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Data centers are building their own gas power plants in Texas
Abigail Lindsey worries the days of peace and quiet might be nearing an end at the rural, wooded property where she lives with her son. On the old ranch across...
ParĂĄâs Amazon forest carbon deal in doubt as prosecutors move to block it
Federal prosecutors in Brazilâs ParĂĄ state have filed a lawsuit calling for the immediate suspension and cancellation of a multi-million-dollar contract between the state and a coalition of foreign governments...
A Neighborhood Burned, a Home Saved, a Future in Question
Firefighters, heroic tenants and a change of winds spared a home on Quadro Vecchio Drive in Los Angeles during the January wildfires. What comes next for the homeâand the families...
Funding Shortfalls Hamper North Carolinaâs Program to Buy Out Hog Farms in or Near Floodplains
Now that hurricane season has arrived, hundreds of waste lagoons could be flooded by climate-amplified storms, threatening yards, drinking water wells, rivers, creeks and wetlands.By Lisa SorgAs soon as the...
A Global View of the Impact of MagnetosphereâIonosphereâAtmosphere Coupling on Wave Driven Precipitation and Conductance
Abstract This manuscript utilizes the global survey of electron precipitation due to chorus and hiss waves based on waves and electron flux measurements made by Van Allen Probes. To analyze...
Atmospheric Fronts Drive Future Changes in Extratropical Extreme Precipitation
Abstract Extreme precipitation is expected to increase at a faster rate with climate change than the global average precipitation. Given that most of the extreme precipitation in the extratropics is...
Understanding ENSO Weakening in Warmer Climates
Abstract El NiĂąo and La NiĂąa events control much of Earthâs interannual variability, impacting surface temperatures and precipitation worldwide. Despite their importance, how these events will change as the climate...
The Role of Downward Plasma Diffusion in the Ionospheric Nighttime Weddell Sea Anomaly
Abstract This study investigates the role of downward plasma diffusion in the ionospheric nighttime Weddell Sea Anomaly (WSA), characterized by an anomalous diurnal electron density peak in nighttime from the...
A Convolutional Neural Network for the Detection of Gravity Waves in Satellite Observations and Numerical Simulations
Abstract Comparisons between observed and modelâresolved gravity waves (GWs) are crucial for evaluating general circulation model (GCM) simulation accuracy and understanding wave characteristics. However, observational noise often obscures waves, complicating...
New study shows huge groundwater losses along Colorado River
The Colorado River basin has lost huge volumes of groundwater over the past two decades according to a new report from researchers at Arizona State University. Researchers used data from...
Kabul at risk of becoming first modern city to run out of water, report warns
NGO says Afghan capitalâs 7 million people face existential crisis that world needs urgently to addressKabul could become the first modern city to completely run out of water, experts have...
Rockaway is a New York Coastal Community Trying to Fight Erosionâand Then EPA Cancelled Funding
Planned programs to protect dunes and beaches on the Rockaway Peninsula in Queens are eroded by broken promises from Trumpâs EPA.By Lauren DalbanAdriana Jovanovic clambered cheerfully over the metal railing...
In One of the Nationâs Most Polluted Communities, Trump Terminates Funding for Air Monitoring
Residents in majority-Black north Birmingham, Alabama, have long been subjected to industrial pollution. The new administration has cut funding for a program aimed at measuring the impact.By Lee HedgepethBIRMINGHAM, Ala.âWhen...
Some Hopeful News About the Future of the Worldâs Corals
Much has been learned about heat-resistant corals in the last decade. Village by village and beach by beach, reef restoration is progressing.Interview by Aynsley OâNeill, âLiving on EarthâFrom our collaborating...
Antarctica âtoo wild for humans to ruleâ, says Shackleton medal winner
Environmental lawyer Cormac Cullinan lauded for his work to establish continentâs legal status to protect its interestsCormac Cullinan has a dream. A dream, he says, that will âchange how humanity...
Extreme weather is wiping out amphibiansâHereâs where itâs worst
Frogs, salamanders, and other amphibians are not just battling habitat loss and pollution theyâre now also contending with increasingly brutal heat waves and droughts. A sweeping 40-year study shows a...
Canceled Climate Grants Would Have Cut Pollution While Boosting Production, Jobs at Two Alabama Ironworks
The U.S. Department of Energy rescinded $3.7 billion in clean energy grants last week, saying the projects selected would not generate a positive return on investment.By Dennis PillionBIRMINGHAM, Ala.âTwo iron...
Ecological synergy of solar development on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: a decade of ecosystem service change assessment at Talatan Solar Park
The widespread installation of photovoltaic panels supports the energy transition but also impacts ecosystem services (ESs) by altering their structure, processes, and functions. While many studies rely on remote sensing-based...
The transfer of a sacred site to a copper mine is delayed once again
A federal judge issued an injunction Friday that further delays the transfer of Oak Flat, an Indigenous religious site in Arizona, to a multi-national company that would make it one...
Youth climate activists won lawsuits in Montana and Hawaiâi. Now theyâre targeting Trump.
Twenty-two young people are suing President Donald Trump, arguing that his executive orders to âunleashâ fossil fuel development and achieve âenergy dominanceâ are not only unconstitutional but life-threatening â a...
Constraining the NAO-temperature teleconnection in CMIP6 simulations enables skillful multi-annual predictions of Eurasian winter climate
Predicting the winter climate over Eurasia is challenging as both the initialized predictions and uninitialized climate projections show limited skill in reproducing observed variability on multi-annual to decadal timescales. This...
Asymmetric response of precipitation extremes in China to CO2 removal forcing
Understanding precipitation extremes response to CO2 removal (CDR) in China is crucial for climate change mitigation and adaptation. This study examines the responses of heavy precipitation, represented by the maximum...
U.S. college is first to decline federal science grants because of new DEI language
Williams College says NSF and NIH requirement related to discrimination âunderminesâ academic freedom
Forest carbon sink potential in the contiguous United States: insights from a novel growth model
Growth models are essential tools for predicting forest carbon sinks, yet existing models are often developed from limited perspectives and rarely account for the impacts of climate change on forest...