Stage Framework for Development of a Sustainable City
- Sexual Parasitism Helped Anglerfish Invade the Deep Sea During a Time of Global Warming
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
- Future Climate Impacts Put Whale Diet at Risk
- Beach Erosion Will Make Southern California Coastal Living Five Times More Expensive by 2050, Study Predicts
- Australian Study Proves 'humans Are Planet's Most Frightening Predator'
- Extreme Temperatures May Increase Risk of Stroke Mortality, Especially in Low-Income Countries
- New Insights Into the Degradation Dynamics of Organic Material in the Seafloor
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
- Conservation of Nature's Strongholds Needed to Halt Biodiversity Loss
- Alaska's Rusting Waters: Pristine Rivers and Streams Turning Orange
- Green Infrastructure Plans Need to Consider Historical Racial Inequalities
- Warming Climate Intensifies Flash Droughts Worldwide
- A Rise in Sea Urchins and Related Damage to Kelp Forests Impacts Oregon's Gray Whales and Their Food
- New Research Reveals That Prehistoric Seafloor Pockmarks Off the California Coast Are Maintained by Powerful Sediment Flows
Monday, May 20, 2024
- 'Vigorous Melting' At Antarctica's Thwaites 'Doomsday' Glacier
- The Impacts of Climate Change on Food Production
- Decarbonization Dynamics: New Analysis Unveils Shifting Trends in the Voluntary Carbon Offset Market
- U.S. Drought-Monitoring System Outpaced by Climate Changes
- Subduction Zone Splay Faults Compound Hazards of Great Earthquakes
- Record Low Antarctic Sea Ice 'extremely Unlikely' Without Climate Change
- Evolutionary History of Extinct Duck Revealed