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Amazon forest felled to build road for climate summit
The infrastructure required to host COP30 in Belém is undermining the cause, campaigners say.
Q&A: Do women leaders drive better environmental outcomes?
How do we provide energy to poor, rural communities in a sustainable way? What would incentivize policymakers in developing countries to create policies that provide more electricity while not further...
Mexico City's local geology could amplify damage from moderate earthquakes
A recent swarm of small shallow earthquakes in Mexico City in 2019 and 2023 caused surprisingly strong ground shaking, prompting researchers to wonder how shaking from a moderate-sized earthquake might...
Deep-sea fish study reveals evolutionary marvels in Earth's hadal zone
The deep sea, covering approximately 65% of Earth's surface, has long been considered a biological desert. In this extreme environment—particularly in the hadal zone at depths greater than 6,000 meters—organisms...
Climate change made LA fires worse, scientists say
Scientists say the fires that engulfed Los Angeles were made 35% more likely due to climate warming.
Giant iceberg on crash course with island, putting penguins and seals in danger
More than twice the size of greater London, the expanse of ice is unpredictable and dangerous.
No targets for aviation or farming in UK climate plan
The UK has set an ambitious goal to radically reduce carbon emissions by 2035.
West Virginia football coach Rich Rodriguez bans players from TikTok dancing
West Virginia football players will need to save their best moves for the football field after coach Rich Rodriguez banned the Mountaineers from dancing on TikTok.
Lawyers for Mahmoud Khalil heading to court to fight his deportation
The lawyers of a Palestinian activist arrested by ICE at Columbia University are headed for court Wednesday to fight his potential deportation.
Eukaryotic phytoplankton decline due to ocean acidification could significantly impact global carbon cycle
Princeton University and Xiamen University researchers report that in tropical and subtropical oligotrophic waters, ocean acidification reduces primary production, the process of photosynthesis in phytoplankton, where they take in carbon...
Climate-Driven Model Transfer of Crop Classification Boosts Global Crop Mapping
In a pioneering study, researchers from China Agricultural University have introduced ClimID-UDA, an unsupervised domain adaptation method that uses climate indicators to significantly improve crop classification across regions and years....
Bridging Centuries of Science: Prof. Jean Salencon Explores the History of Plasticity Theory at CityUHK
In February 2025, the Hong Kong Institute for Advanced Study (HKIAS) at City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) welcomed Professor Jean Salencon, a distinguished scholar in continuum mechanics and an...
Hawaii volcano again puts tall lava fountains on display in latest eruption episode
An erupting Hawaii volcano once again began shooting fountains of lava that reached hundreds of feet high on Tuesday.
Trump's steel, aluminum tariffs go into effect; EU retaliates
U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs on steel and aluminum imports went into effect Wednesday, attracting retaliatory measures from Europe.
Cargo ship captain arrested following North Sea collision
British authorities have arrested the captain of a cargo ship as they investigate the cause of a fatal crash between the vessel and an oil tanker shipping jet fuel for...
Risk of Toxic Substance Exposure
1 min readRisk of Toxic Substance Exposure ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Expedition 67 Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti works inside the International Space Station’s Unity module reconfiguring components for the Solid Fuel...
World's largest iceberg runs aground in South Atlantic after 1,200-mile journey (satellite photos)
Earth's largest iceberg has run aground off the coast of South Georgia Island, a common rendezvous spot for big bergs, new satellite images show.
Presence of potentially toxic microalgae confirmed in La Concha Bay
A proliferation of the Ostreopsis ovata algae in La Concha Bay is no cause for alarm, but it is advisable to continue taking measurements, according to Yago Laurenns-Balparda, a researcher...
Weathering the storm: Author explores how local governments can adapt and recover from natural disasters
It's no secret that global climate disasters are worsening every year—the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires are estimated to have caused $30 billion in damages alone. While some researchers and practitioners...
Beloved beaches were washed offshore by Cyclone Alfred—but most of this sand will return
For many people, the most visible impact of Cyclone Alfred was the damage big waves and storm surge did to their local beaches.
Explorers discover wreckage of cargo ship that sank in Lake Superior storm more than 130 years ago
Twenty years before the Titanic changed maritime history, another ship touted as the next great technological feat set sail on the Great Lakes.
In the wake of Alfred, how do we think about and measure the cost of catastrophes?
Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred is the latest in a succession of extreme rainfall events to wreak havoc on coastal communities in New South Wales and Queensland.
Human-caused marine debris has already reached the deepest point in the Mediterranean Sea
Waste generated by human activities has now reached the deepest point in the Mediterranean: the 5,112-meter-deep Calypso Deep in the Ionian Sea. A total of 167 objects—mainly plastics, glass, metal...
Will the US collapse like the Soviet Union did?
"You're next," said a Russian historian I interviewed in 1993 about the Soviet Union's collapse in late 1991. I was an American student in St. Petersburg, and he was referring...
Watch: 'Godfather of Harlem' gets Season 4 trailer, premiere date
MGM+ is previewing "Godfather of Harlem" Season 4, which premieres April 13.
Antarctic microbes reveal climate impact on marine ecosystems
Bacteria and other single-celled microorganisms in the seas around Antarctica are strongly influenced by water temperature and the amount of sea ice. This is shown by coordinated measurements taken off...
Researchers evaluate climate model accuracy in Central Asia's Panj River Basin
A recent study conducted by researchers from the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography (XIEG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has evaluated the effectiveness of climate models in predicting...
How climate change could be increasing your chance of catching a virus from sewage: New study
When we think of climate change, we may consider extreme weather events—record-breaking heat waves, heavy downpours and devastating floods. But have you considered that these changes could also increase your...