Hurricane Katrina still offers lessons for disaster recovery researchers, 20 years later
4:27am By NULLHurricane Katrina—which made landfall in Louisiana in August 2005—is among the worst natural…Rising deep-ocean oxygen levels likely opened up new marine habitats and spurred speciation
Mon 4:25pm By NULLSome 390 million years ago in the ancient ocean, marine animals began colonizing depths previously…Portugal counts the cost of its biggest ever forest fire
Mon 4:00pm By NULLNearly 1,000 firefighters remained mobilized Monday in central Portugal to prevent flare-ups of what…Typhoon Kajiki lashes Vietnam, killing one as thousands evacuate
Mon 3:50pm By NULLVietnam's central belt was lashed by Typhoon Kajiki on Monday, with at least one person killed by…Repeated heat wave exposure tied to accelerated aging, with rural and manual workers most affected
Mon 3:32pm By NULLYears of repeated exposure to heat waves may accelerate aging, particularly among manual workers,…In the Arctic, consequences of heat waves linger
Mon 1:42pm By NULLThroughout the first half of 2020, average monthly temperatures in Siberia reached 6°C above the…Hidden patterns in geological time revealed: Earth's variability saturates at a half-billion years, study finds
Mon 1:40pm By NULLA new international study published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters reveals that the…This AI model simulates 1,000 years of the current climate in just one day
Mon 12:50pm By NULLSo-called "100-year weather events" now seem almost commonplace as floods, storms and fires continue…Scientists discover rare freshened water beneath the seafloor
Mon 10:51am By NULLHow did freshened water end up beneath the New England Shelf miles offshore, how long has it been…Why reframing doom news reporting could be key to tackling climate crisis
Mon 10:29am By NULLReplacing doom-laden environmental reporting with hopeful, solutions-focused stories could be key to…Global greening causes significant soil moisture loss, study finds
Mon 10:19am By NULLA new study has uncovered a surprising and concerning paradox: although Earth's vegetation cover has…20 years after Hurricane Katrina: How levee failures changed America
Mon 9:33am By NULLWhen Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005, it wasn't just another storm—it was one of the deadliest…Restoring mined lands through research and training
Mon 9:12am By NULLIn Texas, surface mine reclamation is a decades-long process—one that requires scientific…Northern wildfires have smoked out Minnesota's summer, but in Canada it's been devastating
Mon 9:10am By NULLFor three days this spring, Ken Lachnit and dozens of other volunteer firefighters labored to beat…East Asian monsoon diversity linked to subtle changes in Northern Westerlies
Mon 5:00am By NULLNew research shows that isotopic signatures of the EASM (East Asian Summer Monsoon) during…Vietnam evacuates tens of thousands ahead of Typhoon Kajiki
Mon 4:05am By NULLVietnam evacuated tens of thousands of residents from coastal areas on Monday ahead of the arrival…Spain heatwave was 'most intense on record'
Mon 2:14am By NULLA 16-day heatwave Spain suffered this month was "the most intense on record," the national…Wildfire disasters are increasingly in the news, yet less land is burning globally—here's why
Sun 3:40pm By NULLWorldwide, an estimated 440 million people were exposed to a wildfire encroaching on their home at…From sea ice to ocean currents, Antarctica is now undergoing abrupt changes—and we'll all feel them
Sun 12:40pm By NULLAntarctica has long been seen as a remote, unchanging environment. Not any more.Colorado's subalpine wetlands may be producing a toxic form of mercury
Sat 2:00pm By NULLThe wetlands found across the Rocky Mountains of Colorado just below tree line are magical places.…
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