UN calculates nation-sized environmental footprints for AI and data centers
Wed 12:30pm By NULLThe environmental footprint of data centers already rivals some of the world's largest countries,…Deep-Earth seismic anomalies may be explained by newly discovered manganese compound
Wed 12:10pm By NULLScientists know that manganese, in its various oxide forms, plays a significant role in Earth's…Climate change may shift hailstorms toward Earth's poles—new study
Wed 12:00pm By NULLEveryone has a storm story—whether it's that time you just escaped a downpour, or the hailstorm…Hail conditions on the move as winter crops face rising risk
Wed 11:40am By NULLA hailstorm can undo a season's work in minutes. It can strike quickly and unevenly, shredding…A lot of 'recycled' plastic is being burned overseas—and causing widespread pollution linked to health problems
Wed 11:20am By NULLPicture a pile of trash the size of Manhattan and taller than one and a half Empire State Buildings.…Rising emissions, depleting water and vanishing land: AI is threatening natural resources for billions, say scientists
Wed 10:00am By NULLBy 2030, the global data centers powering artificial intelligence are projected to consume 945…Algal blooms explained: How scientists are helping spot them sooner
Wed 9:20am By NULLAlgal blooms can seem to appear overnight. A stretch of ocean that looked clear days earlier can…Rising seas could eventually 'drown' mangroves and release carbon
Wed 9:00am By NULLMangroves could store less carbon—and even begin releasing it—as sea levels rise, suggests new…Indonesia's air quality got worse after China banned plastic waste imports, research shows
Wed 7:20am By NULLWhen China banned plastic waste imports in 2018, countries like the United States, the Netherlands,…Storm Jangmi dumps torrential rain on Tokyo
Wed 6:46am By NULLA severe tropical storm brought torrential rain to Tokyo on Wednesday, swelling rivers, grounding…Scientists lose critical climate record as ocean observatory will go dark under Trump funding cuts
Wed 3:43am By NULLA portion of one of the most ambitious ocean monitoring networks ever built will go dark this month…Wetlands loss has increased residential flood insurance claim payments by $10 billion across the US, study finds
Tue 9:00pm By NULLA new study published in Nature Water finds that wetland loss across the United States has increased…Climate-based tool predicts coral bleaching months in advance, offering critical lead time for reef protection
Tue 7:20pm By NULLResearchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have developed a new method to…Canadian forest fires are losing their climate cooling power, says study
Tue 6:20pm By NULLDiminishing periods of snow cover in northern forests, shortened by climate change, are poised to…Q&A: How better climate data supports smarter environmental decisions
Tue 5:40pm By NULLAccurate measurements are the foundation of effective environmental management and decision-making.…Faster lower-cost PFAS testing could reshape how US drinking water is monitored
Tue 5:30pm By NULLA new investigation from the University of Kansas improves detection of PFAS, a family of so-called…Antarctic 'sky rivers' deliver up to 90% of snowfall, 3D algorithm suggests
Tue 5:20pm By NULLAtmospheric rivers act like "rivers in the sky," shuttling intense bands of warm, heavy moisture…Atmospheric rivers over Japan intensify 8% in 42 years, raising flood risk
Tue 5:20pm By NULLAtmospheric rivers (ARs) are long, narrow bands of intense water vapor transport that move large…Environmental engineers reshape understanding of airborne pollution particles
Tue 4:50pm By NULLFrom sizzling bacon in the kitchen to wildfire smoke in the sky, cooking and pollution release…France follows England in measuring hottest spring on record
Tue 4:40pm By NULLFrance experienced its hottest spring on record, the country's weather service said Tuesday, after…
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