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Climate Cooperation Will Suffer as the U.S. Disengages From International Commitments
Experts say pulling the U.S. out of more than 60 global organizations will weaken international governance structures and lead to further fragmentation of global power.By...
Arizona Comes to Agreement With Major Dairy Farm to Cut Groundwater Pumping That Is Draining Wells
Willcox is ground zero for Arizona’s groundwater crisis. The state’s settlement with Riverview, the company draining the town’s aquifer, requires it to fallow fields and...
The Environmental and Cultural Benefits of Restoring the American Prairie
How policies to prevent the collapse of the grasslands can also support farmers.Interview by Paloma Beltran, Living on EarthFrom our collaborating partner Living on Earth,...
Effect of Submerged Vegetation on Water Surface Geometry and Air–Water Momentum Transfer
Abstract Understanding how submerged vegetation modifies the water surface is crucial for modeling momentum exchange between shallow waters and the atmosphere. In particular, quantifying its...
Quebec’s Lake Rouge vanished – but was it a freak natural event or caused by human actions?
Experts and community trying to untangle mystery of outburst that saw water travel almost 10km overland into a bigger lakeManoel Dixon had just finished dinner...
World’s richest 1% have already used fair share of emissions for 2026, says Oxfam
Richest 1% took 10 days while wealthiest 0.1% needed just three days to exhaust annual carbon budget, study showsThe world’s richest 1% have used up...
Ambient‐Noise Multicomponent Multimodal Dispersion Characteristics in Thick Sedimentary Basins
Abstract Ambient noise cross‐correlations enable the extraction of multimodal surface waves, yet resolving their complex dispersion characteristics is essential for robust subsurface imaging. Using dense...
Increasing Frequency and Persistence of the Summertime Greenland High Regime Not Captured by a Seasonal Prediction Model Very Large Ensemble
Abstract Weather regimes are widely used in weather prediction, but less often to study climate variability and change. Here, we use a year‐round North American...
New hepatitis B drug could help ‘functionally cure’ some patients
Scientists welcome GSK announcement that two trials succeeded—even though data are still lacking
Oil Executives Non-Committal to Trump’s Venezuela Pitch at the White House
Exxon CEO Darren Woods called Venezuela “uninvestable” at present and others expressed caution in response to the president’s overtures to pour billions of dollars into...
Assessment of compound hot-dry events in lakes across global drylands
Lake hot events (months with abnormally high lake surface water temperature) and dry events (months with abnormally low lake surface extent) can individually cause significant...
Burning Plastic Waste for Household Fuel Endangers Millions
People in low-income urban communities in the Global South without access to reliable energy sources are burning the toxic plastic waste inundating their communities to...
Dynamics of land transformation and carbon stock loss from nickel laterite open-pit mining in Indonesia
Global demands for nickel—a key energy transition metal—have notably risen in recent years, positioning Indonesia as the world’s major supplier. Nickel in Indonesia occurs in...
AIMES: an enhanced monitoring system for environmental suitability of Aedes-borne diseases
Aedes-borne diseases, such as dengue, Zika, and chikungunya, pose a significant threat to millions of people worldwide each year. Considering the relationships between the emergence...
Recent accelerated drying in southwest China dominated by anthropogenic aerosol forcing
Southwest China (SWC) has experienced a significant drying trend in recent decades, which poses considerable challenges for ecosystems, agriculture, and water resource management. While human...
Network structure matters: how coordination and cooperation mechanisms drive solar-battery co-adoption
Battery storage can mitigate solar photovoltaic intermittency while enhancing household energy resilience, yet factors accelerating their co-adoption remain understudied. While networks are recognized as key...
Evaluating a landscape-scale model to forecast wheat stem rust
Wheat stem rust is a fungal disease that can cause total loss of a wheat crop. Outbreaks are typically far-reaching because infectious spores can disperse...
Century-scale attribution and constrained projection of temperature extremes in eastern China
Attribution of historical climate changes is particularly challenging for periods before the mid-20th century due to sparse and low-quality observational data, raising questions about which...
Mobile homes already have huge utility bills. Congress may make it worse.
On Friday morning, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill that would get the Department of Energy out of the business of energy standards...
Ocean Warming Breaks Record for Ninth Straight Year
Scientists warn the ocean’s accumulation of energy is fueling extreme weather patterns and destabilizing marine ecosystems.By Johnny SturgeonEvery second of last year, the Earth’s oceans...
Efficacy of individual and combined terrestrial and marine carbon dioxide removal
Limiting global temperature rise below 2 °C requires significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and large-scale carbon dioxide removal (CDR). This study assesses the CO2...
Alkalinity enhancement in subduction regions and the global ocean: efficiency, earth system feedbacks, and scenario sensitivity
Ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) refers to the addition of alkaline material to the surface ocean, which shifts carbonate chemistry towards more oceanic uptake of atmospheric...
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