Massive New Mexico Wildfire Spawns 7.5 Mile Fire Cloud
A massive, early season wildfire that continues to burn in northern New Mexico generated a pyrocumulonimbus cloud. The Calf Canyon-Hermits Peak fire continued to rage…
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Scientists Estimate That the Embodied Energy of Waste Plastics Equates to 12% of U.S. Industrial Energy Use
NREL Calculates Lost Value of Landfilled Plastic in U.S. With mountains of plastic trash piling up in landfills and experts anticipating that there will be…
Kīlauea’s Lava Lake Persists on Hawaiī After Volcano’s Biggest Eruption in at Least 200 Years
Since May 2018, when Kīlauea’s lava lake last drained, the summit crater has filled with water, erupted again, boiled off the water, and refilled with…
Exploring Underground Ecosystems: Scientists Identify New Soil Viruses
PNNL scientists discover new soil viruses The unsung hero of our lives is soil. It nourishes crops to give humans with food, drains rainfall into…
Violent Coastal Storms Could Help Protect Beaches From Sea Level Rise
Images in the wake of violent coastal storms usually focus purely on the extensive damage caused to beaches, dunes, property, and surrounding infrastructure. However, a…
NASA ICON Finds Effects of Massive Tonga Volcanic Eruption Reached Space
When the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha‘apai volcano erupted on January 15, 2022, it sent atmospheric shock waves, sonic booms, and tsunami waves around the world. Now,…
Latest CMIP6 Climate Models Overestimate Future Afro-Asian Monsoon Rainfall and Runoff
Climate projections are critical for adaptation and mitigation planning. The output of the latest round of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project, phase 6 (CMIP6) has…
Volcanic Lightning: The Science Behind This Spectacular Phenomenon
You’ve undoubtedly gazed out of the window to marvel at a lightning storm in all its glory. Thunderstorms are certainly a sight to behold, but…
Groundwater Discovered in Sediments Buried Deep Beneath Antarctic Ice
The study proves the value of electromagnetic techniques in a new polar environment. Researchers have made the first detection of groundwater beneath an Antarctic ice…
Earth’s Most Efficient Natural Storage System: Land-Building Marsh Plants Are Champions of Carbon Capture
Wetlands are Earth’s most efficient natural storage system for climate-warming carbon dioxide. Human activities such as marsh draining for agriculture and logging are increasingly eating…
Living Corals Mapped for the First Time Before and After Marine Heat Wave: Winners and Losers Discovered
Research findings could help manage and build a resilient network of coral reefs. As the world’s ocean temperatures rise, so will the number of cases…
Exploring Earth From Space: Rhine River, Germany [Video]
The Rhine River, the longest river in Germany, is featured in this colorful image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission. Along this river lies the…
Most Extreme Heatwaves Ever Recorded Globally – Revealed in New Research
A new research study has revealed the most intense heatwaves ever across the world – and remarkably some of these went almost unnoticed decades ago….
Science Made Simple: What are Atmospheric Rivers?
Atmospheric rivers are large, narrow sections of the Earth’s atmosphere that transport moisture from the Earth’s tropics near the equator to the poles. On average,…
Ice Lost, Island Found? Eastern Coast of Antarctica Appears To Have Gained an Island
An unnamed mound of white off East Antarctica seems to be an island. The eastern coast of Antarctica has lost the majority of the Glenzer…
Losing a Long-Watched Glacier – 70% of Mass Depleted From Peyto Glacier in Alberta
Scientists have been observing Peyto Glacier in Alberta since the 1960s. Peyto Glacier in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada is among the most closely monitored…
Scientists Discover a Massive Groundwater System in Sediments Below Antarctic Ice
Previously unmapped reservoirs could speed glaciers and release carbon. Many researchers believe that liquid water is a key to understanding the behavior of the frozen…
Protected Conservation Areas Saw Dramatic Spikes in Fires During COVID Lockdowns
The number of fires inside protected conservation areas across the island of Madagascar shot up dramatically when COVID-19 lockdowns led to the suspension of any…
