Scientists are racing to understand how fires behave as hotter summers turn green landscapes into tinderboxesFrom the scorched heathlands of the New Forest to the...
The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical conceptsThis week’s...
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Bears are increasingly entering places where humans live in the US, forcing wildlife workers to make tough decisionsDan Thompson, supervisor of the large carnivore section...
Scientists studying ancient Australian rocks uncovered more than 12,000 fossils from some of the oldest known eukaryotes on Earth. These early complex cells lived in...
Under the banner of ‘Dig, Baby, Dig,’ the Trump administration is supercharging an already powerful mining industry. What will happen to vulnerable plants and animals?By...
Scientists have found that a famous 2-billion-year-old chemical signature, once thought to record a massive global change in Earth’s carbon cycle, may instead have been...
Jeff Hough did not pull any punches. What his fellow Republican county commissioners were about to do, he said to the packed courthouse, would violate...
Abstract Magnetofossils, produced by magnetotactic bacteria, are widespread in marine sediments and are thought to be linked to oxygen concentrations. Until recently, their applications as...
Abstract The El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is the dominant mode of interannual variability in the Earth system, exerting profound influences on global weather and climate....
Abstract The altitude effect of stable isotopes in river water is key to paleoelevation reconstruction, yet remains poorly quantified at regional scales due to monitoring...
Abstract (Al, H)‐bearing CaCl2‐type SiO2 serves as a key water carrier in Earth’s deep‐water cycle. Evolution of hydrogen‐bond symmetrization in this phase was measured up...
Abstract Intensification of calving in a warmer future climate would result in production of more Antarctic icebergs, and iceberg freshwater flux would play a more...
Abstract Cloud‐fog formation substantially reduces near‐surface solar radiation and modulates land‐atmosphere interactions, but quantifying such reduction is limited by sparse mountain observations. Using a 1‐km...
Abstract Processes at the ice–ocean interface play a central role in regulating the stability of marine‐terminating glaciers and ice sheets and drive ocean freshening and...
Abstract This study investigates the roles of neutral winds, composition and atmospheric waves in storm‐time post‐midnight equatorial plasma bubble (EPB) development using the coupled SAMI3‐WACCMX...
Abstract Extreme heat in New Zealand is projected to intensify faster than mean warming, but the mechanisms remain unclear. Using dynamically downscaled CMIP6 projections, we...
The partners behind a project in suburban Denver think they’ve found a way to accelerate the adoption of residential geothermal heating and cooling.By Phil McKennaKEN...
A sprawling reservoir at the heart of the $27 billion effort to restore Florida’s Everglades is unprecedented in size, but a new report suggests much...
The sewage sludge some farmers have applied to their fields for decades is contaminated with PFAS—with serious consequences for drinking water.By Ben SealWhen Nicole Williams...