Earthquakes can be destructive for distant cities built on top of basins—now we know why
Jun 15, 2026, 3:40 pm By NULLSedimentary basins—depressions in Earth's crust caused by tectonic activity—tend to be flat and…El Niño is back, and ocean temperatures are already near record highs—that can spell disaster for fish and corals
Jun 15, 2026, 2:40 pm By NULLIt's official: El Niño is back. By late fall 2026, forecast models give a 2-in-3 chance of a…PACE satellite tracks fall colors with near-daily global coverage
Jun 15, 2026, 2:20 pm By NULLResearchers have developed a new approach using data from NASA's Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean…Efforts to combat climate change often exclude Indigenous people—and they may not have any recourse
Jun 15, 2026, 1:40 pm By NULLImagine living in the same forest as your parents, grandparents, great-grandparents and all your…Northern permafrost switches from carbon sink to carbon source earlier than thought in models including deep soil carbon
Jun 15, 2026, 12:59 pm By NULLThe Arctic and northern high latitudes are warming about 2–4 times faster than the global average,…Wind patterns play surprising role in tropical rainfall trends
Jun 15, 2026, 11:20 am By NULLChanges in wind patterns play the leading role in influencing often devastating tropical rainfall…Reforestation's effects on water resources may depend on global warming level
Jun 15, 2026, 11:00 am By NULLPlanting trees is widely promoted as a natural solution to climate change. But a new study led by…Parks can cool neighborhoods and cut pollution hundreds of meters beyond their boundaries, study finds
Jun 15, 2026, 10:40 am By NULLUrban parks could play a major role in protecting people from rising heat, pollution and noise in…Climate change reshapes Spain's rockfall risk as frost weathering moves uphill
Jun 15, 2026, 5:40 am By NULLClimate change is altering where and when rocks are most likely to fracture across Spain, according…Damaged boreal peatlands may triple methane emissions, reshaping climate risk
Jun 14, 2026, 10:00 am By NULLA new study reveals that, for the first time, areas of Canada's boreal peatlands damaged by oil and…Ocean monitoring is in trouble: It's up to Europe and Asia to avoid losing sight of the world's deep‑sea ecosystems
Jun 13, 2026, 6:30 pm By NULLThe world relies on a modest number of countries to keep watch over the ocean. That arrangement is…How directing water flows in the landscape could support groundwater and surface water streams
Jun 13, 2026, 4:00 pm By NULLResearchers at the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research have investigated how water…As wildfires increase in the West, so does suppression spending
Jun 13, 2026, 12:30 pm By NULLHotter, drier conditions in the western United States have led to a rise in wildfire activity that…El Niño arrives and could rank among strongest events since 1950
Jun 13, 2026, 8:00 am By NULLThe phenomenon El Niño has arrived, the U.S. weather agency said Thursday, and scientists expect…Solar geoengineering could shield up to 75% of oceans from heat waves
Jun 12, 2026, 6:40 pm By NULLMost people have experienced a heat wave on land. But heat waves can strike in the ocean too. And as…Gulf Stream shifted north during 12,900-year-old cold snap, first direct evidence shows
Jun 12, 2026, 4:40 pm By NULLDuring an abrupt global cold snap nearly 13,000 years ago, the Gulf Stream ocean current shifted…Mountainous landscapes store far more carbon than previously thought, new research shows
Jun 12, 2026, 2:00 pm By NULLHilly and mountainous landscapes have a much greater ability to store carbon in the soil than…Novel forecasting model developed to predict river temperature
Jun 12, 2026, 1:20 pm By NULLThe temperature of rivers is something most people think about only if they plan to go swimming,…Landscape water velocities across Europe reshape nitrogen pollution risk under climate change
Jun 12, 2026, 1:00 pm By NULLNitrate pollution is a growing global environmental challenge due to the extensive use of…Meltwater is causing Antarctic glaciers to flow faster toward the ocean
Jun 12, 2026, 10:40 am By NULLIn a new study, Professor Shin Sugiyama of Hokkaido University and his team have directly confirmed…
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