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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 37, September 2026.
Observations from the Little Bunker
A systematic observation of climate change, extreme weather events, and their cascading effects on society
Latest Environmental Observations
Researchers file First Amendment challenge to NIH grant screening
Lawsuit argues that Trump policy of purging politically sensitive terms from research projects violates free speech
Summer Goes Out With a Heat Dome
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2025 was among driest years on record for world's rivers, study finds
Analysis of global resources reveals depletion in world’s water savings bank to 42% below normal levels last yearRivers across the world experienced one of their...
Human neurons flourish in mouse brains, offering a new view of neurodevelopmental disorders
Method of replacing much of the mouse cortex with human ‘organoids’ enables studies of brain diseases in a living nervous system
A review of the relationship between environmental change and internal-human mobility
Climate change is significantly influencing worldwide habitability and liveability, with profound implications for human mobility. Most people move within national borders, yet the effects of...
Climate crisis likely behind devastating Nepal-Tibet floods that killed more than 1,300, first study finds
Scientists say global heating was a destabilising factor in collapse of 200,000 sq metre glacier in AugustClimate breakdown probably weakened the glacier that collapsed causing...
Nepal flood destruction shows 'limits to adaptation', scientists say
There is very little authorities in Nepal could have done to prevent the deaths and devastation caused by the flash flood on its border with...
Climate Change Primed Nepal Glacier for Deadly Collapse
A new attribution study shows how warming rocks, thawing permafrost and melting ice formations created a catastrophic chain of impacts.By Bob BerwynClimate attribution researchers say...
Analysis: India's power-sector emissions flat for two years due to clean-energy surge
Print article Share Article Contents Expand menu Close Flatlining fossils Clean-energy growth matches power demand Which states led the clean-power shift? Fall in oil and...
A New Bill Could Help Obstruct Future Energy Efficiency Standards for Home Appliances—and Repeal Old Ones
Legislation the Senate is considering would make it ‘essentially impossible’ to set new standards, said one advocate.By Lauren DalbanThe Senate Committee on Energy and Natural...
Court Rules in Favor of Feds and Denver Water on Dam Expansion
The decision allows Colorado’s largest water utility to triple a reservoir’s storage, despite concerns about diverting more water from the dwindling Colorado River.By Jake Bolster,...
Myosin II–independent contraction of actin filaments in membrane nanotubes
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 37, September 2026. SignificanceForce generation by actin filaments is a fundamental property of Eukaryotic cells....
New labour and agricultural damages improve climate cost estimates
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 16 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02749-zHeat stress reduces labour productivity, but economy-wide assessments are mostly missing. Using high-resolution projections and global economic...
The genomic origins and evolutionary path to a key innovation in the world's most venomous snakes
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 37, September 2026. SignificanceThis study investigates how an entirely new blood-clotting venom type evolved during...
Peptides adopt stable omega-loop structures in concentrated sulfuric acid
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 37, September 2026. SignificanceConcentrated sulfuric acid is widely regarded as destructive to Earth-like biochemistry. Recent...
Evidence for endemism and local adaptation in Antarctic soil bacteria
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 37, September 2026. SignificanceAntarctic soils are among the most extreme environments on Earth, yet they...
A three-decade-long analysis shows rising threatened species and responsibility gaps in global supply chains
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 37, September 2026. SignificanceBiodiversity threats driven by global supply chains are escalating across space and...
The 'synthetic validity' problem in AI-generated science
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 37, September 2026.
Temporally structured motor and auditory representations in covert syllable production
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 37, September 2026. SignificanceSpeaking silently in one’s mind is a pervasive feature of human cognition,...
Texas Oil and Gas Regulator Doubles Down and Defies State Legislature
After backlash to a new public comment policy, Commissioner Wayne Christian refused to attend a legislative hearing and cursed at a member of the public.By...
Curiosity Postcard Celebrates Rover's 5,000th Day on Mars
2 Min Read Curiosity Postcard Celebrates Rover’s 5,000th Day on Mars PIA26700 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech Photojournal NavigationSciencePhotojournalCuriosity Postcard Celebrates…Photojournal HomePhotojournal SearchLatest ContentGalleriesFeedbackRSSAbout Downloads Curiosity Postcard Celebrates...
To sleep and dream: Unraveling narcolepsy
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 37, September 2026. In an extraordinary convergence, Emmanuel Mignot and Masashi Yanagisawa employed two entirely...
End-functionalized ions promote stability of highly frustrated phases in diblock copolymers
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 37, September 2026. SignificanceBlock copolymers spontaneously assemble into ordered nanostructures with tunable geometry, but topologically...
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