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‘It’s sacred and transformative’: Somerset holds Saxon-inspired festival to embrace ‘month of mud’
Community organiser Jon Barrett says event, inspired by the tradition Solmōnaþ, aims to reconnect people with benefits of mudA misty, rainy day in the uplands...
These US states want polluters to pay for the rising insurance costs of climate disasters
Proposals by California, Hawaii and New York lawmakers aim to hold fossil fuel industry accountable for soaring ratesAs climate disasters drive up the price of...
Overshoot: The world is hitting point of no return on climate
The world is poised to overshoot the goal of limiting average global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, as for the first time, a three-year period,...
‘A Disaster Waiting to Happen’: How the Fracking Boom Put an Oil Field in the Guadalupe River Floodplain
Lack of a state floodplain policy in Texas enabled oil companies to build in areas hit by an epic inundation less than 30 years ago.By...
Disaster Looms on the Guadalupe River Floodplain
Go behind the scenes with managing editor Jamie Smith Hopkins, Texas reporter Dylan Baddour and data journalist Peter Aldhous as they discuss ICN’s new investigation...
Scientists warn climate models are missing a key ocean player
Tiny marine plankton that build calcium carbonate shells play an outsized role in regulating Earth’s climate, quietly pulling carbon from the atmosphere and helping lock...
Chance of El Niño forming in Pacific Ocean may push global temperatures to record highs in 2027
One expert says 2027 could be even hotter than the last three years, which have been the top three warmest on recordSign up for climate...
Inside the historic effort to keep the Great Barrier Reef alive
“I just got a whiff,” said Peter Harrison, a marine scientist, as he leaned over the edge of the boat and pointed his flashlight into...
Deafening, draining and potentially deadly: are we facing a snoring epidemic?
Experts say dangerous sleep apnoea affects an estimated 8 million in the UK alone, and everything from evolution to obesity or even the climate crisis...
A Groundbreaking Geothermal Heating and Cooling Network Saves This Colorado College Money and Water
When a former oil and gas developer partnered with Colorado Mesa University on geothermal, the school saved millions and set a new standard for energy-efficient...
Georgia Power Gas Expansion Would Drive Significant Climate-Damaging Pollution
The expansion could add millions of tons of carbon pollution annually while polluting the air near vulnerable communities and ecosystems.By Ryan KrugmanGeorgia regulators have approved...
The State of Environmental Justice Under Trump 2.0
The real action is happening locally anyway, says Monique Harden, an environmental justice lawyer and advocate living in Cancer Alley.Interview by Paloma Beltran, Living on...
Radiative Forcing of Western Tibetan Vortex on Surface Air Temperature in Spring
Abstract As the dominant atmospheric circulation pattern over the western Tibetan Plateau (TP), the Western Tibetan Vortex (WTV) exerts substantial control on springtime 2 m...
Solar Soft X‐Ray Proxy Derived From Observed Auger Photoelectrons by MGS and a 1999–2006 Flare Catalog at Mars
Abstract This study uses a novel approach to infer the solar soft X‐ray (SXR) irradiance from Auger photoelectron fluxes. Solar SXR irradiance is highly variable,...
Topside Ionospheric Ambipolar Diffusion Derived From ICON Observations
Abstract The scarcity of ambipolar diffusion observations has constrained our understanding of ionospheric physical processes. We present the first comprehensive analysis of topside ionospheric ambipolar...
Steady Source Gravity Wave Parameterizations and the Observed Momentum Flux Intermittency
Abstract Observational estimates of gravity wave momentum fluxes obtained from analyses of super‐pressure balloon tracks show an approximate log normal distribution in space and time....
Cycled Fluid Injection Limits Maximum Earthquake Size by Controlling the Cadence of Seismic Moment Release
Abstract Controlling fluid injection is widely considered a key to limiting the size of injection‐induced seismicity, yet whether and how it limits earthquake size remains...
New forecasts offer early warning of Arctic sea ice loss
Arctic sea ice helps cool the planet and influences weather patterns around the world, but it is disappearing faster than ever as the climate warms....
Remote Greek culture has been a genetic ‘island’ for 4500 years
New DNA analysis links Deep Maniots to Greece’s premedieval past
Historic U.S. marine lab parts ways with the University of Chicago
After a 12-year affiliation intended to address financial woes, the Marine Biological Laboratory returns to independence
Pennsylvania Governor Courts Data Centers While Seeking Consumer Protections
Critics say the complexes will boost gas demand and fracking-related pollution.By Jon HurdleAmid a national flight over data centers, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is trying...
Billie Eilish, stolen land, and the climate cost of America’s dispossession
When Billie Eilish told Grammy audiences that “no one is illegal on stolen land,” she ignited a small firestorm that went beyond celebrity discourse, revealing...
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