Exceptional drought has gripped much of Arizona for months. In June 2021, a potent heat wave sent temperatures soaring above…
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New research analyzing lava minerals from Bali and Java volcanoes reveals that Indonesia’s volcanic danger…
New Research Shows Climate Change Is Increasing Ozone Depletion Over the Arctic There is a…
2021 Global Change Outlook from the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of…
Chocolate Mountains and a Salty Lake Highlight This Desert Landscape This photo of the Sonoran…
Amazon rain forests could be at far higher risk of extreme drought than previously thought,…
Geologists led by the UNIGE have reviewed the internal and external mechanisms that trigger volcanic…
Florida Tech research shows climate change will suppress reef growth from north and south. Warming…
Aviation’s Climate Challenge Persists Despite Paris Goals Although the emissions targets for aviation are in…
Future Wood Use Assures Long-Term Climate Benefit From Commercial Forests A new study published in Nature…
Sentinel-6 tracks accelerating sea-level rise with unmatched accuracy, vital for climate science and coastal protection.…
Stanford’s Natural Capital Project has developed Urban InVEST, a powerful, open-source software tool that helps…
Analysis of 260 million years of major geological events finds recurring clusters 27.5 million years…
From their perch on the International Space Station, astronauts have spent twenty years sharing a…
A rare three-way observation of transient luminous events links them to disturbances in Earth’s magnetic…
Study Sheds Light on the Future of the Massive Thwaites Glacier The world’s largest ice…
New research finds that moving off the coast and away from floods can expand options.…
The issuing of General Order No. 3 by Union troops on June 19, 1865, marked…