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Road expansion risk predicts future hotspots of tropical deforestation
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 52, December 2025. SignificanceThis study identifies consistent biophysical and socioeconomic predictors of road building across...
Intensified tropical cyclone activity in East Asia during the Maunder (solar) Minimum
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 52, December 2025. SignificanceTropical cyclone (TC) imposes tremendous threats to the human society, but predicting...
An Idaho Bird Research Station Rises From the Ashes of a Wildfire
The Valley Fire torched Lucky Peak in the fall of 2024. Bird researchers there are channeling their grief into study of how avians respond to...
As Trump Rolls Back Protections For Wetlands, New Jersey Maintains a Higher Standard
The Trump administration is moving to narrow which wetlands qualify for federal protection. But New Jersey’s stricter legal framework shows how states can fight back.By...
Preservation of anticorrelated brain networks predicts recovery after traumatic brain injury
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 52, December 2025. SignificanceHere, we identify a resting-state functional MRI (rs-fMRI) signature of recovery after...
Exposome research comes of age
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 52, December 2025.
Symmetries and selection rules in photoelectron chiral dichroism
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 52, December 2025. SignificanceWe derive here a group theoretical description of selection rules imposed by...
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 52, December 2025.
Ten English fire services tackled record number of grass, forest and crop fires in 2025
Fire chief says summer, the UK’s hottest on record, was ‘one of the most challenging for wildfires that we’ve ever faced’Ten English fire services tackled...
After legal deal, NIH to review grant proposals frozen, denied, or withdrawn because of Trump directives
Agreement requires agency to evaluate hundreds of applications “in good faith” using its standard process
Is ‘open science’ delivering benefits? Major study finds proof is sparse
It’s hard to measure social and economic impacts of making papers and data free, researchers say
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Iceland has hottest Christmas Eve ever with temperature of 19.8C recorded
Meteorological office reports high temperatures across country and record measured at Seyðisfjörður in eastRecord temperatures of almost 20C were reached in Iceland on Christmas Eve,...
Maine’s Shellfish Harvesters Are Caught up in Climate-Related Closures
Heavier rains are triggering regulatory pauses on harvesting oysters and clams—and putting fishermen out of work.By Ben SealThis story was co-published and supported by the...
Michigan’s Other Water Crisis: PFAS’s Prevalence in Private Wells
Ahead of the curve when it comes to testing city water for PFAS, Michigan has met its match with the state’s over one million private...
Temperature Is Surpassing Precipitation as the Dominant Driver of Flash Drought Acceleration Under Climate Warming
Abstract Flash droughts (FDs), characterized by rapid soil moisture depletion, are typically driven by multiple factors including precipitation deficits, high temperature, increased radiation, strong winds,...
Difference in Slip Patterns Between Two Prehistoric Giant Earthquakes Along the Southern Kuril Trench
Abstract This study reveals different slip patterns of tsunami sources between two prehistoric giant earthquakes along the southern Kuril Trench, based on an integration of...
Independent Short‐ and Longwave Pathways for a Zonally Asymmetric Northern Hemisphere Temperature Response to Tropical Volcanic Eruptions
Abstract Stratospheric sulfate aerosols from tropical volcanic eruptions alter surface air temperatures. Fundamentally, this is due to two different properties of the aerosols: Their ability...
Implications for Oceanographic and Seafloor Geodetic Applications Due To Settling of Self‐Calibrating Bottom Pressure Recorders
Abstract Ocean bottom pressure recordings are a key observation for both ocean circulation and seafloor geodesy. New self‐calibrating instruments may solve a long‐time issue of...
“New era of climate extremes” as global warming fuels devastating impacts in 2025
In 2025, greenhouse gas emissions produced by human activities turned what should have been a cooler year into one of the hottest ever, fuelling more...
Halogenated Organic Compounds: A Massive Halogen Reservoir and an Intriguing Component of the Marine Dissolved Organic Matter Pool
Abstract Biogeochemical reactions produce volatile halocarbons and semi‐ to nonvolatile dissolved organic halogens (DOX) in marine systems. The former has a large influence on atmospheric...
Scientists found a dangerous feedback loop accelerating Arctic warming
The Arctic is changing rapidly, and scientists have uncovered a powerful mix of natural and human-driven processes fueling that change. Cracks in sea ice release...
Firing of neuroscience institute chief adds to NIH’s leadership vacuum
Trump administration declines to renew appointment of Walter Koroshetz, against NIH director’s wishes
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