On feedlots across the U.S., cows produce methane, a greenhouse gas 28 times more potent than carbon dioxide at trapping heat in the atmosphere.
Taking Flight: UC San Diego Shaping Future of Atmospheric River Forecasting
This year’s rainy season is underway, which means atmospheric rivers are set to dump rain and snow across California and the Pacific Northwest.
Learning From History To Help Guide the Future of NYC’s Crucial Watershed
Increasing climate variability is threatening the water supply and exposing the fragility of the New York City watershed, which hosts the largest unfiltered water supply in the world.
It’s Worth Mixing It Up: What Combination of Policies Will Lead to a Clean Energy Future?
How can we ensure that as many Swiss households as possible adopt not only solar panels, but also their own battery to store solar energy, a heat pump, and an electric car?
Earth Saw Its 2nd-Warmest November on Record
November 2024 was the planet’s second-warmest November in NOAA’s 175-year global climate record, just behind the record-warm November of 2023.
Ligand-Engineered Copper Nanoclusters Could Help Combat CO₂ Emissions
While the humble copper (Cu) may not boast the allure of gold or silver, its remarkable versatility makes it invaluable in cutting-edge research.
Long-Term Exposure to Air Pollution Linked to Blood Clots in Veins That Bring Blood to the Heart
A large study found that greater exposure to long-term air pollution was linked with increased risks for blood clots that can occur in deep veins, which, if untreated, can block blood flow and cause serious complications, even death.
How the Dirt Under Our Feet Could Affect Human Health
Soil plays a much bigger role in the spread of antibiotic resistance than one might imagine.
Floods, Insufficient Water, Sinking River Deltas: Hydrologists Map Changing River Landscapes Across the Globe
A new study in Science by researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and University of Cincinnati has mapped 35 years of river changes on a global scale for the first time.
Case Western Reserve University Researcher Advances Zinc-Sulfur Battery Technology
Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries power everything from electric vehicles to wearable devices.