A thousands-year-old log demonstrates how burying wood can fight climate change
In 2013, Ning Zeng came across a very old, and ultimately very important, log. He and his colleagues were digging […]
Genetics
Why Hurricane Helene was so devastating
A perfect storm of climate, geologic and geographic conditions have combined to make Hurricane Helene one of the most devastating
A transatlantic flight may turn Saharan dust into a key ocean nutrient
As dust from the Sahara blows thousands of kilometers across the Atlantic Ocean, it becomes progressively more nutritious for marine
Some tadpoles don’t poop for weeks. That keeps their pools clean
Some tadpoles don’t poop for the first weeks of their lives. At least, that’s the case for Eiffinger’s tree frogs
Climate change fueled the fury of hurricanes Helene and Milton
Meteorologists have watched in awe as Hurricane Milton, churning over the anomalously warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico, swiftly
There’s a new term for attempting to own the wind
Wind ownership is up for grabs. As an unpaid intern at an energy company in England, Emilia Groupp spent two
What leads rivers to suddenly change course?
Shifting is in a river’s nature. But when a river breaks free of its channel and carves a new path
How tiny phytoplankton trek long distances upward in the ocean
It’s one of the most massive migrations on Earth: a huge biomass of tiny plankton that travel from deep in
Can solar farms and agricultural farms coexist?
Extreme Climate Survey Scientific news is collecting questions from readers about how to navigate our planet’s changing climate. What do
Climate change could double US temperature-related deaths by mid-century
Heat deaths in the United States are on the rise. But how bad will it be 20, 30 or 40