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Paleoclimate Patterns Offer Hints About Future Warming
15 September 2025 @ 12:34 pm
A new study examines 10 million years of sea surface temperature data to offer predictions about how future warming may unfold.El Niño May Be Driving Insect Decline in the Tropics
15 September 2025 @ 12:33 pm
Stronger and more frequent El Niño events are contributing to a decline in arthropod diversity and population, as well as to a reduction in the ecological services the animals provide.Gravity with an “Edge”: What Lies Beneath Aristarchus Crater
15 September 2025 @ 12:00 pm
A method combining three different approaches to the processing and analysis of GRAIL data from the Moon defines areas of sharply contrasting densities beneath Aristarchus Crater.EPA Proposes That Major Polluters No Longer Report Their Emissions
12 September 2025 @ 10:04 pm
The EPA proposed today that approximately 8,000 polluting facilities, including oil refineries, power plants, and steel mills, should no longer be required to report their greenhouse gas emissions.Underwater Glacier-Guarding Walls Could Have Unintended Consequences
12 September 2025 @ 1:18 pm
Although they would likely impede the warm currents that melt glaciers, such walls would also likely block fish migration and nutrient upwelling, harming marine ecosystems and Greenland fisheries.Mysteriously Bright Waters near Antarctica Explained
12 September 2025 @ 1:18 pm
Shiny-shelled diatoms make a remote part of the Southern Ocean appear especially reflective in satellite imagery.New Perspectives on Energy Sinks During Seismic Events
12 September 2025 @ 12:00 pm
Laboratory earthquakes shed new light on energy partitioning during earthquakes, which is allocated to seismic radiation, creation of new surfaces, and heat dissipation.Living Near an Indigenous Forest Could Reduce the Risk of Disease
11 September 2025 @ 5:20 pm
An analysis of 20 years of health data in eight Amazonian countries, published today in Communications Earth and Environment, shows that protecting Indigenous-managed forests may help reduce various kinds of disease, including fire-related respiratory diseases and illnesses spread by animals.A First Look at How Sand Behaves Inside a Rippled Bed
11 September 2025 @ 2:24 pm
A detailed numerical model shows how sediment particles experience wave-driven shear stress inside and above a sea bed with sand ripples.Environmental Hazard Impact Metrics That Matter
11 September 2025 @ 12:43 pm
Humans acutely experience climate change when they encounter extreme environmental conditions, but scientific definitions of “extreme” often don’t reflect communities’ complex lived experiences.