Troubled Lake Erie is being transformed into a vast water research facility | Water
There was a time in the 1960s that the lakes and rivers around Cleveland were so polluted with…
A worst-case solar storm could knock out satellites, GPS and power grids, report warns
For many of us, checking the weather is part of daily life. But, in an increasingly technology-dependent world,…
“One bad measurement” ruled out as Hubble tension explanation
For 15 years now, the expanding Universe hasn’t added up. This graph shows a comparison between the value…
20 enormously funny photos of animals in the wild
Human fascination with bottlenose dolphins goes back thousands of years, at least as early as Greek mythology. But it wasn’t until…
Elon Musk told to ‘move on’ from South Africa as Starlink faces resistance in Namibia
The dispute erupted after Clayson Monyela, head of public diplomacy at South Africa’s Department of International Relations and…
How the world’s largest known group of chimps turned on each other : NPR
The Ngogo chimpanzee group in Uganda’s Kibale National Park is the largest known community of wild chimpanzees in…
Can Sponge Cities Save Us from the Coming Floods?
This time, the sound of hammering rain told her that trouble was coming. “The kids were doing our…
The Craters that Made Us
How does something come from nothing? It is perhaps the most profound question in all of science and…
World’s oldest gorilla celebrates birthday at Berlin Zoo
At 69 years old, Lady Fatou on Monday became not only the Berlin Zoo‘s longest-residing tenant but also…
The underappreciated importance of small wetlands in global methane emissions
Lan, X., Thoning, K.W. & Dlugokencky, E.J. Trends in Globally-averaged CH4, N2O, and SF6 determined from NOAA Global…
Megaberg Ends Its Long Odyssey at Sea
Iceberg A-23A ranks among the giants known to have broken, or “calved,” from Antarctica. Though several other icebergs…
Living with wildlife, bearing the cost
Communities living alongside wildlife bear immediate and recurring costs—from crop loss and injury to disrupted routines—while the…