'Cruelly hot': Japan devises new term for heat wave days
Apr 17, 2026, 9:40 am By NULLBlistering temperatures rising to 40°C and above will now be branded "cruelly hot" or "kokusho-bi"…Surface-draped fiber captured plane's flight details at Nevada airfield
Apr 17, 2026, 7:20 am By NULLOriginally deployed to record re-entry signals of the OSIRIS-REx return capsule, a T-shaped fiber…Deep earthquakes triggered by the olivine-poirierite transition
Apr 16, 2026, 10:40 pm By NULLSeismicity decreases with depth because elevated confining pressure prevents frictional sliding of…Different interannual co-evolutionary models reveal how East Asia's jet stream and summer monsoon evolve together
Apr 16, 2026, 9:20 pm By NULLThe East Asian Subtropical Westerly Jet (EASWJ) and the East Asian Summer Monsoon (EASM) are two…Climate impact of bottom fishing depends on where and how the seabed is disturbed
Apr 16, 2026, 8:00 pm By NULLBottom fishing can release CO₂ from the seabed, but the consequences for the climate are not…A newly recognized pollutant is widely present in the atmosphere
Apr 16, 2026, 7:30 pm By NULLA new study shows that a specific type of silicone, the so-called methylsiloxanes, is widely present…Relocating Venice among the options explored to protect the city against sea-level rise
Apr 16, 2026, 7:00 pm By NULLRelocating the city of Venice is among four potential options—including movable barriers, ring…Novel technique drills more detail into ice core records
Apr 16, 2026, 6:30 pm By NULLGlaciers can reveal vast archives of information about Earth's environmental past, but deciphering…Extensive faults beneath Nevada nuclear lab raise unanswered earthquake risks
Apr 16, 2026, 5:20 pm By NULLThe underground laboratory in Nevada where the U.S. conducts nuclear subcritical experiments is…LiDAR maps medieval castle terrain and flags landslide-prone slopes in Japan
Apr 16, 2026, 5:00 pm By NULLResearchers at University of Tsukuba have developed a method to differentiate the topography of…Washington DC's 240 million‑gallon sewage spill is a symptom of nationwide trouble
Apr 16, 2026, 4:20 pm By NULLWhen 240 million gallons of raw sewage spilled into the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., starting…Industrial chemical leaks could push ozone layer recovery back by 7 years
Apr 16, 2026, 4:20 pm By NULLThe recovery of the ozone layer in Earth's stratosphere could be delayed by several years, according…Global warming causes Colombian glacier to disappear
Apr 16, 2026, 3:50 pm By NULLWhere once there was ice, only rock remains. One of the glaciers in a chain of snow-capped mountains…Navigating the past with ancient stone compass needles
Apr 16, 2026, 3:20 pm By NULLMagnetic rocks with iron oxide concentrations act as natural chroniclers of Earth's past continental…Massive Atlantic sargassum blooms traced to West Africa
Apr 16, 2026, 3:00 pm By NULLMassive blooms of Sargassum seaweed that have inundated coastlines across the Atlantic since 2011…A hidden Oregon basin and a shallower slab sharpen the Cascadia megaquake threat
Apr 16, 2026, 1:40 pm By NULLA new look at the Juan de Fuca tectonic plate beneath the coast of northern Oregon suggests this…New metric identifies at-risk mangroves before they disappear
Apr 16, 2026, 1:20 pm By NULLScientists from UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Centro para la…Simulations generate thousands of cyclone scenarios to predict extreme flooding in Bay of Bengal
Apr 16, 2026, 1:00 pm By NULLPowerful cyclones can push seawater miles inland, threatening densely populated communities and…Microscopic green pigment provides insights into how successive typhoons drive cumulative water and ecosystem changes
Apr 16, 2026, 1:00 pm By NULLA microscopic green pigment can provide major insights into how severe tropical cyclones called…Warmer winters and snow drought may threaten western US water by speeding flows
Apr 16, 2026, 12:40 pm By NULLAs future shifts in climate lead to more rain and less snow in the western United States, new…
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