New satellite technology could protect water quality around the world
Rivers do not sit still for easy measurement. Some shift across floodplains, some hide under tree cover, and…
Swedish lakes help solve Darwin’s 160-year puzzle about invasive species
Darwin’s old puzzle starts with a simple question: when a species enters a new habitat, does it do…
574 million-year-old fossils reveal a lack of sex delayed evolution for millions of years
Fern-like bodies once covered the seafloor, some stretching as tall as a person. Yet for millions of years,…
Study reveals hidden role of permafrost in ancient climate change
For decades, scientists have looked to the oceans for answers about one of Earth’s biggest climate mysteries: Why…
Scientists turn carbon dioxide into renewable methane using microbes
As wind turbines spin and solar panels soak up sunlight, one major problem continues to shadow the clean…
First-ever amber discovery in Antarctica reveals lost prehistoric rainforest
Amber usually brings to mind tropical forests, trapped insects, and warm landscapes. That is what makes the new…
The world’s largest fungus is hiding in Oregon’s Blue Mountains — and its really big
In Oregon’s Blue Mountains, patches of dying trees once looked like separate outbreaks, scattered across ridges and drainages…
Researchers turn sunlight and CO2 into living biomass
Carbon dioxide has long looked more like waste than resource. A new solar reactor turns it into living…
Ancient fossils suggest complex life got its start on an oxygenated seafloor
Early eukaryotes, the lineage that later gave rise to animals, plants and fungi, may have depended on oxygen…
Scientists solve the 30-year mystery of ‘clockwork’ earthquakes
Deep beneath the Pacific, one undersea fault has produced nearly identical magnitude 6 earthquakes every few years for…
Rechargeable solar battery ‘bottles the Sun’ for a rainy day or a cold night
Solar panels stop working when the sky goes dark. That simple fact has pushed energy researchers into a…
A violent volcanic eruption triggered a rare atmospheric cleanup
A towering plume from the 2022 Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai eruption did more than blast ash, seawater and gases…