The key to more accurate rainfall predictions may lie in the intricate dance of falling snowflakes, a new study has found.
Plastic Pollution Sounds Just Like Food to Deep-Diving Whales
Animals that hunt in the dark with sonar may not be able to tell junk from squids.
Researchers Show Accelerating Carbon Dioxide Release From Rocks in Arctic Canada With Global Warming
Researchers from the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Oxford have shown that weathering of rocks in the Canadian Arctic will accelerate with rising temperatures, triggering a positive feedback loop that will release more and more CO2 to the atmosphere.
Adaptability of Trees Persists After Millions of Years of Climate Change
Seven of the most common forest trees in Europe have been shown to be able to shelter their genetic diversity from major shifts in environmental conditions.
Catastrophically Warm Predictions Are More Plausible Than We Thought
EPFL researchers developed a rating system to evaluate the plausibility of climate model simulations in the IPCC’s latest report, and show that models that lead to potentially catastrophic warming are to be taken seriously.
In a Warming World, Public Needs to Know More About Protections From Mosquito-Borne Illnesses
The hospitalization last summer of Dr. Anthony Fauci, former head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, with West Nile virus – and his account of it this week in the New York Times – have helped raise public awareness of the dangers of mosquito borne-illness, which can...
Researchers Find Clues to the Mysterious Heating of the Sun’s Atmosphere
Experimental findings about plasma wave reflection could answer questions about high temperatures.
NASA Analysis Shows Irreversible Sea Level Rise for Pacific Islands
Climate change is rapidly reshaping a region of the world that’s home to millions of people.
A Forest Fire in Western Wyoming
Smoke billowed from a fire in the forests of western Wyoming in early October 2024.
Scientists Discover That Special Immune Cells Stop Metastatic Cancer
Metastatic disease—when cancer spreads from the primary tumor to other parts of the body—is the cause of most cancer deaths.